Peristrophe

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Peristrophe (Greek, peri, around, and strophes, belt; alluding to the involucre). Acanthaceae. Greenhouse plants, grown for the bloom. Erect, branched or loosely creeping herbs or half- shrubby: lvs. entire: fls. solitary or in clusters of 2-3 surrounded by an involucre, in loose cymes or cymose panicles, or distant on slender branches; bracts of the involucre narrow; calyx deeply 5-parted, shorter than the bracts, scariose or hyaline; corolla-tube long, slender, slightly enlarged above, limb deeply bilabiate, the posterior lip narrow, erect, concave, entire or emarginate, lower lip spreading, apex 3-parted; stamens 2, a little shorter than the corolla-lips; anthers 2-celled; sterile stamens none; style filiform: caps, oblong, contracted into a solid stalk. — About 15 species, ranging from Trop. Afr. and India to the Malay Isls., Philippines, and Austral. The plants are cultivated like jacobinias or justicias, of the same family. Cuttings taken at any tune when the wood is soft will root in a warm bed in three to four weeks, after which the potted plants may be removed to a house of lower temperature. They require a rich loam mixed with some leaf-mold, and plenty of air. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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