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(not the flower-stem) of R. Rhaponticum is some-times grown for its
(not the flower-stem) of R. Rhaponticum is some-times grown for its
medicinal roots.
medicinal roots.
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+R. acuminatum. Hook f. & Thom. Dwarf plant (seldom exceeding 3 ft.),
+like a small form of R. emodi, withacuminate lvs., but fls.
+considerably larger: said to be an attractive plant in cult, but to die
+after flowering: sts. and infl. deep red-purple. B.M. 4877. G.
+36:659.—R. gunneroides, Hort., is a garden hybrid, of German origin,
+between R. emodi and R. palmatum. Himalayas.—R. nobile, Hook. f. &
+Thom. St. simple, 3—4 ft., densely clothed with imbricated
+downward-pointing bracts that conceal the short axillary peduncles:
+lvs. ovate-oblong or rounded, entire. When the fruit is ripe, the
+shingled bracts are torn away by the winds, leaving the long panicle
+exposed, and this may stand while another panicle grows from the crown
+and perhaps at some distance separated. Himalayas. R.H. 1876, p. 266.
+I.H. 22:209. G.C. II. 13:793. G.Z. 20. p. 104. A remarkable plant.—K.
+Ribes, Linn. 3-5 ft.: lvs. 1 ft. across, cordate to reniform. the
+margins crisped or undulate, the blade puckered or blistered: fls.
+green, drooping: frs. about 1 in. long, oolong-cordate, narrow-winged,
+blood-red, showy. Asia Minor to Persia. B.M. 7591. "Rivas" or "Ribes"
+is its Arabic name.—R. spiciforme, Royle. Dwarf: lvs. thick, orbic lar
+or broadly ovate: fls. white, in a dense spike rising about 2 ft. W.
+Himalaya.
+L. H. B.
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