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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Maranta splendida, Lem. Glabrous: lvs. 2 ft. or less long, the blade large, oblong-lanceolate, with base subcordate or somewhat cuneate, short-acute at apex, above shining dark green and marked with pale green transverse bars, beneath violet-red. Brazil. I.H. 13:467, 468.—By some regarded as Calathea (C. splendida, Regel), but its position is doubtful. Resembles Calathea Veitchiana, but more robust.
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