This section is from the book "Handbook Of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, And Herbaceous Plants", by W. Botting Hemsley. Also available from Amazon: Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
A considerable order of trees and shrubs, chiefly from the tropics, and only represented in our gardens by one hardy Japanese species. The principal distinctive character is in the stamens, the filaments being united in a tube with the anthers sessile or stalked within the summit.
 
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