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The hooded spathe of the Cobra Lily, striped in purple and white, with the name “Arisaema wallachianum” in Hindi and Latin, on a ₹2 stamp.
The Cobra Lily
India Post issued four stamps on 29 May 1982 on flowers of the Himalayas, chosen, its folder says, because they are rarely seen by plains folk and their charm could hardly be improved upon by man. A member of the aroid family, the Cobra Lily takes its name from its hood-like spathe, 7 to 21 cm long and striped purple or bronze. It grows from Simla to Sikkim at 1,800 to 4,270 metres, and its female flowers ripen into showy berries.
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