Mahernia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Mahernia >

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Read about Mahernia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Mahernia (anagram of Hermannia). Sterculiaceae. One very fragrant herb-like plant in greenhouses, and perhaps one or two others are cultivated. By some united with Hermannia. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft; petals 5, with hollow claws, twisted in the bud; stamens 5, opposite the petals, the filaments prominently enlarged or dilated at about the middle (and thus differing from Hermannia, which has no sudden enlargement in the filaments), the anthers long; ovary 5-loculed, ripening into a coriaceous caps, with many seeds.—More than 30 herbs and subshrubs of S. Afr., mostly with incised lvs. and drooping, bell-shaped fls. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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