Clavija

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Clavija in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Clavija, (Don Jose de Viera y Clavijo, of Madrid). Syn., Horta. Myrsinaceae; by Mez separated in the family Theophrastaceae. Thirty and more tropical American evergreen unbranched trees or shrubs, a few of which are sometimes grown in the warmhouse. The sts. are simple; often spiny, bearing at the top a cluster of large rigid, simple, entire or spiny-toothed lvs.: fls. polygamous-dioecious in axillary racemes; calyx 4-5-parted, the segms. round; corolla white, yellow or orange, the tube short and fleshy, the limb mostly spreading and 4-5-lobed; stamens 4 or 5, the filaments often united in the sterile fls.; staminodia 4 or 5, being scales in the throat; ovary fusiform, narrowed into a short style, the stigma obtuse or capitate: fr. several-seeded, berry-like. The clavijas thrive in a peaty potting soil, and prop, by cuttings of half- ripened growths. They are odd plants. The features are here given as apparently understood by horticulturists. C. lotifolia, Radlk. (Theophrastus latifolia, Willd.). Lvs. gracefully elliptic, petioled, narrowed at both ends, mucronate-serrate: racemes erect. Colombia. L.H.B. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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