Herminiera

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Read about Herminiera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Herminiera (name refers to the stout thorns and stamens). Leguminosae. One species, in Trop. Afr.: by some included in aeschynomene. Fls. papilionaceous; calyx 2-lipped; standard orbicular, short-clawed; wings about equaling the standard, obliquely obovate; keel broad, obtuse or somewhat beaked: pod linear and nearly flat, curved spirally, separating at the square articulations. H. elaphroxylon, Guill. & Perr. (Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, Taub.), the ambash or pith-tree of the upper Nile and beyond, may possibly be planted somewhere in our region: erect thorny shrub, to 20 ft.: lvs. bristly; lfts. 10-20 pairs, ½ in. or less long, linear- oblong: fls. bright orange, subcorymbose, the peduncles bristly; standard 1 ½ in. broad. G.W. 14, p. 605.—It grows in wet places, sometimes choking streams. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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