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Read about Anisotes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Anisotes (Greek, unlikeness). Acanthaceae. Broad-leaved shrubs of about 4 Arabian and African species, one of which has been intro. to cult. recently. Fls. in short axillary clusters;-sepals 5, nearly free; corolla 2-lipped, in shades of red; stamens 2, the filaments long and glabrous: fr. a caps. A. diversifolius, Balf., from the Isl. of Socotra, is an erect nearly glabrous shrub less than 2 ft. high: Lvs. elliptic-ovate or obovate, 2 in. or less long, flame-colored or yellow, tubular and 2-lipped, the lips curved. B.M. 8219.—Warm greenhouse, blooming spring and summer. Requires the treatment given to Justicia and Jacobinia. Prop. easily by cuttings.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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