ALOCASIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



ALOCASIA 



A. guttata. — ABornean specieswith 

 elliptic-sagittate leaves, deep green 

 above, purple beneath, and regularly 

 spotted leaf -stalks. The variety 

 imjjerialis is a finer plant. (III. llort. 

 1884, 541.) 



A. hybrida. — A hybrid between A. 

 cuprea and A. Loivi. Leaves elliptic, 

 pointed, olive green above, edged 

 with ivory white, dull purple beneath. 

 The young leaves are of a bronzy 

 tint when unfolding. 



A. illustris. — Leaves ovate-sagit- 

 tate, rich green, spotted with dark 

 green. East Indies. 



A. Jennlngsi. — An East Indian 

 species of small growth, with ovate, 

 heart-shaped leaves blotched with 

 dark brown between the main veins ; 

 leaf-stalks spotted. 



A. Lindeni. — Leaves ovate heart- 

 shaped, pointed, triangular at the 

 base, green above with yellowish- 

 white veins ; stalks whitish. Papua. 

 {111. Ilort. 1886, 603.) 



A. longiloba {A. amahilis ; A. 

 (jigantea). — Leaves large, sagittate, 

 green with white veins ; grows 4 to 

 5 ft. high. Java. 



A. Lowl. — Leaves heart-shaped, 

 olive green with white veins, purple 

 beneath. Borneo. {Bot. Mag. t. 5376.) 



A. Lucianl. — A fine hybrid bet\veen 

 A. Thihautiana and A. Putzeysi. 

 Leaves ovate, pointed, deep green 

 above with white leaves, purple be- 

 neath, the pale green stalks being 

 spotted with brown {III. Ilort. ser. 

 V. 27). 



A. macrorhiza. — A noble species 

 from Polynesia, 3 to 5 ft. high, with 

 large heart-shaped leaves of a pale 

 green. The variety variegata, which 

 has the leaves marbled and blotched 

 with creamy white over nearly half 

 the surface, is a far more ornamental 

 plant. It comes from Ceylon. 



A. Margaritas has large obcordate 

 leaves, more or less wrinkled and 



waved on the margins, with brownish- 

 purple stalks {III. Ilort. 1886, 64). 



A. marglnata. — A Brazilian species 

 with broadly ovate, heart-shaped 

 leaves about 18 ins. long, slightly 

 sinuate on the margins, and with 

 irregular, zigzag, blackish - brown 

 markings on the stalks. 



A. Marshalli.— An Indian species 

 somewhat resembling A. Jenningsi, 

 with broadly heart-shaped green 

 leaves, darkly blotched between the 

 side veins, and with a broad silvery 

 band down the centre, the stalks 

 being more or less marbled. 



A. odora {Arum and Caladium 

 odorum; Colocasia odorata).—A stem- 

 less Peruvian species, with heart- 

 shaped, roundish leaves about 3 ft. 

 long, with rounded lobes {Bot. Reg. 

 viii. t. 641). 



A. plumbea. — This species has 

 large dark green crinkled leaves, 

 with purplish petioles. 



A. princeps, from the Malayan 

 Archipelago, has sagittate leaves with 

 narrow, divergent lobes at the base, 

 forming a triangular opening ; the 

 margins are deeply indented, and 

 the upper surface has a metallic, 

 olive green tint. The under-surface 

 is grey-green, veined, and edged 

 with dark chocolate brown, the 

 leaf-stalks being also marbled with 

 the same colour. 



A. Pucciani. — A garden hybrid with 

 ovate-sagittate leaves about 18 ins. 

 long, green above with pure white 

 veins in the middle of a silvery band. 

 The under-surface is bright purple, 

 while the stalks are irregularly 

 blotched with dark rosy-carmine on 

 a pale purple ground. 



A. Putzeysi.— A native of Sumatra, 

 with leaves like those of A. longiloba, 

 deep green in colour except for the 

 white bands along the veins and 

 margins, the under-surface being deep 

 purple (///. Ilort. 445). 

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