Helicophyllum
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Read about Helicophyllum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Helicophyllum (spiral leaf; lateral segments of the pedatisect leaves sometimes twisted). Araceae. Nine or ten arisacma-like herbs of western Asia and delta of the Nile, of which one species may appear in collections; very little planted in the cool house, or in the open in mild climates with some protection. Tuberous-rooted herbs, with radical lvs. and fls. appearing together: scape shorter than lvs., bearing a single inflorescence: spat he with an oblong tube and an erect or more or less hooded limb; spadix tailed, mostly included or short, the middle part with neutral fls.; apetalous; stamens 2; ovary 1, 1-celled, 2- or 4-ovuled: fr. an ovoid or globose berry. H. alberti, Regel, is a stemless plant with a dark maroon-purple spathe 7 in. long: spadix 5 in. long, the appendix protruding and blackish purple: lvs. of young plants simple, oblong- lanceolate; of mature plants oddly divided, the "blade hastate, acuminate, undulate, concave at the base, with 2 lateral spreading horn-like horizontal basal lobes, and between them 2 long linear erect ones that are nearly as long as the blade, and face it; these front lobes have each on the outer margin below the middle a curved horn-like process." E. Bokhara. B.M. 6969. G.C. III. 36, suppl. Oct. 29.— Blooms in late spring, and requires protection. L. H. B.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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