Kopsia

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Read about Kopsia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Kopsia. (Jan Kops, Dutch botanist, 1765-1849). Apocynaceae. A few trees or shrubs (upward of a dozen species), somewhat allied to oleander, grown in warm- houses and also offered (species not given) in S. Fla. Lvs. opposite, very short-petioled: fls. white or pink, in terminal cymes; calyx 5-parted, the segms. with glandular tips; corolla salverform with a very slender tube and a hairy throat; stamens inserted near the top of the tube, not protruding; disk of 2 glands: fr. 2 carpels; 1-celled. coriaceous or fleshy. India and Malaysia to the Philippines. K. fruticosa, A. DC. Large evergreen shrub, with lvs. 4-8 in. long, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate: fls. pink, the tube 1 ½ in. long and limb 1-2 in. across. K. ornata, Hort., shrub from Malaya, with large oblong-lanceolate glossy lvs., and white red- centered salverform fls. in corymbose panicles; apparently not botanically described under this name. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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