Thanks Arnold for the scientific description. Cheers, Digby, Pietermaritzburg South Africa. ----- Original Message ----- From: Arnold <Arnold@nj.rr.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: 03 August 2003 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Re Neopatersonia > Digby; > > From Kubitzki: > > Neopatersonia Schonl. > > Perianth tube short; segments subequal, spreading. Stamens > sub-1-seriate, attached at the throat of the perianth; filaments > broadened and connate at the base, gradually narrowed above; anthers > dorsiflexed, with introrse dehiscence. Ovary sessile, subovoid, 3 > furrowed, with many ovules in each chamber; style filiform; stigma of > three very short spreading branches. Fruit membranous 3- grooved, with > loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds numerous flask shaped, rough. Only one > species., N. uitenhagensis Schonl., S. Africa > > Arnold > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >