Lasia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lasia (Greek, rough or prickly, referring to the aculeate caudex, scape and foliage). Araceae. Two perennial herbs, woody at the base, allied to Dracontium and Cyrtosperma, not tuberous, with a more or less decumbent caudex, native in E. India, Ceylon, Java, Cochin-China. L. spinosa, Thwaites (Dracontium spinosum, Linn. Pothos spinosus, Ham. Lasia heterophylla, L. Zollingerii, L. Jenkinsii, L. Hermannii and L. desciscens, Schott), is offered abroad. It is a glasshouse subject: caudex about 1 1/4 in. thick, prickly: petioles 9-18 in. or more long, prickly; blade variable in shape, hastate or entire, or deeply pedately pinnatipartite: spathe 6-10 in. long, the upper part rolled into a tail-like extension, the open or spadix-bearing part short. E. India. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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