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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Cordyline continued. 



C. nlgro-rubra (black and red).* I linear-lanceolate, dark brown, 

 with bright rosy-crimson centres, the young foliage usually 

 entirely of the latter showy colour. A fine variety, of bold 

 erect growth. Stove. 



C. ornata (adorned).* I. small, recurved, oblong, Sin. long, 2in. 

 broad, dark bronzy-green, marked with a narrow margin of rosy- 

 pink, which is continued along the edge of the petioles ; petioles 

 almost erect. 1873. Stove. 



C. porphyrophylla (purple-leaved). I broadly ovate-oblong, 

 ofa fine deep bronzy hue, contrasting well with the glaucous tint 

 of their under surfaces. Habit somewhat erect-growing. 1870. 

 Stove. (L H. 1872, 277.) 



C. pulchella (beautiful).' 1. nearly lin. wide, deeply bronze- 

 tinted, of a spreading-arching habit ; the contracted petiole-like 

 base being of a deep wine-red, which colour also marks the edges 

 of the leaves. 1870. Stove. 



Cordyline continued. 



C. rosacea (rose-coloured). I. gracefully recurving, oblong-acumi- 

 nate, dark bronzy-green, broadly margined with bright pink ; 

 some of the young ones almost entirely of a light creamy-pink 

 colour. 1872. A compact-habited dense-growing variety. Stove. 



C. rubella (reddish). I., young ones variegated with bluish-rose. 

 1872. Stove. 



C. Shepherd! (Shepherd's). A synonym of C. gloriota. 



C. spectabilis (showy). I. broad oblong-acute, arching, narrow, 

 ing and compressed at the base into a longish green stalk ; of a 

 deep full green, slightly bronzed from being tinged beneath with 

 reddish-purple. 1869. An erect free-growing plant. Stove. 



C. splendens (splendid).* I. dense, short, ovate-acute, about 9in. 

 long, 4in. broad, arranged spirally ; of a deep bronzy-green, 

 breaking out in the young growth into bright rosy-carmine ; the 



petiol 

 colour. 



'and bases "of the leaves are margined with the same 

 1871. Stove. The colouring sometimes appears in 



FIG. 514. CORDYLINE MAGNIFICI. 



C. pnmUio (dwarf), fl. white ; panicle very lax, spreading, 2ft. 

 long, with slender branches. I. very narrow, linear, lift, to 2ft. 

 long, Jin. to iin. broad, with a stout prominent midrib, and a 

 few slender veins on each side of it. Trunk short, slender, as 

 thick as the finger, or none. New Zealand, northern islands. 

 Greenhouse. 



C. Real! (Real's). I dark green, striped and edged with rose. 



1874. Stove. (I. H. 20, 140.f 



C. Bex (king).* I. erect, broadly or oblong-lanceolate, about 1ft. 

 long, of a bronzy-green colour, flushed with rosy-purple, freely 

 streaked with bright carmine-rose ; petioles margined with 

 purplish-rose, and the back of the costa is of the same colour. 



1875. Stove. 



C. Roblnsoniana (Robinson's).* I. long, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 elegantly arched ; ground-colour light green, variously striped 

 and marked with dark bronzy-green and brownish-crimson; 



petioles also striped with brownish-crimson. 

 (L H. 1879, 342.) 



1877. Store. 



stripes, and at others occupies the whole surface ; while the 

 recurved character of the foliage gives the plant a flat, almost 

 table-like head. 



C. stricta (upright). JL light blue, rather crowded. I. linear- 

 lanceolate or narrowly ensiform, contracted for some way above 

 the bases, Ijft. to 2ift. long, lin. to IJin. broad, with slightly 

 roughened margins ; indistinct midrib striated with numerous 

 parallel nerves. Trunk slender, simple, 6ft. to 10ft. high. 

 Moreton Bay. STN. Dracaena stricta. Greenhouse. (B. M. 2575.) 



C. s. congesta (crowded) differs from the type in having broader 

 and more crowded foliage. See Fig. 515. 



C. sulcata (grooved). I. spreading, oblong, abruptly pointed ; 

 upper surface scored with numerous shallow parallel furrows, 

 following the obliquely transverse direction of the veins ; under 

 surface slightly streaked with blackish-purple ; petioles purplish. 

 1872. Stove. 



C. terminalis (terminal).* fl. sub-sessile, in branched panicles. 

 {. petioled, lanceolate, narrowed to both ends, dark green OT 



