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Raphistemma (Greek, needle and crown, referring to the linear scales of the crown). Glabrous twining shrubs: lvs. opposite and membranaceous: infl. long- peduncled, axillary, umbelliform cymes; fls. large, white, and long-pedicelled; calyx 5-glandular inside; corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, lobes spreading, twisted in bud and overlapping to the right; crown with 5 mem- branaceous scales which are produced into long slender linear ligules: follicles thick, acute, smooth.—About 2 species, Asia. R. pulchellum. Wall. Branches slender, smooth, and herbaceous: lvs. cordate-acuminate, 3-7 in. long: cymes 4-6-fld.; the pedicels very slender: fls. pure white, 1-1/2 in. long; sepals broad; corolla thick. Himalaya region and Burma. J.F. 4:353.
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- 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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