Thalia

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Thalia dealbata
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thalia (named after Johann Thalius, a German naturalist; died 1588). Marantaceae. Perennial marsh or aquatic herbs, some of them hardy, others suitable for the warm- or greenhouse.

Leaves few, large, long-petioled, often canna-like: panicles terminal; fls. in pairs along the branches forming lax spikes, the pairs in a 2-valved spathe; sepals 3, free, equal, membranaceous; petals 3, free or very shortly connate; lobes of the androecium petaloid, very irregular; lip broad, crested within; anthers 1-celled; ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled, stigma 2-lipped: caps. oblong-ovoid or globose.—Schumann (Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 11) accepts 7 species, in Trop. and warm Temp. America.

T. sanguinea, Lem.-Stromanthe sanguinea. CH


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