Pentas lanceolata
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Read about Pentas lanceolata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Pentas lanceolata, Schum. (Ophiorrhiza lanceolata, Forsk. P. carnea, Benth., under which name it is known to gardeners). Erect or decumbent, 1-2 ft. high, shrubby at base, merely puberulous, not rusty-hairy: lvs. 1-6 in. long, 4 lines to 2 in. broad, ovate, elliptic or lance- oblong, more or less acute, narrowed at base into a short petiole, the lateral veins many: cymes peduncled or not; fls. nearly sessile, to 1 in. long, dimorphic, naturally pale purple; corolla very hairy at throat. Trop. Afr., Arabia. B.M. 4086. B.R. 30:32. R.B. 21:217. Gn. 21, p. 329. J.H. III. 30:209; 52:417. G.W. 10, p. 378. Var. kermesina, Hort. Fls. carmine-rose, tinted violet in throat. R.H. 1870:130. Var. alba, Hort., has white fls. G.W. 10, p. 611. Var. Quartiniana, Hort. (P. Quartiniana, Oliver) is a rosy-fld. variety said to be much better than the type. Gt. 45, p. 464. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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