Haworthia

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Read about Haworthia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Haworthia (A. H. Haworth, an English botanist of the beginning of the last century, who wrote much and well on succulents). Liliaceae, tribe Aloineae. Acaulescent or shortly caulescent small succulents. Leaves usually small, crowded on the st. or in mostly somewhat elongated rosettes: fls. white, green or rosy- striped, tubular with somewhat irregular recurving limb and included style and stamens; segms. of perianth 6, oblong, nearly equal; stamens 6, shorter than perianth; ovary sessile, 3-angled: fr. a loculicidally 3-valved caps., bearing many compressed angled seeds. S. Afr. Monograph by Berger in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 33, 1908.—Species 60, occurring in S. Afr. They are interesting condensed or cespitose plants with thick and succulent keeled often tuberculate and sometimes toothed lvs., and fls. in simple or panicled racemes. Cultivation, propagation and decorative uses as for Aloe, under which, with Apicra and Gasteria, the species were formerly placed. See Aloe and Succulents. albicana, 13. altilinea, 22. arachnoides, 24. argyrostigma, 11. aristata, 22. asperula, 17. attenuata, 11. caespitosa, 8. clariperla, 11. coarctata, 6. concava, 20. concinna, 1. corallina, 7. cuspidata, 23 cymbiformis. erecta hybrida, 3. indurata, 1. inflexa, 14. Laevis. 13. limpida, 22. major, 2, 7. margaritifera, 7. minima, 7. minor, 5, 7. mirabilis, 16. Mucronata, 22. .................... ramifera, 13. recurva, 15. reinwardtii, 5, 6. reticulata, 21. retusa, 18. rigida, 4. rugosa, 9. semimargaritifera, 7. subalbicans, 7. subfascicata, 11. subrigida, 2. subulata, 10. tesselata, 14. torquata, 1. tortella, 2. tortuosa, 2. turgida, 19. virescens, 13. viscosa, 1. H. atrovirens, Haw. Leafy st. very short, the rosettes stoloniferous: lvs. 30—10, dense, oblong-lanceolate, ½ - ¾ in. long, dull green, reddish brown when old, with 3-5 vertical green lines: scape simple. 6 in. S. Afr. B.M. 1361.—H. pearsonii, C. H. Wright. Stemless: lvs. crowded. ½ x 1 ¼ in., pale green, with 2 rows of cilia on back, each with bristle on apex: scape 10 in. long. William Trelease. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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