Poliothyrsis
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Read about Poliothyrsis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Poliothyrsis (Greek, polios, white or grayish white and thyrsos; referring to the grayish white color of the inflorescence). Flacourtiaceae. A deciduous tree allied to Idesia and differing chiefly in the valvate sepals, the 3 styles and in the capsular fr. Fls. monoecious, apetalous, with ovate to lanceolate valvate sepals; staminate fls. with many free short stamens and a minute rudimentary ovary; pistillate fls. with a superior ovary, 3 reflexed styles 2-parted at the apex: fr. a caps, dehiscent into 3 - 4 valves; seeds many, winged. Similar in habit to Idesia, but lvs. longer, purplish when unfolding; it is apparently of the same hardiness, as it has proved hardy in favorable localities at the Arnold Arboretum. Its cult, and prop, is the same as Idesia. The only species is P. sinensis, Oliver. Slender tree, to 40 ft.: young branchlets pubescent: lvs. long-petioled, ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate, 5- nerved at the base, dentate, pubescent below or nearly glabrous, 3-7 in., long: fls. in loose terminal panicles 4-8 in. long, greenish white,1/4 - 1/3 in across; sepals ovate to lanceolate, whitish tomentose outside: caps. 3/4in. long, ovate-oblong. Cent. China. July. H.I. 19:1885. Alfred Rehder. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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