Elliottia
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Elliottia (after Stephen Elliott, South Carolina's early and excellent botanist. For a fine portrait and sketch of him, see G.F. 7:204-6). Ericaceae. Deciduous shrub cultivated for its handsome racemes of delicate white flowers. Leaves alternate, entire, without stipules: fls. in terminal racemes; calyx small, 4-parted; petals 4, oblong; stamens 8, with short filaments; ovary 4-celled; cells 1-oyuled; style slender, exserted:fr. unknown.— One species in S. C. and Ga., very rare and local. The Japanese species formerly referred to this genus are well distinguished by the 3-merous fls. and by the many-ovuled cells of the ovary; they form the genus Tripetaleia. Like Cladothamnus, Ledum and Leiophyllum, the genus differs from most other Ericaceae in having distinct petals, but is easily distinguished from the genera mentioned by its racemose infl. and other characters. Elliottia is very rare in cultivation owing to its difficult propagation; it is not hardy North and seems to grow best in a humid sandy or peaty soil. Propagation by suckers, which appear only occasionally.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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