Heterotrichum

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Read about Heterotrichum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Heterotrichum (name refers to the variable hairs on the lvs.). Melastomaceae. Ten or a dozen hispid, or glandular shrubs in Trop. Amer., with white or pink fls. in terminal or lateral panicles; calyx campanulate or globular, with 4-8 teeth; corolla of 6-8 petals; stamens 8-12 or more: lvs. large, ovate or oblong, cordate at base, entire or toothed. H. macrodon, Planch., is sometimes mentioned in horticultural literature. A very handsome shrub, 7-9 ft., flowering when small: lvs. opposite, large, the 2 in the pair unequal, cordate-ovate, abruptly acuminate, serrate, 7-nerved: fls. 10-12 in a terminal cyme, white with red at base of petals, 1 ¾ in. across, the 8 petals obovate and flat-spreading; calyx and young parts hispid or vulous. Venezuela. B.M. 4421. G.W. 14, p. 652.—Requires hothouse treatment. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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