Beaufortia

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Read about Beaufortia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Beaufortia (Duchess of Beaufort, patron of botany). Myrtaceae. Greenhouse red-flowered shrubs, blooming in spring. Stiff, more or less heath-like shrubs: Lvs. commonly opposite, small and rigid, often only 1-nerved: fls. in heads or short spikes, sessile; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5, spreading; stamens many, longer than the petals, in bundles opposite each of the petals; ovary 3-celled: fr. a loculicidal caps, borne in the hardened calyx-tube.— Twelve or 13 species in W. Austral. Requires the treatment of coolhouse Australian things, with peaty soil. Prop. by maturing shoots under glass. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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