Korthalsia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Korthalsia. (Peter W. Korthals, a German botanist). Palmticeae, tribe Lepidocaryeae. Feather- leaved palms from farther India to Borneo and New Guinea, little grown in warmhouses. Climbing and usually spiny plants with pinnatisect lvs., the lfts. mostly more or less cuneate or trapezoid and erose: fls. perfect, crowded in cylindric and catkin-like spikes; sepals orbicular or oblong, and petals ovate or lanceolate; stamens and staminodia 6 or more: fr. 1-seeded, nearly globular or ovoid: spadix axillary and loosely branched, pendulous, in sheathing tubular presistent spathes: some of the ligules of the petiole-sheath harbor ante.—About 20 species, imperfectly understood. One species is offered abroad. K. robusta, Blume (K. junghuhnii, Miq.), from Java. Petiole 1 ft. long, not armed; lfts. 7-9, rhomboidal, more or less attenuated below into a stalk-like base, sharp-pointed at apex, 8-16 in. long; rachis backwardly or retrorsely hooked or armed; end of lf. terminating in a hook-like process. Java. L. H. B.


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