AN ENCYCLOPZEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
Codiceum-—continued. | 
colours produces a very striking effect. See Fig. 487. (R. H. 
1880, p. 193.) - 
C. Burtonii (Burton's) l. lanceolate, 12in. to 15іп. long, about 
Sin. wide at the broadest part, close set and arching, dark 
shining green, banded and marbled with rich golden-yellow. 
C. chelsoni (Chelsea).* Z. narrow, drooping, sometimes plain, 
sometimes twisted spirally ; in this latter state, the variegation 
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Codizum—continued. i 
C. cornutum (horned).* J. eight to ten times longer than the 
stalks, about lin. wide, oblong, obtuse, irregularly lobed ; lobes 
obleng lanceolate, acute or obtuse, rounded at the base, sinuous 
at the margin; upper surface dark shining green, irregularly 
mottled with yellow; midrib deep golden yellow, excurrent neat 
the apex into a thread-like process, 3in. long. Polynesia, 1870. 
C. Crown Ргіпсе.* l. lanceolate, acuminate, 12in. to 15in. long, 
Fic. 488. CODIÆUM ILLUSTRIS. 
Shows up most distinctly, being of a bright salmon-orange tint, 
shaded with crimson. .New Guinea, 1879. 
1 Illum (golden-leaved). l. small, yellowish. Poly- 
nesia, 1875. : 
С. Cooperi (Coopers) l. with yellow veins and blotches, ulti- 
mately changing to red. Polynesia, 1874. 
i ide, bright shining green ; midrib and primary veins bright 
mem yt erect growing ig sort, sometimes having leaves 
beautifully marbled over the entire surface, unie doces 
. Disraeli (Disracli’s).* l. about lft. in length, marked on a — 
an reer pisi th golden ribs and veins, broadish at the - 
base, and throwing out two side lobes of moderate lop 
