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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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DIMEROCOSTUS 0. Ktze.
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Rev. Gen. 2:687. 1891.
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Gigantic rhizomatous unbranched -herbs; leaves spiral, with closed ligulate sheaths, congested near the tip of the elongate stem; inflorescence spiciform, scarcely cone-like as in Costus, the bracts much shorter than the subtended clus- ters of flowers, the bracteoles concrescent and tubular, closely investing the ovaries; calyx tubular, 3-parted above; corolla 3-lobed; labellum extremely showy; stamen 1, petaloid; ovary inferior, 2-celled; fruit a tardily dehiscent capsule.
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