The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Strobilanthes (To the species described on pp)

Strophanthus
Strophanthus

To the species described on pp. 516-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added:

S. attenuatus (attenuated). fl. violet-blue, marked with a yellow spot in the throat, disposed in loose panicles; corolla 1in. long; peduncles axillary or terminal, trifid, hairy. l. cordate, serrated, caudate-acuminate, more or less hairy, 4in. long, 2 1/2in. broad, dark green; petioles 3in. to 4in. long. Stem quadrangular, more or less hairy. Himalayas, 1886. A handsome, greenhouse herb, of shrubby habit. (R. G. 1243.) S. coloratus (coloured). fl. pale bluish-purple, 1 1/2in. long, shortly pedicellate; sepals erect, linear, 1/2in. long; corolla with a ventricose tube and short, rounded lobes; panicles 6in. to 12in. high, widely spreading and profusely branched. January. l. 5in. to 7in. long, ovate or elliptic, acuminate or produced into a long tail, serrated, dark green above, reddish-purple beneath. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Khasya, 1886. (B. M. 6922.) S. flaccidifolius (flaccid-leaved). fl. lilac-purple, in loose, leafy, paniculate spikes; tube of the corolla bent, the lobes deeply notched. l. 2in. to 4in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the petioles, serrated, glabrous, bright green. India, China, 1887. A pretty shrub, yielding a blue dye. (B. M. 6947.)

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