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Typhonium giganteum, Engl. Tuberous herb of large size: lvs. with petioles 2 ft. long, the lower 8 in., wing-sheathed; blades 1 ft. or more long, hastate, the lobes large, apex acute: spathe-tube oblong, 1 1/4 in. long, blade acuminate, 6 in. long; spadix with the female fls. below, the male above, the two separated by a sterile portion and the top of the spadix also sterile. China. The type does not seem to be in cult.; the form cult., var. Giraldii, Baroni, has larger and broader lvs., the spathe is purplish outside and is somewhat the color of a ripe olive, the tube and blade are more equal in length than the type; spadix is darker, being purplish black; pollen white. Mountains of N. China. G.C. III. 32:151. Probably adapted to outdoor planting for ornament.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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