Rhynchanthus

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[hide]Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rhynchanthus (Greek, beak and flower, referring to the peculiar shape of the fls.). Zingiberaceae. Slender glabrous perennial herbs with tuberous roots, suitable for the warmhouse: sts. erect, leafy, the lvs. sessile: fls. sessile, torne in a terminal, few-fld. spike; bracts solitary, elongate, and colored; calyx tubular, cylindrical; corolla funnel-shaped, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, and erect; ovary 3-celled.—About 3 or 4 species, Burma. R. Bluthianus, Wittm. Sts. up to 1 ft. high, not thickened at the roots: lvs. 4, oblong- lanceolate, sessile, acuminate, not marginate: fls. 2, up to 2 in. long; calyx beautiful red, truncate, 3-toothed; corolla red; ovary smooth. Burma. Gt. 48:1464. R. Johnianus, Schlecht. Tuberous: up to 4 1/2 ft. high: lvs. distichous, lanceolate, acuminate, both sides glabrous: infl. many-fld., oblong, with bright red, lanceolate, acuminate bracts; fls. sulfur-yellow; calyx cylindrical, split, the apex 2-cleft; corolla 3-cleft to below the middle, the segms. lanceolate, acuminate; ovary cylindrical. Burma. Gt. 56:1560. R. longi- folius, Hook. f. Sts. 1 1/2 ft. high, thickened at the roots: lvs. 8—12, regularly distichous, 5-7 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, red-margined : -fls. 4—5, up to 3 1/2 in. long; calyx slightly shorter than the bracts; corolla-tube pale yellow-green,lobes green; ovary puber- ulous. Burma. B.M. 6861. F. Tracy Hubbard. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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