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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Codiaeiun continued. 



the middle lobe, which is contracted in the lower portion and 

 broader upwards, being much longer than the others, thus 

 becoming more or less distinctly halbert-shaped. Polynesia, 1875. 

 C. Dodgsonaa (Mrs. Dodgson's).* I. linear-lanceolate, 9in. to 12in. 

 long, Jin. to |in. broad, sometimes becoming spiral ; bright 

 green, with a very rich gold stripe centre ; margins the same 

 colour. Habit very graceful. 



Codiseum continued. 



C. elegans (elegant).* I. 6in. long, iin. wide, ten to twelve times 

 longer than the stalk, linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse at the 

 apex; upper surface dark green, midrib crimson or yellowish, 

 margins slightly pink; lower surface dull green, mottled with 

 purple. India, 1861. SYN. C. parvifolium. 



C. Evansiannm (Evans's).* 1. bright olive-green, trilobed ; mid- 

 ribs iuid vtins golden-yellow ; the interspaces spotted with the 



C. Earl of Derby,.* I suffused with bright red, trilobed; stems, 

 petioles, and midnbs of a very bright yellow. 



C. eburneum (ivory-white). 1. elliptical-lanceolate, slightly re- 

 curved, MIL long. Uin. in breadth, deep green, with a broad 

 central band, from Jin. to m. wide, of a clear ivory or creamy 

 white, the white running out half way to the margin in acute 

 projections at the bases of the principal veins. 



same colour ; with age, the green deepens and changes to a bright 

 bronzy-crimson, and the midribs, veins, and spots become a rich 

 orange-scarlet. Polynesia, 1879. 



C. fucatum (painted). 1. obovate-elliptic, sometimes blotched in 

 the lower half with broad irregular patches of yellow on one or 

 both sides of the midrib, sometimes having only a yellow midrib 

 and yellow reticulations ; petioles rose-coloured. Polynesia. 



