Duvalia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Duvalia (for Duval, an early botanist). Asclepiadaceae. About 20 succulent very dwarf leafless herbs, mostly of S. Afr., rarely seen in cult.: sts. decumbent or erect, sometimes subterranean and with the tips appearing above the surface, 4-6-angled and with spreading teeth, each of which bears a minute rudimentary lf.: fls. solitary or in small clusters or cymes, usually borne near the middle of the young sts.; corolla rotate, deeply 5-lobed, with a cushion-like ring around the outer corona and supporting it; corolla-lobes linear lanceolate to ovate, folded longitudinally backward; corona double, from near the top of the staminal column, the outer one flat and entire and angled, the inner one with turgid more or less pointed lobes; stamens affixed in the base of the corolla, united into a tube around the ovary: fr. erect smooth follicles. Cult. of Stapelia and similar succulents. The species are essentially fancier's plants and apparently not in the trade. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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