Oldenlandia

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Read about Oldenlandia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Oldenlandia (H. B. Oldenland, Danish botanist, of the 17th century). Rutriaceae. More than 200 species of shrubs, subshrubs and herbs in many parts of the world, mostly tropical, of little value horticulturally. Fls. small, most inconspicuous, white or rose-colored, rarely solitary but mostly in dichotomous panicles; calyx mostly 4-toothed; corolla usually 4- toothed, rotate, funnel-shaped or salver-shaped; stamens mostly 4, inserted in the throat of the corolla: fr. a small caps, adnate to calyx-tube, dehiscent at top: Lvs. opposite, mostly small and narrow. A few annual or perennial species are native in N. Amer., being small plants of no prominence.


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