Neptunia

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Read about Neptunia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Neptunia (Neptune, god of the sea: some of the species are aquatic). Leguminosae. Perennial herbs, or subshrubs, often floating, one of which is an aquarium plant. Unarmed, prostrate or diffuse, the branches usually flattened or triquetrous: lvs. bipinnate, sometimes sensitive, the lfts. small: fls. not papilionaceous, perfect or polygamous, in spikes or heads on axillary peduncles; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5, distinct or somewhat cohering; stamens 10 or 5, exserted: pod oblong, oblique, 2-valved, somewhat septate between the ovate compressed seeds.—Species perhaps a dozen, widely spread in the tropics; a few of them are in the extreme southern U. S. and are plants of moist or even dry soil. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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