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Read about Koellikeria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Koellikeria (Professor Koelliker, German botanist). Gesneriaceae. One species, a small herbaceous warmhouse plant, K. argyrostigma, Regel, Cent. Amer. to Peru, offered abroad: in the way of achimenes, but fls. smaller in leafless racemes, the corolla-limb distinctly 2-lipped: rhizomatous or the root, creeping: lvs. opposite, soft-pubescent, elliptical and nearly or quite obtuse, velvety green and marked with white dots: fls. white or cream-color, red-spotted, in racemes standing 12 in. high; calyx-tube obovoid, the lobes 5 and narrow; corolla-tube short, broad and decurved; upper lip 2-parted and nearly erect; lower lip larger, 3-parted, spreading; stamens attached in base of corolla, somewhat exserted; style filiform, the stigma becoming 2-lobed: caps. 2-valved. B.M. 4175 (as Achimenes argyrostigma).—Requires treatment probably of achimenes; prop, by division. L.H.B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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