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Aspidistra

Britannica 11th

ASPIDISTRA, a small genus of the lily order (Liliaceae), native of the Himalayas, China and Japan. Aspidistra lurida is a favourite pot-plant, bearing large green or white-striped leaves on an underground stem, and small dark purplish, cup-shaped flowers close ...

Vol. 2, pp. 769-769 OCR text aligned to scanned pages Relevance 330.0

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