spathe

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Spathe incomplete and distant, merely a leaf-sheath investing the lower part of the slender scape, and bearing a small and imperfect bract-like blade.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Spathe hooded-shell-form, pointed, very thick and fleshy, decaying in fruit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

It is commonly surrounded or embraced by a peculiar enveloping leaf, called a Spathe.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Spathe elongated, convolute throughout or with a dilated blade above.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Spathaceous, resembling or furnished with a Spathe, a bract which inwraps an inflorescence, 75.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa