Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 767

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-COMMON_NAMES- Yellow Melanthium
-GENUS- Melanthium
-SPECIES- Melanthium uniflorum
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS-
-MODERN_SPECIES-
-MODERN_FAMILY- Liliaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- deep yellow within, crimson without
-SEASON- summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 20
-PUB_DATE- 1804
-REISSUED- 
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum