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Zamioculcas (Zamia and Culcas). Araceae. One species, sometimes grown in the warmhouse for ornament and curiosity, it being one of the very few aroids with pinnate lvs. Z. zamiifolia, Engler (Z. Loddigesii, Schott. Caladium zamiaefolium, Lodd.), grows in Trop. Afr. It is an evergreen perennial herb, with stout creeping rootstock, and erect glabrous radical lvs. standing 1 1/2 - 2 ft. high: lfts. about 12, opposite or alternate, oblanceolate, acute, jointed to the petiole and forming small tubers at the base after falling: spathe convolute at base with spreading or reflexed blade, green, glabrous; spadix club-shaped, with female fls. below and male fls. on the longer upward part, whitish, about 1 – 1 1/2 in. long and 1/2 in. thick. B.M. 5985. L.B.C. 15:1408. Prop. by the lf.-tubers and by division.
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