ALOCASIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



ALOCASIA 



A. guttata. ABornean species with 

 elliptic-sagittate leaves, deep green 

 above, purple beneath, and regularly 

 spotted leaf -stalks. The variety 

 imperialis is a finer plant. (III. Hort. 

 1884, 541.) 



A. hybrida. A hybrid between A. 

 cuprea and A. Lowi. Leaves elliptic, 

 pointed, olive green above, edged 

 with ivory white, dull purple beneath. 

 The young leaves are of a bronzy 

 tint when unfolding. 



A. iliustris. Leaves ovate-sagit- 

 tate, rich green, spotted with dark 

 green. East Indies. 



A. Jennings!. 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. Hort. 1886, 603.) 



A. longiloba (A. amdbilis ; A. 

 gigantea). Leaves large, sagittate, 

 green with white veins; grows 4 to 

 5 ft. high. Java. 



A. Lowi. Leaves heart-shaped, 

 olive green with white veins, purple 

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



A. Luciani. A fine hybrid between 

 A. Thibautiana and A. Putzeysi. 

 Leaves ovate, pointed, deep green 

 above with white leaves, purple be- 

 neath, the pale green stalks being 

 spotted with brown (III. Hort. 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 ob cordate 

 leaves, more or less wrinkled and 



waved on the margins, with brownish- 

 purple stalks (III. Hort. 1886, 64). 



A. marginata. 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. Marshall!. 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 C alodium 

 odorum; Colocasiaodorata). Astern- 

 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 (III. Hort. 445). 

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