Dissotis

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Dissotis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Dissotis (of two kinds, referring to the unlike anthers). Melastomaceae. Some 60 or more species of bristly-hairy or villous shrubs, sub-shrubs or herbs of Trop. and S. Afr., some of which may occur sparingly in choice collections of coolhouse and warmhouse plants: lvs. opposite, short-stalked, linear, ovate or orbicular, usually entire. 3-5-nerved, more or less strigose above: fls. bracted, about 1 in. or more across, purple or violet, solitary, or capitate or paniculate at the ends of the branches; calyx 4-5-lobed; petals 4 or 5, obovate; stamens 8 or 10, very unequal, the anthers linear- subulate, usually beaked, with 1 pore, the larger set being joined to the filament by a long connective and the other set with much shorter or nearly obsolete connective: fr. an included coriaceous caps. 4- or 5-valved at the apex. Apparently none is in the American trade. D. Irvingiana, Hook. f. Annual from upper Guinea, 1-3 ft.: lvs. linear-oblong to lance-oolong, acute, 3-nerved: fls. reddish purple, to 1¼ in. across; petals obovate. B.M. 5149. D. incana, Tnana, of Trop. and S. Afr., shrub, 2-3 ft.: lvs. linear to linear-oblong, obtuse: fls. rose-purple, to 1½ in. across. B.M. 3790. D. plumosa, Hook. f. Shrubby, with long and slender shoots which are densely covered with small deep green lvs.: fls. bright magenta-rose, 1½ in. across. Trop. Afr. D. Mahonii, Hook. f. Prostrate, the sts. 6-8 in. long: Ivs. short-stalked, nearly or quite orbicular: fls. rose-purple. 2 in. across, solitary. Uganda. B.M. 7896. D. modesta, Stapf. Slender: lvs. oblong, minutely serrulate: fls. few, crowded at ends of branches; petals obovate-elliptic; stamens blue-purple, reddish and yellow; style purple. Uganda. L.H.B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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