Volume II (1970) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae
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Bulbinella gibbsii Cockayne

B. gibbsii Ckn. Rep. bot. Surv. St. Id, 1909,  42.

Plant ± dioec., to 50 cm. or more tall, but often much less. Lvs to 3 cm. wide. Peduncle < = or > raceme-length. Raceme cylindric to conical, the axis visible between fls; pedicels 1–2 cm. long, swollen just below fl. Fls 10–14 mm. diam.; tepals patent, becoming erect and hardening as fr. ripens. Stamens < tepals; anthers mostly well filled with pollen. Ovary not stipitate. Seeds dark and narrowly winged.

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Bracts in lower part of raceme at least = pedicels; ovary and capsule ovoid to globose, broad-based
Bracts in lower part of raceme < pedicels; ovary and capsule barrel-shaped, not stipitate but narrowed towards base
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