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MASSONIA
Hedgehog Lily, Krimpvarkie (
Le
)
Family:
HYACINTHACEAE
For Francis Masson (1741-1805).**
(
Ch
)
Massonia echinata
(
G
)
Hedgehog Lily (
PS
)
Location: (
F
)
ekhinos, = the urchin, hedgehog, also the sea urchin;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(echinate, armed with numerous rigid hairs or straight prickles or spines or spiny projections)
(
LS
,
BL
)