Macfadyena
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Macfadyena (Dr. J. Macfadyen, author of a flora of Jamaica). Bignoniaceae as defined by Bentham & Hooker, 21 species of tall-climbing shrubs in Trop. Amer. and extra-Trop. S. Amer., including Dolichandra; as denned by Schumann in Engler & Prantl, 3 species in S. Amer., excluding Dolichandra and others. The plant in the trade (offered in S. Calif.) is M. cynanchoides, Morong (or Dolichandra cynanchoides, Cham.). It is a glabrous liana of S. Brazil and Argentina: branches slender and terete: lvs. opposite, of 2 oblong, ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute entire lfts. and usually a 3-parted tendril at end: fls. single or few on the peduncle, red; calyx cut to the middle, spathaceous; corolla long, tubular 2 ¼ in. long); stamens 5, one being a rudiment, exserted; stigma exserted: fr. a caps. 3 in. long and ¾ in. wide. M. dentata. Scbum. (Bignonia Fraseri, Hort. B. Tweediana, Griseb., not Lindl. M. Tweediana, Griseb.). A strong climber, self-clinging, with 3-forked tendrils: lfts. 2, ovate to ovate-oblong, short-acuminate, dentate, lepidote on both sides, glossy above, 1 ½ - 2 ½ in. long: fls. axillary, solitary; calyx split; corolla tubular- funnelform, yellow, 2 ½ in. long, outaidc lepidote; ovary lepidotc: caps, linear, 7-12 in. long. Brazil to Argentina. Intro. in S. Calif.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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