Ingenhouzia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Ingenhouzia (Dr. John Ingenhousz, 1730-1799, famous vegetable physiologist). Malvaceae. A sub- shrubby plant of S. Ariz, and Mex., intro. recently in S. Calif, for ornament. Allied to Gossypium: involucre of 3 triangular-lanceolate entire bracts; calyx saucer-shaped; stigma obscurely 3-lobed; fr. a globular leathery 3-celled and 3-valved caps.; seeds 5-8 in each cell or locule, puberulent. I. triloba, DC. Perennial, 4-10 ft., glabrous: lvs. 3-parted or 5-parted, or the uppermost entire and lanceolate, the lvs. and branches black-dotted: fls. on axillary peduncles, or somewhat corymbose above; petals 1 in. long, pure white turning to rose, dark-dotted. Generic name variously spoiled.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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