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Codiaeum continued. 



Sin. broad, dark green, suffused and mottled with golden- 

 yellow ; in some cases, the leaf s distinctly banded. 

 C. HUleanum (Hill's).* 1. 6Ain. long, 2iin. wide, six or seven 

 times longer than the stalk, oblong sub-spathulate, acuminate, 

 tapering at the base ; margins sinuous ; upper surface shining 



C odiseum continued. 



running from the midrib towards the margin : midribs, young 

 stems, and petioles golden-yellow. Erromango, 1869. 

 C. Illustris (brilliant). I. green, richly maculated with golden- 

 yellow, the central bar yellow, and the variegation irregularly 

 distributed, so that sometimes the points are almost wholly 



crimson ; lower 



purplish-green, midrib and secondary veins bright cr 

 surface dull purple, veins crimson. Polynesia, 1868. 

 C. Hookcrianum (Hooker's).* I. broadly ovate-lanceolate, 

 abruptly tapering or rounded at the base ; upper surface beautiful 

 dark shining green, broken at the base with a broad blotch of 

 golden-yellow, and with irregular projections of the same colour 



golden ; mostly three-lobed, on purplish petioles, the base being 

 oblong, succeeded by two lateral alternate lobes, which, as wefl 

 as the apex, appear to be twisted or curved, so as to acquire a 

 sort of forked appearance. An extremely distinct and attractive 

 plant. See Fig. 488, for which we are indebted to Mr. Bull. 

 C. impcrator (commanding)." 1. 12in. to 18in. long, Sin. wide 



