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Read about Boehmeria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Boehmeria (G. R. Boehmer, a German botanist). Urticaceae. A fiber plant; and a greenhouse shrub or tree. Leaves alternate or opposite, often 3-nerved: fls. monoecious or dioecious, in dense clusters; petals none; sepals 2-5: fr. a flattened achene. B. nivea, Gaud., of Trop. Asia, is cult, in some countries as a fiber plant, and has been intro. into this country for that purpose. Now grown extensively in Calif. and La. for its fiber. See Report No. 2, office of Fiber Investigations, U. S. Dept. Agric., and Cyclo. Amer. Agric. II, p. 284. It produces ramie. It is a strong-growing, large-lvd. perennial, well suited to the border as an ornamental subject. A genus of 45 widely distributed species of shrubs, trees or herbs. B. macrophylla, Don. A shrub or small tree: lvs. lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, serrate, prominently 3-nerved: spikes slender, usually shorter than the lvs. Himalayan region. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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