Blepharocalyx
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Blepharocalyx (eye-lash and calyx, probably referring to a fringed condition). Myrtaceae. Woody plants, differing from Myrtus in having a thin crustaceous testa of the seed instead of a thick and horny one, and other minor characters, and by some authors united with that genus. There are about 30 species in S. Amer., but very little known in cult. B. spiraeoides. Stapf (Eugenia myriophylla, Hort.), is a much-branched shrub, 9 ft. high, free-flowering: Lvs. Iance-linear, ¾ in. or less long: fls. small, pale yellow, in terminal panicles; petals 4. Brazil. B.M. 8123.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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