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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ASPIDISTRA , a small genus of the See also:

LILY

lily See also:

order (See also:

LILIACEAE

Liliaceae), native of the Himalayas, See also:

CHINA

China and See also:

JAPAN

Japan . Aspidistra lurida is a favourite pot-plant, bearing large See also:

green or See also:

white-striped leaves on an underground See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, and small dark purplish, See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers See also:

close to the ground .

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