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Shrubs with opposite or whorled entire stipulate lvs.: fls. small, tubular, white or yellowish, 4-merous, with included stamens and long exserted style, in globular heads; ovary 2-celled: fr. dry, separating into 2 nutlets.—Five species in Amer. and Asia, of which only the one N. American species is cult: hardy ornamental shrub, with handsome glossy foliage and very attractive with its fl.- balls appearing late in summer. It thrives in any good garden soil, best in a sandy, somewhat moist one; naturally it grows in swamps and on the borders of streams and ponds, often with the sts. partly submerged. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of ripened wood in fall, and also by greenwood cuttings taken from forced plants early in spring.

Shrubs with opposite or whorled entire stipulate lvs.: fls. small, tubular, white or yellowish, 4-merous, with included stamens and long exserted style, in globular heads; ovary 2-celled: fr. dry, separating into 2 nutlets.—Five species in Amer. and Asia, of which only the one N. American species is cult: hardy ornamental shrub, with handsome glossy foliage and very attractive with its fl.- balls appearing late in summer. It thrives in any good garden soil, best in a sandy, somewhat moist one; naturally it grows in swamps and on the borders of streams and ponds, often with the sts. partly submerged. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of ripened wood in fall, and also by greenwood cuttings taken from forced plants early in spring.

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