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CALADIUM 



C. ala'ta (winged). See C. CARNEA ALATA. 



a'lba (white). See C. CARNEA ALBA. 



cceru'lea (sky-blue). Blue. N. Holland. 1804. 



ca'mea (fresh-coloured). Flesh. July. N. Holland. 

 1826. 



ala'ta (winged). 1823. 



,, a'lba (white). 1810. 



clavi'gera (club-lipped). June. N. S. Wales. 



defo'rmis (deformed). Yellow. August. Swan River. 



denticula'ta (toothed). See C. FILAMENTO'SA. 



dilata'ta (broad-lipped). See C. PATERSONII DILATATA. 



tlonga'ta (elongated). See C. LATIFOLIA. 



filamento'sa (thready). Yellow. Swan River. 



fimbria'ia (fringed). Yellow. May. Australia. 



gemma' to (budded). Purple. May. Swan River. 



gta'cilis (slender). See C. TESTACEA. 



ki'rta (hairy). Yellow. May. Swan River. 



,, itioi'des (Ixia-like). Yellow. May. Swan River. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). Yellow. May. Swan River. 



longicau'da (long-spurred). See C. PATERSONI: DILA- 

 TATA. 



margina'ta (bordered). See C. LATIFOLIA. 



,, Menzie'sii (Menzies). Yellow. May. Australia. 



mo'Uis (soft). See C. LATIFOLIA. 



Paterso'nii (Paterson's). N. S. Wales. 



dilata'ta (dilated). Yellow. Lip broad. Swan 

 River. 



pili'fera (hairy). Purple. September. Swan River. 



re'ptans (creeping). Purple. August. Swan River. 



testa' cea (light-brown). July. N. Holland. 1824. 



unguicula'ta (clawed). See C. DEFORMIS. 



CALA'DIUM. (A word of uncertain derivation, perhaps 

 from kaladion, a cup. Nat. ord. Arads [Araceae]. Linn. 

 ii-Mon&cia, g-Polyandria. Alh'ed to Colocasia.) 



The ginger-like roots of C. bi'color, &c., are used as 

 common food in tropical countries, under the name 

 cocoa-roots ; but the roots of others are very acrid. 

 Stove plants, with the exception of C. virgi'nicum. Inte- 

 resting chiefly on account of their stems and leaves. 

 Herbaceous kinds by division of the plants, and suckers ; 

 sub-shrubs, cuttings, and dividing the roots ; rich, lumpy 

 soil, and abundance of water. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



We may add that in recent years there has been con- 

 siderable improvement in the highly coloured hybrid 

 varieties, and they are much appreciated for decorations 

 both as plants and cut leaves. We find that growers 

 who do them for decorative purposes start them in heat 

 early in the season, but gradually harden them off and 

 expose them to the sun and light before using them. It 

 requires some care to keep the tubers through the winter. 

 They should be gradually ripened off in the autumn by 

 withholding water. When properly ripened off, they 

 may be stored in any dry place where the temperature 

 does not fall below 50. If convenient they may be 

 left in the pots, but if txirned out and put into dry sand 

 they will keep well. They must not be placed where 

 the heat will dry the tubers too much. When starting 

 the tubers in the spring, the offsets should be taken off, 

 started in small pots in light, sandy soil ; and later on 

 they may be potted several together in each pot, using 

 rough, fibrous loam, peat, and some well-rotted stable 

 manure, with some sand added, and when well estab- 

 lished liquid manure may be given freely. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



C. aculea'tum (pricked). See MONTRICHARDIA ACULEATA. 

 arbore'scens (tree-like). See MONTRICHARDIA ACU- 

 LEATA. 



arbo'rewn (tree). 9. White. Cumana. 1820. 

 auri'tum (ear-leaved). See SYNGONIUM AURITUM. 

 cuculla'tum (hood-leaved). See ALOCASIA CUCULLATA. 

 fragranti' ssimum (most fragrant). See PHILODEN- 



DRON FRAGRANTISSIMUM. 



helleborifo'lium (hellebore-leaved). See XANTHOSOMA 



HELLEBORIFOLIUM. 



la'cerum (torn). See PHILODENDRON LACERUM. 



macula' turn (spotted). See DIEFFENBACHIA SEGUINE. 



Segui'num (Seguin Dumb-cane). See DIEFFENBACHIA 



SEGUINE. 

 trif>arti'tum(thiee-parted-leaved). See PHILODENDRON 



TRIPARTITUM. 



xanthorrhi' 'zum (yellow-rooted). See XANTHOSOMA 



SAGITT^BFOLIUM. 



STOVB DECIDUOUS. 



C. adama'ntinum (adamantine). Leaves green with 

 white veins. Peru. 1891. 



argyri'tes (silver-leaved). See C. HUMBOLDTII. 



argyroneu'rum (silver-nerved). 2. S. Amer. 



