Nemastylis

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Read about Nemastylis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nemastylis (Greek, thread-like styles, because the styles are not united). Syn., Nemastylus. Iridaceae. Tender American bulbs, with blue six-lobed flowers about an inch across which last only a day. Erect plants, with slender, usually branched sts.: root-lvs. linear: spathes 1 or more, peduncled: fls. rather large, more than 1 to a spathe; perianth of 6 segms. without a tube; inner segms. a little smaller than the outer; ovary 3-cclled; filaments more or less united; anthers short; ovules many, superposed: style-branches alternate with the anthers: caps, loculicidally 3-valyed, oblong, ovoid or obovoid.—Strictly, Nemastylis is a genus of 3 species, found only in the S. U. S. and characterized by having the filaments nearly free. Baker, however, in his Handbook of the Irideae, includes Chlamydostylis as a submenus of 17 species found from Mex. to S. Amer. and characterized by having the filaments united in a column to the summit. Some of the following species have been rarely advertised by dealers in native plants; the others by Dutch bulb-growers. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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