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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Dieffenbachia continued. 

 D. maculosa (spotted). 1. blotched with creamy - white. 



Columbia, 1876. 

 D. magnified (magnificent).* I. shining, sombre green, thickly 



variegated (following the direction of the secondary nerves) with 



blotches and spots ol white. Stem and petioles also variegated ; 



the latter are short and sheathing. Venezuela. See page 471, 



D. majestica (majestic).* 1. rich dark green, variegated with 

 scattered bright yellowish blotches, and having besides a feathery 

 silver bar along the central line ; oblong-ovate, acuminate, 1ft. or 

 more in length, and 5in. to 6in. in breadth. 1882. Very distinct, 

 and stocky in habit. 



D. nitida (shining). I. deep glossy ereen. marked with angular 



Dieffenbachia continued. 



yellowish spots, and a silver-grey marking running through the 

 6 MIWWW ^ MB ^ * 



D. Beglna (Queen).* I. oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, 

 shortly acuminate, almost wholly covered with greenish- 

 white, mottled with blotches of pale green, and having a narrow 

 margin, and a few streaky markings of a deeper shade ; the 

 greater portion of the upper surface of the leaf-blade, whose 

 two sides are nearly equal in breadth, is of this pallid hue 

 with the few but distinct dark markings. South America.' 

 This beautiful plant is a very distinct and striking addition to 



FIG. 665. DlEFPENBACHIA REX. 



s 

 spotted 



L dee ? ricb 

 white, except at 



f usel y blotched and 

 where the ground 



D. Pearcei (Pearce's). I. bright light green profusely snottod 

 and blotched with creamy- white, each sife o^tSe mfdrib w?th a 

 band of the same colour; large, oblong-lanceolate Ecuador 



^sio. ** (sp0tted) ' L 8 P tted with w ^te. Tropical America, 

 D. princeps (illustrious).* I. dark green, with a few scattered 



D. Rex (King).* I. closely placed on the stem ; leaf-blades elliptic- 

 lanceolate, unequal-sided, of a very deep green colour, passing 

 to paler green near the edge of the narrow side, the whole sur- 

 face, to within about *m. of the margin, thickly covered with 

 oblique-elongate angular white blotches, which take the same 



D. Segnine (Seguine). Dumb Cane. I. djep green, marked with 

 Weit C indTes SPOtS> ovate - blon S' cuspidate, undulated, h. 6ft. 



D. Shuttlewprthll (Shuttleworth's). I. with a feathery white 

 band along the midrib. Columbia, 1878. (G. C. n. s., x. 45.) 



D. splendens (splendid). I. of a rich deep velvety bottle-green 

 freely marked with whitish striated blotches, which stand out in 

 striking contrast with the deep green ground colour. Stem 

 faintly mottled with dark and light green. Columbia, 1880. 



