Urechites

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Urechites (tailed Echites, alluding to the appendages of the corolla). Apocynaceae. Prostrate plants or twining vines, allied to Dipladenia and having similar cultural requirements. Sts. woody or nearly so: lvs. opposite, the blades entire: fls. often showy, in axillary or terminal cymes or racemes, or sometimes only 2 together; calyx-lobes 5, long and narrow; corolla funnel-shaped, rather large, abruptly widened into a throat, 5-lobed, the lobes sometimes elongated and twisted; stamens inserted at top of the corolla-tube and included in the throat, the anthers sagittate; disk cup-shaped, 5-lobed or nearly entire: fr. comprised of 2 long spreading follicles. Species about 10, m Trop. Amer. and extending into Fla. U. suberecta, Muell. Arg., of Colombia, is sometimes grown in the warmhouse: somewhat woody and partially erect: lvs. ovate to elliptic: fls. large, yellow, in a terminal peduncled cyme. B.M. 1064 (as Echites suberecta), and 4702 (as Dipladenia flava). 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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