Lysichitum

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 Lysichitum subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lysichitum (Greek, a loose or free cloak; probably referring to the spathe). Also written Lysichilom. Araceae. A genus of one species; a hardy plant resembling the skunk cabbage, which has been offered by dealers in native plants.

Nearly stemless swamp herb with large lvs. from a thick horizontal rootstock: spathe peduncled, sheathing at base, with a broad colored lamina or none, at first enveloping the cylindrical spadix, which becomes long- exserted upon a stout peduncle; fls. perfect, crowding and covering the spadix; perianth 4-lobed; stamens 4; ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled; ovules horizontal, orthotropous: fr. a 2-seeded berry, immersed in the spadix.


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