Barbieria

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Read about Barbieria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Barbieria (after J. B. G. Barbier, French physician). Leguminosae. Hothouse evergreen; 1 species, from Trop. Amer. Its nearest allies familiar to the horticulturist are Indigofera and Petalostemon. It is distinguished from these allied genera by the calyx and corolla-tubes, which are much longer than in either of them. Tender evergreen shrubs, with odd-pinnate Lvs., numerous entire lfts., and awl-shaped stipules: fls. large racemose, red. Prop. by seed and by cuttings of half- ripened wood under a bell-jar, with bottom heat.


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