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Describe the plant here...
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Heterotrichum (name refers to the variable hairs on the lvs.). Melastomaceae. Ten or a dozen hispid, or glandular shrubs in Trop. Amer., with white or pink fls. in terminal or lateral panicles; calyx campanulate or globular, with 4-8 teeth; corolla of 6-8 petals; stamens 8-12 or more: lvs. large, ovate or oblong, cordate at base, entire or toothed. H. macrodon, Planch., is sometimes mentioned in horticultural literature. A very handsome shrub, 7-9 ft., flowering when small: lvs. opposite, large, the 2 in the pair unequal, cordate-ovate, abruptly acuminate, serrate, 7-nerved: fls. 10-12 in a terminal cyme, white with red at base of petals, 1 ¾ in. across, the 8 petals obovate and flat-spreading; calyx and young parts hispid or vulous. Venezuela. B.M. 4421. G.W. 14, p. 652.—Requires hothouse treatment.
L. H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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Describe the plant here...
{{Inc|
Heterotrichum (name refers to the variable hairs on the lvs.). Melastomaceae. Ten or a dozen hispid, or glandular shrubs in Trop. Amer., with white or pink fls. in terminal or lateral panicles; calyx campanulate or globular, with 4-8 teeth; corolla of 6-8 petals; stamens 8-12 or more: lvs. large, ovate or oblong, cordate at base, entire or toothed. H. macrodon, Planch., is sometimes mentioned in horticultural literature. A very handsome shrub, 7-9 ft., flowering when small: lvs. opposite, large, the 2 in the pair unequal, cordate-ovate, abruptly acuminate, serrate, 7-nerved: fls. 10-12 in a terminal cyme, white with red at base of petals, 1 ¾ in. across, the 8 petals obovate and flat-spreading; calyx and young parts hispid or vulous. Venezuela. B.M. 4421. G.W. 14, p. 652.—Requires hothouse treatment.
L. H. B.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery -->
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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