Difference between revisions of "Etlingera hemisphaerica"

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Amomum hemisphaericum, Baker. Sts. densely tufted, 10-12 ft.: Lvs. distichous, short-petioled above the sheathing base, 1½ ft. long and 3 in. broad, cuspidate, green above and claret-brown beneath: fls. very numerous, in a globose head, the outer bracts large and empty, obtuse, tinged brown, the inner bracts nearly as long as the fl.; lobes of calyx and corolla green; lip strap- shaped, emarginate, red-brown in middle and yellow at edge. Straits Settlements. B.M. 7592.
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Amomum hemisphaericum, Baker. Sts. densely tufted, 10-12 ft.: Lvs. distichous, short-petioled above the sheathing base, 1½ ft. long and 3 in. broad, cuspidate, green above and claret-brown beneath: fls. very numerous, in a globose head, the outer bracts large and empty, obtuse, tinged brown, the inner bracts nearly as long as the fl.; lobes of calyx and corolla green; lip strap- shaped, emarginate, red-brown in middle and yellow at edge. Straits Settlements.
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Amomum hemisphaericum, Baker. Sts. densely tufted, 10-12 ft.: Lvs. distichous, short-petioled above the sheathing base, 1½ ft. long and 3 in. broad, cuspidate, green above and claret-brown beneath: fls. very numerous, in a globose head, the outer bracts large and empty, obtuse, tinged brown, the inner bracts nearly as long as the fl.; lobes of calyx and corolla green; lip strap- shaped, emarginate, red-brown in middle and yellow at edge. Straits Settlements.


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