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shortia|ˈʃɔətɪə|
[mod.L., f. the name of Charles W. Short (1794–1863), American botanist + -ia1.]
A small stemless evergreen herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Diapensiaceæ, native to eastern North America and temperate parts of Asia, and bearing glossy leaves and white, pink, or blue flowers.
Shortia galacifolia was first described by Asa Gray from a dried specimen seen in Paris in 1839, which had been collected by André Michaux in 1798. The plant was not rediscovered in the wild until 1878.
[1839A. Gray Jrnl. 8 Apr. in Lett. A. Gray (1893) I. iii. 178 As this is a good North American genus and comes from near Kentucky, it shall be christened Shortia, to which we will stand as godfathers.] 1877Field & Forest Sept. 40 More than once I was greeted with the query ‘Found ‘Shortey’ yet?’ By which I suppose was meant the mythical Shortia of Michaux, for which any enthusiastic young or old botanist is at liberty to hunt. 1948Hyde Park Shopper (Chicago) 29 Apr. 8/5 The rare flower, shortia, is found only in the mountains of North Carolina and Japan. 1962Times 8 Dec. 11/3 The shortias, too, do well in a moist..position. 1974Country Life 12 Dec. 1896/1 American woodlanders, such as shortias, schizocodons,..and erythroniums especially revel in it [sc. beech leaf-mould]. |