Oxyanthus

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 Oxyanthus subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Oxyanthus (Greek, sharp flower; referring to the acute lobes of the corolla and calyx). Rubiaceae. African trees and shrubs, allied to the cape jasmine (Gardenia). They are remarkable for their extremely long and slender corolla-tubes, which are topped by a five-pointed star of spreading narrow lobes.

Leaves opposite: fls. usually white, in axillary racemes or panicles; calyx-tube truncate, or with 5 short teeth; corolla salver-shaped, throat glabrous; stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the tube; ovary 2-celled, except in 1 species; style usually exserted; stigma usually spindle-shaped or club-shaped, 2-cut at the top; ovules numerous, not immersed in the 2 fleshy placenta;: fr. a sort of berry.—Species 30-40, mostly in Trop. Afr., some in S. Afr.

O. tubiflorus, DC. (Gardenia tubiflora, Andr.). Hispidulous-puberulous: Lvs. obtusely rounded or somewhat eared at the base: (Gardenia tubiflora, Andr.).puberulous: lvs. obtusely rounded or somewhat ear(fls. 6-7 in. long, at first creamy white, then tawny or ochrous: fr. terete, not grooved. Trop. Afr. F.S. 7:737. B.M. 1992 (as O. speciosus.) 4636. J.F. 3:245.


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