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Africa. They are bulbous plants, the slender stems of which support themselves. by tendril-like prolongations of the tips of some of the narrow generally lanceolate leaves. The See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, which are See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-axils at the ends of the See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, are very handsome, the six, generally narrow, petals are See also:

bent back and stand erect, and are a See also:

rich See also:

orange yellow or red in See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; the six stamens project more or less horizontally from the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of insertion of the petals. They are generally grown in cultivation as See also:

STOVE

stove-plants.

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