Saururus
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Saururus (Greek, lizard's tail, referring to the curve of the spike of fls.). Saururaceae. Lizard's Tail. Perennial marsh herbs, suitable for the bog-garden. Erect: lvs. heart-shaped, converging-ribbed, petioled, without distinct stipules: fls. crowded in a slender-naked-peduncled terminal spike or raceme; perianth none; stamens mostly 6 or 7, hypogynous: fr. somewhat fleshy, wrinkled, of 3-4 carpels united at base and indehiscent; seed usually solitary.—Two species, one in N. Amer., the other in Asia. CH
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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