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Massonia (Francis Masson, 1741-1805, collector in S. Afr.). Liliaceae. South African bulbous plants, of more than 30 species, allied to Allium; rarely grown as pot-plants in the greenhouse. Plants with 2 or 3 very broad opposite lvs., and a very short scape so that the usually white or greenish fls. are borne in a sessile or nearly sessile globose head at the surface of the ground surrounded by several membranaceous bracts: perianth with a cylindrical tube and narrow spreading or reflexed nearly equal segms.; stamens 6, inserted at the throat, the filaments more or less united at the base; ovary 3-celled and many-ovuled, becoming a membranaceous 3-valved caps. M. pustulata, Jacq., has an ovoid bulb. 1 in. diam., ribbed tuberculate broad-oblong lvs., and greenish fls. in the cup of pustulate foliage; perianthtube cylindrical, the segms. narrow and spreading; stamens long and upstanding. B.M. 642. G.C. III. 39:44. — An odd plant, requiring warm greenhouse conditions.<br />
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br />
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --><br />
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --><br />
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