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Androcymbium (name referring to arrangement of stamens around a cavity). Liliaceae. A dozen or more species of bulbous plants growing from the Medit. region to S. Afr., one or two of which may be expected in choice greenhouse collections. Bulbs tunicated: sts. subterranean, from which arise a few narrow Lvs. : fls. few, in short spikes and subtended by showy bracts in spring or summer. A. melanthoides, Willd., of S. and Cent. Afr., recently intro., has bulb like minute tulip: Lvs. 2-4, from 3-9 in. long: fls. small, borne in clusters in axils of large bracts which reach 3 in. long and some of which are white, green-veined. G.G. III. 45:315, desc. A. leucanthum, Willd. (A. punctatum, Baker, in part), of S. Afr., has few whitish fls. in dense umbel and 4 spreading Lvs.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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