Hydrotaenia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hydrotaenia (Greek, water and band; referring to a triangular glandular oar which secretes nectar). Iridaceae. Four species of tender bulbs from Mexico and Peru, more curious than beautiful, allied to Tigridia. From Tigridia (with which the genus is sometimes united), it is distinguished by the perianth-segms. lacking a spreading blade, the perianth being campanulate; tube none; filaments united in a cylindrical column as long as the anthers; ovary clavate, 3-celled: sto. 1-3 ft., simple, or slightly branched above, bearing 1 or more lvs.: cormous.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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