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Littonia (Dr. Samuel Litton, professor of botany in Dublin). Liliaceae. One species is one of the so-called climbing lilies.
Tender, tuberous plants: fls. 6-parted, but in Littonia the segms. are not reflexed like a cyclamen, as in Gloriosa (which is another climbing lily), nodding, bell- shaped, orange or yellow, mostly 1 in. or more across; segms. oblong, acuminate; stamens 6, attached at base of perianth-segms.: caps. 3-celled; seeds scarlet or brown, about the size of a sweet pea, round, arranged in 2 series.—Species about 6, Arabia, S. Afr. and Trop. Afr.; most of them are erect not climbing herbs.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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{{Inc|
Littonia (Dr. Samuel Litton, professor of botany in Dublin). Liliaceae. One species is one of the so-called climbing lilies.
Tender, tuberous plants: fls. 6-parted, but in Littonia the segms. are not reflexed like a cyclamen, as in Gloriosa (which is another climbing lily), nodding, bell- shaped, orange or yellow, mostly 1 in. or more across; segms. oblong, acuminate; stamens 6, attached at base of perianth-segms.: caps. 3-celled; seeds scarlet or brown, about the size of a sweet pea, round, arranged in 2 series.—Species about 6, Arabia, S. Afr. and Trop. Afr.; most of them are erect not climbing herbs.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
<!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery -->
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
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