Fernelia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Fernelia (Jean Francois Fernel, 1497-1558, physician to Henry II of France). Rubiaceae. Four small evergreen trees or shrubs of the Mascarene Isls., rarely grown in choice warmhouse collections. Lvs. small, opposite, coriaceous, short-stalked, ovate-oblong or nearly orbicular: fls. small, solitary or in 2's, provided with a 4-toothed calyx-like involucre; corolla short- tubed, salver-shaped, with 4 spreading lobes; stamens 2, affixed in the corolla-throat; disk annular; ovary 1 -celled below and 2-celled above: fr. a small berry., is the species likely to be in cult. It is a much-branched shrub 4-5 ft. high, with obovate or oblong lvs. 1/2 in. or less long, and many whitish fls. in the axils of the lvs.: berry dry, size of a pea, red, borne inside the involucre. Mauritius. L H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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