Pentapterygium

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pentapterygium (Greek words, five and a small wing; alluding to the five-winged calyx). Ericaceae. Epiphytic shrubs, glabrous or strigose-hirsute, with alternate subsessile lvs., rather large and scattered or small and sub-distichously clustered: fls. rather large, axillary, solitary or in few-fld. corymbs; calyx-tube turbinate or hemispherical, 5-winged; limb of 5 persistent leafy lobes; corolla tubular, 5-angled, with a limb of 5 suberect or recurved lobes; stamens 10; ovary 5-celled. About 6 species, 1 from the Malay Peninsula, the remainder from the temperate Himalayan region. Two species have been occasionally in cult. P. rugosum, Hook. Fls. pendulous; corolla nearly white, beautifully marked between the 5 angles with purple or blood-red bands: lvs. almost sessile, subcordate at base, very much wrinkled, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Khasia Mts. B.M. 5198. G. 36:617. G.W. 2 p. 502. P. serpens. Klotzsch. Fls. numerous, axillary, hanging along the under side of the branches: calyx green, 5- angled; corolla bright red, with darker V-shaped marking: lvs. small, lanceolate: sts. slender, drooping: rootstock large, tuberous. Himalayas. B.M. 6777. G.W. 13, p. 90. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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