Asystasia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Asystasia (obscure name). Including Henfreya, Dicentranthera and Mackaya. Acanthaceae. Hothouse or greenhouse evergreen herbs and shrubs. Plants erect or scandent: Lvs. membranaceous, entire: corolla-tube straight or curved, the spreading limb 5-lobed and nearly or quite regular; stamens 4, unequal; stigma blunt or minutely 2-lobed; fls. white, blue or purple, in axillary or terminal clusters, often very showy.—About 20 species in the Old World tropics. Require the general treatment of Justicia, in intermediate or warmhouses.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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