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Reevesia (after John Reeves, an English resident of Canton, China, who 
introduced many Chinese plants into England). Sterculiaceae. A genus of 
3 species in China and Himalayas. Evergreen trees with alternate, 
simple, entire lvs. 3-nerved at the base and with white or pink fls. in 
dense terminal corymbs: calyx funnel-form-campanulate, 4-5-toothed; 
petals 5, clawed; stamens adnate to the long gynophore, much exceeding 
the petals, 15, forming a globose head; ovary 5-valved, seeds 2 in each 
cell, compresse, winged. Little known in cult. and adapted only for 
warmer temperate regions. Prop. probably by cuttings from half-ripened 
wood. R. thyrsoidea, Lindl. Evergreen shrub: lvs. ovate-oblong to 
oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 2-5 in. long: fls. creamy white, 
1/2in.across; gynophore 1/2-3/4in. long. China. B.R.1236. B.M. 4199. 
F.S. 3:206. R. pubes-cens, Mast. Similar to the preceding: lvs. ovate 
to ovate-oblong, subcordate to broadly cuneate at the base, brownish 
tomentose beneath, 3-5 in. long: fls. somewhat larger, pink; gynophore 
1 in. long. E. Himalaya, S. W. China. Recently intro.      Alfred 
Rehder.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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