Hyospathe

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Read about Hyospathe in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Hyospathe (hog spathe: i.e., hog palm, a vernacular name). Palmaceae. Three S. American palms, little grown, with pinnatisect lvs. and unarmed reed-like sts.: fls. green, minute, the pistillate smaller than the staminate; stamens 6, and staminodia 6 in pistillate fls.: fr. small, ellipsoid or obovoid, purple. H. elegans, Mart., of the Amazon, one of the thatch palms, has sta. 1 in. diam. and 6 ft. high: lvs. 3-4 ft. long, at first nearly entire but becoming irregularly pinnate: fls. of both sexes borne in spikes beneath the terminal lvs. Other species sometimes referred to this genus belong to Prestoea and Pigafetta. L. H. B.


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