Guichenotia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Guichenotia (Antoine Guichenot, French gardener, according to some; from Guichen Bay, New Holland, according to others). Sterculiacese. A few tomentose shrubs in extra-tropical Austral., little known in cult, as greenhouse shrubs. Lvs. narrow and entire, revolute, with leafy stipules: fls. small, in simple racemes opposite the lvs.; petals 5, small and scale-like; stamens 5; ovary 5-celled, the style simple: fr. a short 5-valved caps. &. ledifolia, Gay, has several white fls. in the raceme: lvs. oblong-linear, obtuse: calyx 1/3 in. or less long. G. macrdntha, Turcz., has much larger purplish fls. in racemes of 2 or 3. B.M. 4651. J.F. 3:279. L.H.B.
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