Stephanophysum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Stephanophysum (Greek, crown and bladder, in reference to the shape of the crown). Acanthaceae. Herbs with more or less dentate or entire lvs., the fls. in lateral umbellate cymes: fls. red; calyx 5-parted; corolla-tube short, the lobes erect or more or less spreading; stamens 4, didynamous: caps. contracted from the base to the middle. Trop. Amer. with the exception of the below-mentioned. The genus is now included in Ruellia. S. Baikiei, Hook. Subshrub, 2-3 ft. high, branches 4-angled, opposite: lvs. opposite, about 6 in. long including the petiole, ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, attenuate at base: panicle terminal, many-fld.: fls. opposite, sessile, scarlet; calyx-segms. narrow, erect, linear-subulate; corolla more than 2 in. long, tubular-funnelform, curved, the lobes triangular; ovary sunk in a large, fleshy, cup-shaped disk. Trop. Afr. B.M. 5111. H.F. II. 3:162.—This species is apparently not known today and has not been recently treated in works on Trop. Afr. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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