| 释义 |
‖ Houstonia Bot.|huːˈstəʊnɪə|
[mod.L., named after Dr. William Houston, an 18th c. botanist (died 1733).]
A North American genus of plants (N.O. Rubiaceæ), with delicate four-parted flowers of various colours; by some botanists included in the genus Hedyotis or Oldenlandia.
About 20 species are known; the best-known being H. cærulea, the Bluet.
1838Mrs. Hawthorne in N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 187 Mother brought me some Houstonias in their own bit of earth. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Nature Wks. (Bohn) I. 225 The mimic waving of acres of houstonia, whose innumerable florets whiten and ripple before the eye. |