Stemona

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stemona (Greek, stamen, alluding to the foliaceous stamens). Syn., Roxburghia. Stemonaceae; by some the family is called Roxburghiaceae. Tall climbing perennial herbs, from a tuberous fusiform root, suitable only for the warmhouse: lvs. opposite, alternate or whorled, ovate, 3-9-costate: fls. solitary, or few and subracemose; perianth-segms. 4, lanceolate, many-nerved; stamens subhypogynous, the connectives produced in very long linear-lanceolate appendages; ovary free: caps. ovoid or oblong.—About 15 species, India, China, and Malaya to Austral. S. Curtisii, Hook. f. St. twining, leafing and flowering at the same time: lvs. 4-5 in. long, alternate; the petiole very long and slender: fls. small, apparently unisexual. India. B.M. 7254. Similar to the following. S. tuberosa, Lour. (S. gloriosoides, Voigt. Roxburghia gloriosoides, Jones. R. gloriosa, Peers. R. viridiflora, Smith). Tubers cylindric, 6-12 in. long: st. woody below, twining, leafing and flowering at the same time; branches terete: lvs. 4-10 in. long, broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, membranaceous, shining: peduncle 1-2 in. long, usually 2-fld.: fls. erect, fetid; perianth spreading and revolute, segms. lanceolate, acuminate, greenish with many purplish nerves: caps. ovoid-oblong, 5-8-seeded. India and Assam. F.S. 2:86. B.M. 1500. H. U. 3, p. 353. The plants are allied to the lily family. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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