Calathea, an American group of plants of the Ginger (q.v.) family, with beautiful leaves springing from a short, root-like stem.
Calathea
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 632
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Calathea, an American group of plants of the Ginger (q.v.) family, with beautiful leaves springing from a short, root-like stem.