Lawsonia

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lawsonia (John Lawson, who published, in 1709, an account of his travels in North Carolina; see page 1505). Lythraceae. Henna. Shrubs, grown in Florida and southern California for ornament. Sometimes becoming arborescent, 6-25 ft., glabrous, the branches more or less spinescent: leaves opposite, lanceolate, attenuate into a petiole or a narrow base, entire, acute: flowers 4-merous, rather small, in terminal panicled cymes; calyx-tube very short or none, the lobes 4; petals 4, ovate, wrinkled, on the top of the calyx-tube; stamens usually 8, exserted, sometimes only 4 and sometimes 12; ovary 4-celled, with a long style and a capitate stigma: caps, globose, exserted beyond calyx.-One variable species as defined by Koehne (Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 17, 1903). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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