Heterotoma

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Heterotoma (name refers to the unequally cut corolla). Campanulaceae. About 10 species of Mexican annuals and perennials, one of which has come somewhat into cult. Lvs. alternate: fls. blue, yellow or orange, in terminal racemes; calyx tubular with an unequally 5-parted limb, the 2 anterior lobes usually adnate to the spur of the corolla; corolla-tube split to the base on the back, in front produced into a horizontal or deflexed spur, the limb short and incurved and with either nearly equal or unequal lobes; stamen- tube free from corolla; ovary inferior, 2-celled, many- ovuled: caps. 2-valved. H.lobelioides, Zucc. Erect, branching, the st. pubescent: lvs. alternate, ovate- lanceolate, distantly toothed, acuminate: fls. about 2 in. long, single on slender axillary peduncles, odd; corolla-spur blood-red, the limb golden yellow and 3- lobed; lower lip of calyx adnate to the corolla-tube and the 2 subulate green lobes projecting beyond it: staminal column erect, as long as the corolla-limb, and prominent. Mountains in Mex. and Cent. Amer. B.M. 849. R.H. 1905, p. 9.—An interesting showy perennial, sometimes called "bird flower," to be grown in a cool greenhouse in winter and in the open in summer. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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