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CALADIUM 



(1) Veins red. 



2. Var. marmdreaiii, Engl. Blade dull green, with 

 brownish red nerves, bordered with yellow. 



3. Var. erythrffium, Engl. (C. ,ScftmW2i'/, Lem. C.cor- 

 d&tiim, Hort. ). Midribs and nerves red. l.H. 8: 297. 



4. Var. pictum, Engl. With white or red spots between 

 the red veins. S Amer. 



(2) Veins silvery or green. 



5. Var. argyroneiirum, Engl. (('. nnjyroneitron, C. 

 Koch. 0. Schcelleri, hem.). Midrib and veins silvery. 

 l.H. 8:297. 



6. Var. subrotundum, Engl. {C.subrotilndum, Lem.). 

 Leaf -blade rounded at the base, or shortly cordate, with 

 white or red spots. Brazil. 



AA. Blade distinctly peltate. 

 B. Leaf sagittate-oblong-ovate. 



7. marmoratum, Mathieu {AloeAsia Mdzlii, Bull. C. 

 thripedestiim . Lt-m. j . Petiole cylindrical, 12-16 in. long, 

 twice as long as the blade, variegated; blade dark green, 

 with irregular gray, yellowish green and snow-white 

 spots, glaucous-green beneath, sagittate-oblong-ovate, 

 the upper lobe semi-ovate, slightly cuspidate, the basal 

 ones unequal, K or }^ as long as the upper, connate 

 %-% their length. Equador. l.H. 5, p. 59. 



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310. Caladium bicolor. var. Chantini. (No. 17.) 



BB. Leaf omte-triangular, or ovate-sagittate. 



8. bicolor. Vent. (JjviHi 6rco(or,Ait.). Fig.310. Peti- 

 ole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, piniinose to- 

 ward the apex ; blade ovate-sagittate, or ovate-triangu- 

 lar, variegated above, glaucous beneath; upper lobe semi- 

 ovate, narrowing gradually to a cuspidate point, the basal 

 ones % to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, connate 1-5-% their length. S. Amer. Intro- 

 duced into cult, in 1773. B. M. 820. —Very common in 

 cult., furnishing many of the fancy-leaved Caladituns. 

 The marked varieties are as follows: 



ID Leaf-blade and veins of one color. 



9. Var. Vellozi^num, Engl. (C. VelloziAnum, Schott. 

 C. Purdiednum. Schott. C. pasillum, C. Koch. C. 

 SpriiceAnum, Schott. C. firmulnm, Schott). Leaf- 

 blade dark green above ; basal lobes connate past the 

 middle. Brazil, Peru. R.B. 10:169. 



(2) Leaf-blade more or less variegated. 



(a) With a colored disc. 



(b) Disc transparent. 



10. Var. transpArena, Engl. (C transpdrens, Hort.). 

 Blade with a pale green, nearly transparent disc ; mid- 

 rib and primary veins red-purple. 



CALADIUM 



11. Var. rubicundum, Engl. (C bicolor, Kunth). Peti- 

 ole green, or vai-i«-!:c:tt('tl i^reen and violet; blade green, 

 with a red, transpart.-iit, central disc, and a very narrow 

 red line between the disc and the margin. 



(bb) Disc opaque. 

 (c) Purple disc. 



12. Var. Baraquinii, Engl. (C. Baraquinii, Hort.). 

 Petiole violet ; blade with a purple-red disc; beautiful 

 green between the disc and margin; nerves and midrib 

 red-violet. Para. l.H. 7:257. P.S. 13: 1378. 



13. Var. K^tteleri, Engl. (C. KHteleri, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole crimson, variegated toward the base ; blade with 

 purple disc, midrib and primary veins, sparsely marked 

 between the veins with many small, rosy spots. 



(cc) Bed disc. 



14. Var. spl^ndens, Engl. (f. ?-ds(!«m, Hort. C.spUn- 

 dens, Hort.). Petiole green below, red above; blade 

 with a red disc at the middle ; midvein and primary 

 veins red-purple ; green between the nerves and along 

 the margin. L. 4. 



15. Var. Leopold!, Engl. (C. Leopoldi, Hort. C. 

 Gierdtii. G. Koch. C. Bogieri, Ch. & Lem.). Petiole 

 violet beneath. ri-d-piii']ile above ; blade with a broad, 

 reddish disc : margin green, red spotted ; midrib and 

 primary veins dark red-purple. Para, 1864. 



16. Var. albomaculatum, Engl. (C. Alfred Bleu). 

 Petiole green: )'l;nit' LTfcrn, with red disc, midrib and 

 primary veins, and marked clear to the margin with 

 many large, white spots between the nerves. 



(cec) Bose disc. 



17. Var. Ch4ntini, Engl. [C. Chantini, hem. C.Con- 

 tuertii, Hort. ('. amwviim, Hort. C. Martersteiqidnuin , 

 Hort. C.piinrhiliisliiniiii. Hort. C.Haagedniim'. Hort.). 



Fig. 310. Pcti.ilr 11I..1 r less violet; blade broadly 



red-purple aluriii the niiilrib and primary nerves, rosy 

 ut the center, and with very numerous, unequal spots 

 between the nerves clear to the marginal vein. I. H. 

 5:185. F. S. 13:1.S50, 1351. B. M. 5255. B. L. PI. 19 

 (1891). Para, 1858. A. F. 8:129. 



(cccc) Light green disc. 

 IS. Var. HouUfetii, Engl.(6'. ffOKii^(ii, Lem. C.Moere- 

 dniirn, Hort.). Petiole green, the sheath and a little of 

 the base violet-variegated ; basal lobes of the blade 

 somewhat introrse, rounded, connate % ; blade obscurely 

 green toward the margin, the midrib and primary veins 

 slightly reddish, and with a pale disc marked with many 

 irregular white spots. 



(aa) Without a colored disc. 



(b) Margins colored throughout. 



(c) Bed margin. 



19. Var. marginitum, Engl. {C. marginAtum, C. 

 Koch). Blade dark green, with a red line on the outer 



'"^••S'"- ,cc) yello,v margin. 



20. Var. Eramerianum, Engl. (C. KrameriAnum, 

 Hort.). Veins jmrple ; yellow margin. 



21. Var. Stangeanum, Engl. {C. StangeAnum, C. 

 Koch). Blade reddish ; green along the narrow mar- 

 gin, yellowish toward the margin. 



(ccc) Solid white margin. 



22. Var. Perriferii, Engl. (C. Perri4ri, hem.). Petiole 

 violet-black ; Ijlade dull green, with many red-purple 

 spots, and white along the margin. Brazil, 1861. 



( cccc ) Spotted m a rg in . 



23. Var. Eckhartii, Engl. (C.j6Vi-7in'rfu, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole violet-blotched at the base, green above the middle; 

 blade green, with few rosy spots along the margin, and 

 Bmall white ones in the middle. 



24. Var. Henderson!, Engl. {C. Hhidersoni, Hort.). 

 Petiole variegated violet and green, reddish toward the 

 apex ; blade mostly green, reddish next the lower parts 

 of the nerves ; midrib and primary veins red-purple 

 spotted ; small red spots along the margin. 



25. Var. Sieboldii, Engl. {C. Sieboldu, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole violet and green, reddish toward the apex ; basal 

 lobes of the leaf somewhat introrse, connate Ya their 



