Philibertia
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Read about Philibertia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Philibertia (after G. C. Philibert). Incl. Sar-costemma and Philibertella. Asclipiadaceae. Climbing shrubs or half-shrubs, white-pubescent or glabrous, sometimes grown under glass or far S. for ornament: lvs. opposite: infl. umbelliform cymes, pedunculate in one axil or rarely sessile; fls. variable in size, often greenish white; calyx small, 5-parted, minutely 5- glandulose within, lobes acute; corolla very broadly campanulate or subrotate, divided slightly to the middle or deeply 5-cleft, with the lobes twisted and narrowly overlapping to the right; exterior crown membrana- ceous, ring-like, adnate to the base of the corolla, free from the stamen-tube or more or less connate with the median wings of the opposite anther, interior 5 crown- scales adnate with the base of staminal tube, with a variable lamina; stamens affixed to the base of the corolla, the filaments forming a short tube: fr. smooth, acuminate, somewhat thickened follicles.—About 30 species, Trop. and Subtrop. Amer. P. clausa, Schumann (Philibertella clausa, Vail). Sts. glabrous or minutely pubescent at the nodes: lvs. ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, peduncles twice as long as the lvs., or more: fls. many; calyx-lobes oblong lanceolate, acute, pubescent; corolla white, lobes oblong, fimbriate- ciliate. Fla.—A twining perennial with glossy evergreen lvs. and very sweet-scented fls., which has been offered in the trade-lists. P. gracilis, D. Don (P. grandiflora, Hook.). Twining shrub: lvs. opposite, cordate at base: the umbels borne between the petioles; calyx 5 deep acuminate segms.; corolla rotate-cam- panulate, more than 1 in. diam., with 5 triangular segms. and a small tooth between them; cream-colored dotted and streaked with purple inside. S. Amer. B.M. 3618. H.U. 2, p. 261. Cult, to some extent in Eu- F. Tracy Hubbard. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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