An Encyclopædia of Plants

Every plant then known to grow in Britain — native, cultivated or introduced — described, figured, named in Latin and English, with its history, its culture and its uses in the arts.

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Order XXXII

MARCGRAAVIACEE.

Very curious half-climbing shrubs, all natives of hot countries. Some of them bear among the flowers, which are large and showy, singular hollow bodies, like the pitchers of Sarracénia. The order has been well illustrated by Professor Hooker, in the 160th article of his Exotic Flora. 1163 Marcgraávia W.

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