Melianthus major

Melianthus major subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Melianthus major, Linn. St. flexuous, glabrous, sometimes 10 ft. or more in height, with a -widely creeping root: lvs. gray, a foot or more long, the upper ones smaller; stipules grown together into one large intra-axillary piece, attached to the lower part of the petiole; lfts. 9-11, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. wide: racemes densely fld., 1 ft. or more in length; bracts ovate, acuminate: fls. red-brown, 1 in. long: caps, papery, 4-lobed at the apex, 1-1 ¼ in. long; seeds 2 in each cell, black and shining. Cape. G.C. III. 36:142. B.R.45. R.H. 1867, p. 131; 1913, p. 413. G.W. 4. p. 37.—An excellent foliage plant. M. intermedius, Hort., is a hybrid between this species and M. comosus. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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