Disporum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Disporum (Greek, double one-seeded). Syn. Prosartes. Liliaceae. Fairy Bells. Small perennial rhizomatous herbs, sometimes planted in the wild garden. Allied to Smilacina and Streptopus, being leafy-stemmed, but fls. in umbels (or solitary): perianth 6- parted, with narrow deciduous segms.; stamens 6, the filaments filiform or slightly flattened and longer than the extrorse anthers: ovary 3-celled, the ovules 2 or more in each cell, the stigma 3-cleft or entire: fr. a red or reddish few-seeded berry.—About 20 species, in N. Amer. and in the Himalayan region, Java to China and Japan. Little known to horticulturists; probably require no particular skill in cult. D. Hookeri, Nichols. (P. lanugnosa var. Hookeri, Baker). More or less rough-pubescent, with short, usually spreading hairs: Iva. ovate or sometimes oblong: perianth rather broad at the base: fr. Obovate, obtuse, red. Calif.—D. Leachenaultianum, D. Don, differs from the others here described by having white fls. India. Ceylon. B.M. 6035.—D. pullum, Salisb. Readily told from American forma by its brown or purplish green fls. India, Java, China. B.M. 916. Wilhelm Miller. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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