Phylica

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
Rhamnaceae >	Phylica >

Read about Phylica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Phylica (old Greek name, now transferred to these plants). Rhamnaceae. Evergreen shrubs, rarely trees: lvs. alternate, crowded, ovate, lanceolate or linear: fls. small, axillary or in dense crowded heads or spikes: calyx obconical, urceolate or cylindrical. 5- cleft, its limb persistent; petals wanting or bristle-like or cucullate; stamens 5; ovary 3-celled: fr. inferior, crowned by the permanent calyx. S. Afr. Prop, by cuttings of half-ripened shoots. P. plumosa, Thunb. Branches and twigs pubescent: lvs. linear-lanceolate, smooth above, tomentose beneath with revolute margins: spike oblong or roundish; bracteoles villous, twice as short as the tubular minutely pilose calyx, hairs of the tube reversed, appressed, segms. ovate-lanceolate. S. Afr. P. ericoides, Linn. Branches fastigiate; twigs thinly pubescent: lvs. short-petioled, spreading or erectish, linear or linear-subulate: infl. terminal heads on the rather umbellate twigs; fls. small; involucre hemispherical, its scales ovate, foliaceous, cuspidate; calyx turbinate, smooth, longer than the very villous bracteoles, segms. ovate, acute, hirsute; petals concave, cucullate: fr. a smooth caps. S. Afr. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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