Hypolytrum

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Read about Hypolytrum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hypolytrum (from the Greek for beneath and a sheath; in reference to the 2 or 3 scales found under the true scale). Cyperaceae. Perennial herbs with leafy sts., often very strong and coarse: spikelets numerous and small in compound panicles that have long leafy involucral bracts; glumes imbricate around the rachis; stamens 3or less: fr. a hard 3-angled nutlet.—Species 25 or 30, in tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. Only one species seems to be in the trade. H. schraderianum, Nees, is listed abroad, apparently as a greenhouse plant, the lvs. crowded in bold triangular tufts, green with purplish red margins, traversed on the upper surface by -2 ribs running equidistant from base to apex," giving it a striking and ornamental effect: panicle much decompound; spike- lets obovate-elliptic: lvs. linear-lanceolate, 3 -nerved, the margin and midnerve more or less serrulate-scabrous toward the apex, 2 ft. long and 1 ½ in. or less wide: culms 5-6 ft. In woods and swamps, Brazil. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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