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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Dieffenbachia —continued. 
D. maculosa (spotted) Z. blotched with creamy - white. 
Columbia, 1876, 
. magnifica (magnificent).* J. shining, sombre green, word 
variegated (following the direction of the secondary nerves) wit 
blotches and spots of white. Stem and petioles also variegated ; 
LU мн are short and sheathing. Venezuela. See page 471, 
ig. 662. 5 
D. majestica (majestic).* Z. rich dark green, variegated with 
scattered bright yellowish blotches, and having besides a feathery 
silver bar along the central line ; oblong-ovate, acuminate, 1%. or 
more in length, and 5in. to 6in. in Бүр, 1882. Very distinct, 
&nd stocky in habit. 
D. nitida (shining). 
i deep glossy green, marked with angular 
Dieffenbachia continued. 
yellowish spots, and a silver-grey marking running through the 
centre; somewhat oblique, the narrower side being most dis- 
tinctly cordate. Brazil, 1868, 
D. Regina (Queen).* l. oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, 
shortly acuminate, almost wholly covered with  greenish- 
white, mottled with blotches of p green, and having a narrow 
margin, and a few streaky markings of a deeper shade; the 
greater portion of the upper surface of the leaf-blade, whose 
two sides are nearly equal in breadth, is of this pallid hue, 
with the few but distinct dark markings. South America. 
This beautiful plant is a very distinct and striking addition to 
the genus. See preceding page, Fig. 664, for which we are 
indebted to Mr. Wm. Rull. 
E SN N 
NS х AY 
Y à 
А 
NW f 
"FiG. 665. DIEFFENBACHIA REX. 
blotches of bright yellowish-green; oblong-lanceolate 
Stems erect, Columbia. —— s » acuminate. 
D. nobilis (noble).* 1, deep rich n, profusely b 
spotted with white, except at the ed, when tend 
colour forms a broad marginal band; oblong-ovate, about lift. 
long, and 9in. broad; petioles thick and channelled, pala green 
transversely banded with a different shade of the sàme colour, 
ipi long. Brazil, 1869. See page 472, Fig. 663, t 
1873, 815.) $ 
D. Parlatorei marmorea (Parlatore's marbled) Z blotch: 
with greenish-white. Antioquia, 1878. (I. H. n. - 201.) " ed 
D. Pearcei (Pearce's) 1, bright light green, profusel 
and blotched with creamy- While, each side of the mi Acn 
band of the same colour; large, oblong-lanceolate, Ecuador, 
^ Biete (spotted). 2. spotted with white. Tropical America, 
D. princeps (ilustrious)* 1. dark green, with a few scattered 
- band 
D. Kex (King).* l. closely placed on the stem ; leaf-blades elliptic- 
lanceolate, unequal.sided, of a very deep green colour, passing 
to paler green nearthe edge of the narrow side, the whole sur- 
face, to within about Jin. of the margin, thickly covered with 
oblique-elongate angular white blotches, which take the same 
direction as the venation, and are here and there n veined 
and suffused with n. South America. A very handsomely 
Marked plant, of free and vigorous habit. See Fig. 665, for 
which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. 
D. Seguine (Seguine). Dumb Cane. l. dep 
Deos iis Spee ovate-oblong, cuspidate, undulated. 
est Indies, 
D. Shuttleworthii (Shuttleworth's) 7. with a feathery white 
along the mu Columbia, 1878. (G. C. n. s., x. 45.) 
D. endens (splendid). of а rich deep velvet bottle-green, 
freely marked with whitish striated blotches, which stand ows in 
striking contrast with the deep green ground colour. Stem 
mottled with dark and light green. Columbia, 1880. 
green, marked with 
h, 6ft. 
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