Martynia louisiana
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Read about Martynia louisiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Martynia louisiana, Mill. (M. proboscidea, Glox. Proboscidea Jussieui, Steud.). Unicorn Plant. Proboscis Flower. Fig. 2328. Annual, the ascending or prostrate branches 2-3 ft. long: lvs. roundish, cordate, often oblique, entire or obscurely wavy-lobed, 4-12 in. wide: fls. 1 ½ -2 in. long, dull white or yellowish with mottles or spots of purple or yellow within, the corolla nearly as broad as long, the lobes obtuse: fr. 4-6 in. long at maturity, the beak equaling or exceeding the body. Native from Ind. to Utah and to Texas and New Mex.; naturalized farther east and north. B.M. 1056. V. 3:151.—The picture (Fig. 2328) shows frs. one-third the size at full maturity. The right-hand specimen shows the woody part, after all the soft parts have been macerated.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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