Chiranthodendron
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Chirantho- dendron (Greek, signifying handflowertree). Sterculiaceae. Odd - flowered ornamental tree of Mexico and to be expected in West Indies and elsewhere in cultivation. A monotypic genus, which together with the Californian Fremontodendron forms the remarkable group Fremontieae. The fls. are devoid of a corolla, but in its place have a large deeply 5-parted cup- shaped calyx, concave at the base, in which there are 5 glands which secrete an abundance of honey; stamens united together for about one-third their length, above which they separate into 5 rays bearing linear anthers which dehisce by a longitudinal groove; style issuing from the center of the stamens and terminating in a pointed stigma: fr. a woody caps. with 5 valvate dehiscent lobes: foliage linden-like and densely clothed with stellate hairs.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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