Alseuosmia

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Read about Alseuosmia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Alseuosmia (alsos, grove, and euosme, fragrance). Caprifoliàceae. A group of 4 species of tender New Zealand shrubs, usually glabrous. Lvs. alternate or opposite, with minute tufts of hair in the axils of the veins beneath: fls. fragrant, green or red, axillary, solitary or in clusters; corolla tubular or funnelform: fr. a purple, many-seeded berry.—Perhaps not cult. outside botanic gardens.

A. macrophylla, A. Cunn. New Zealand Honeysuckle. 6-10 ft. : lvs. 3-6 in. long, elliptic or oblanceolate, acute, serrate, or entire, petiolate: fls. in small axillary clusters, drooping, 1½ in. long, creamy with dull red streaks; corolla lobes recurved, toothed, the tube cylindric. B.M. 6951.


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