Plocama
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Read about Plocama in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Plocama (Greek, bent hairs, alluding to the pendulous branches). Rubiaceae. Erect branched shrubs, usually fetid, to be grown under glass for the bloom or planted out far S.: branches very slender, pendulous: lvs. opposite or verticillate in 4's, linear-elongate, filiform, acute, flaccid; stipules connate into a short scari- ous sheath, persistent: fls. minute, axillary or terminal; calyx-tube globose, 5-lobed, persistent; corolla funnel- form-campanulate, short-tubed, pilose-throated, limb 5-7-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate with the tip bent and callous, valvate; stamens 5-7; ovary 2-3-celled: fr. a small globose, white, succulent berry. One species, Canary Isls. P. pendula, Ait., the only species, grows about 2 ft. high, has white fls. and linear-oblong filiform lvs. Intro, in S. Calif, and also cult, in greenhouses abroad. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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