Hemicyclia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hemicyclia (Greek, semi-circular, referring to the seed-scar or the half-circular stigma). Euphorbiaceae. Shrubs or trees, one cultivated in southern California for its holly-like leaves and red fruits. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, leathery: fls. dioecious, in axillary clusters or the pistillate singly; sepals of the staminate fls. 4-5, imbricate, sometimes somewhat petal-like, petals none; stamens numerous from a disk; stigma sessile, brood, flat; 2 ovules in the single cell: fr. a 1-seeded, indehiscent drupe.—About 9 species of E. Indies to Austral. Related to Drypetes and Putranjiva. H. australasica is distinguished from the other 2 Australian species by its very short filaments and glabrous ovary.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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