Belleye'nei. See C. PICTURATUM BELLEYE'NEI. 



bi'color (two-coloured), i. White. June. S. Amer. 

 1773. Many varieties and mere forms of C. bicolor 

 have been described and figured as species, including 

 the following : Albo-maculatum, albo-punctatissi- 

 mum, amcenum, argyrospilum, Baraquinii, Brong- 

 niartii, Cannartii, Chantinii, Connaertii, Curwadlii, 

 devosianum, discolor, Duchartrei, Eckhartii, en- 

 keanum, firmulum, Gaerdtii, griseo-argenteum, 

 haageanum, haematostigma, Hardii, Hendersonii, 

 houbyanum, Houlletii, Ketteleri, Kochii, krameri- 

 anum, laucheanum, Leopoldi, Lindeni, macrophyl- 

 lum, marginatum, martersteigianum, mirabile, 

 mooreanum, Neumanni, Ottonis, pallidinervium, 

 pellucidum, Perrieri, pictum, poecile, punctatissi- 

 mum, purdieanum, pusillum, regale, reichen- 

 bachianum, rubellum, rubricaule, rubrovenium, 

 sagittaefolium, of Sieber, Sieboldii, splendens, 

 splendidissimum, splendidum, spruceanum, stange- 

 anum, surinamense, Thelemanni, transparens, 

 vellozianum, Verschaffeltii, Wagneri, Wallisi. and 

 Wightii. 



cardina'le (scarlet). 1882. 



cu'preum (copper). See ALOCASIA CUPREA. 



edu'le (edible). See XANTHOSOMA EDULE. 



erythr&'a (red), i. S. Amer. 



escule'ntum (esculent). See COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM. 



hasta'tum (hastate). See C. PICTURATUM HASTATUM. 



Humbo'ldtii (Humboldt's). Leaves silvery. Para. 

 1858. Syn. C. argyrites. 



,, myriosti'gma (myriad-spotted). 



Jenni'ngsii (Jennings's). See COLOCASIA AFFINIS. 



lemairea'num (Lamairean). See C. PICTURATUM 



LEMAIREANUM. 



lilliputia'num (lilliputian). Apparently a variety of 



C. argyrites. Venezuela. 1895. 

 li'vidum (livid). See STAUROSTIGMA CONCINNUM. 

 Lo'wii (Low's). See ALOCASIA LOWII. 

 lu'ridum (lurid). See STAUROSTIGMA CONCINNUM. 

 marmora'tum (marbled). Yellow. Guayaquil. 

 medioradia' turn (middle-rayed). Leaves with the 



central veins silvery. Colombia. 1891. 

 myriosti'gma (myriad-spotted). See C. HUMBO'LDTII 



MYRIOSTIGMA. 



nymphaafo'lium (Nymphaea-leaved). See COLOCASIA 



ANTIQUORUM NYMPHvE^EFOLIUM. 



odora'tum (fragrant). See ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA. 



ova' turn (egg-shaped). See LAGENANDRA TOXICARIA. 



peda'tum (pedate). See PHILODENDRON LACINIA- 

 TUM. 



petiola'tum (stalked). See ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS. 



pictura'tum (ornamented). Greenish. S. Amer. 



hasta'tum (hastate). 1858. 



lemairea'num (Lemairean). Leaves with whitish 

 venation. S. Amer. 1861. 



Troubetzko'yi (Troubetzkoy's). 



pinnati'fidum (deeply-cut-leaved). See PHILODEN- 

 DRON PINNATIFIDUM. 



pu'milum (dwarf). See GONATANTHUS SARMENTOSUS. 

 Rougie'ri (Rougier's). Leaves spotted white and 



central veins red. Brazil. 1864. 

 rube'scens (reddish). Leaves red and green, small. 



Brazil. 1893. 

 sagittefo'lium (arrow-leaved). See XANTHOSOMA 



SAGITT^FOLIUM. 



sagitta'tum (arrow-shaped). Leaves feathered red in 



the centre. Brazil. 1891. 

 sanguineole 1 'ntum (blood-coloured). Leaves white in 



centre, blotched red. Amazons. 1872. 

 sca'ndens (climbing). See CULCASIA SCANDENS. 

 Schombu'rgkii (Schomburgk's). Leaves with white 



veins. Guiana. 1861. 

 Schmi'toii (Schmitz's). Centre of leaf white, with 



red veins. Brazil. 1861. 

 subrotu'ndum (roundish). Leaves roundish, spotted 



red and white. Brazil. 1858. 

 Si'msii (Sims's). See PHILODENDRON SIMSII. 

 smaragdi'num (emerald green). White. Trop. Amer. 



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