Hybanthus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hybanthus (from Greek meaning hump-backed flower). Violaceae. Species about 50, in Old and New World, mostly in tropical and subtropical parts. One species native to the E. U. S., is sometimes listed: it is an herbaceous perennial 1-2 ft. high, with mostly oblong, narrowly acuminate lvs. 3-5 in. long, and small nodding greenish fls. solitary or in pairs in many of the If .-axils: sepals linear and equal; petals mostly nearly equal in length, connivent nearly their entire length, the lower one much larger, saccate at the base, emarginate at the broad apex; stamens with broad connectives wholly connate into an ovoid sac open only between the free tips, a rounded or 2-lobed scale-like gland adnate to the base anteriorly.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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