Janusia

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Cultivation

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Read about Janusia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Janusia (after Janus, the old Roman god with 2 faces). Malpighiaceae. Twining or trailing plants, with 2 forms of yellow fls. in axillary clusters, the normal fls. having a gland-bearing calyx, a 3-angled style and 3 ovaries, and conspicuous clawed petals; abnormal fls. with an eglandular calyx, no style and 2 ovaries, and often rudimentary petals.—Ten to 15 species. J. gracilis, Gray, is offered in S. Calif. Sts. and branches very slender, twining or trailing: lvs. lanceolate-linear, both surfaces silky: peduncles mostly dichotomously 2-fld.; bracts linear, as long as the pedicels. Common throughout Texas, south of the Colorado, and west to New Mex. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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