Androcymbium

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Read about Androcymbium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Androcymbium (name referring to arrangement of stamens around a cavity). Liliaceae. A dozen or more species of bulbous plants growing from the Medit. region to S. Afr., one or two of which may be expected in choice greenhouse collections. Bulbs tunicated: sts. subterranean, from which arise a few narrow Lvs. : fls. few, in short spikes and subtended by showy bracts in spring or summer. A. melanthoides, Willd., of S. and Cent. Afr., recently intro., has bulb like minute tulip: Lvs. 2-4, from 3-9 in. long: fls. small, borne in clusters in axils of large bracts which reach 3 in. long and some of which are white, green-veined. G.G. III. 45:315, desc. A. leucanthum, Willd. (A. punctatum, Baker, in part), of S. Afr., has few whitish fls. in dense umbel and 4 spreading Lvs. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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