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length, dark green ; midrib and primary veins beauti- 

 fully red-purple spotted, and a very narrow white bor- 

 der, marked with small, purple-red spots. A.F. 8: 127. 

 (cccoc) Purple margin. 



ati. Var. Houbyinum, Engl. (C Houhyhnum, Hort.). 

 Petiole dirty green ou the lower surface, bright red 

 above ; blade bright green, with large pale spot.s, and 

 small red-purple ones between the midrib and primary 

 veins ; a red-purple spot above the insertion of the peti- 

 ole, and a pale purple line around the margin. 



•il. Var. peMcidum, Engl. (C. pellucidum, DC). 

 Petiole reddish, variegated with violet ; blade broadly 

 reddish purple spotted along the midrib and primary 

 veins, and more or less marked with transparent, red- 

 dish purple spots between the primary veins ; a contin- 

 uous purple line along the outer margin. 



(bb) Only the margin of the basal sinus colored. 



28. Var. Devosiinum, Engl. (C. Devosihrnim, Lem. 

 C. Wdllisi, Hort. C. Ottdms, Hort.). Petiole green; 

 blade bright green, with small, irregular white spots be- 

 tween the midrib and primary veins, and a narrow 

 crimson border at the sinus. Para. I.H.9:322. 



2y. Var. hsematostigmatum, Engl. (C hceynatostig- 

 matiim, Kth. ('. /),7/h. /.//oh, DC). C. disco/or, Qort.). 

 Petiole violet ; hi.adr dark green, with a purple line on 

 the basal sinus, and sparsely marked with blood-red 

 spots. Para. 



30. Var. poecile, Engl. {C.pcecUe, Schott. V.palUdi- 

 nirvinm, Hort.). Petiole reddish brown, or closely 

 streaked-variegated ; blade dark green ; midrib and 

 primary veins paler, often whitish ; a red-purple spot 

 where the petiole joins the blade, narrowly purple-mar- 

 gined in the sinus. Brazil. 



31. Var. reg&le, Engl. (G. regdle, Lem. C. Wdgneri, 

 Hort. C. Suriuamhise, Miq. C. sagittafblium. Sieb.). 

 Blade bright green, purple-margined at the sinus, every- 

 where marked with small, confluent white spots. West 

 Indies, 1710. I. H. 9:316. 



(bbb) No colored disc or colored margin. 



(c) Variegated green blade. 



32. Var. Brongni&rtii, Engl. {C. Brongnidrtii. Lem.). 

 Very large ; petiole variegated violet and green, red- 

 dish toward the apex ; blade green, except along the 

 nerves below, where it is colored reddish, paler green 

 between the primary nerves, deep green toward the 

 margin ; veins and nerves red-purple. Brazil-Para, 

 1858. F.S. 13:1348, 1349. I.H.5, p. 58. 



33. Var. miribile, Engl. (C mirdbile, Lem.). Petiole 

 green ; blade bright green, densely covered with large 

 and small irregular pale green spots between the pri- 

 mary nerves and midvein. Para. I.H. 10: 354. 



(cc) Blue-green blade. 



34. Var. plctum, Kunth {0. picfitm, DC). Petiole 

 greenish, variegated beneath ; basal lobes connate 1-5 

 their length ; blade thin, blue-green, marked with 

 large, irregular, usually confluent, pale yellowish semi- 

 transparent spots. L. 43. 



(ccc) Colorless blade. 



35. Var. DucMrtrei, Engl. (CiJwcAortret, Hort.). The 

 long petiole green above, variegated below the middle 

 with violet-black ; blade colorless, except the midrib and 

 all the veins, or here and there pale rosy or red spotted, 

 or even more or less dirty green. A.F. 8: 129. 



(cccc) Solid green blade. 

 (d) Dark green. 



36. Var. argyr6spiluni, Engl. (C. argyrdspilum, 

 Lem.). Petiole grayish red, sparsely and finely 

 streaked ; blade a most beautiful green, with a crimson 

 spot at the middle, and with many small white spots 

 between the primary veins. Para. F.S. 13: 1346,1.347. 



37. Var. Curwidlii, Engl. (C. Curwddlii, Hort.). 

 Petiole greenish, slightly violet-blotched toward the 

 base ; blade reddish pm-ple along the midrib and pri- 

 mary veins, marked between the veins with large white 

 spots, otherwise dark green. 



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38. Var. Kdchii, Engl. (C. Kdchii, Hort.). Leaf- 

 blade more rounded, dark green, with small white spots 

 midway between the midrib and margin. Para, 1862. 



39. Var. macrophyllum, Engl. (C macrophyllwm, 

 Lem. C. griseo-arginteum, Hort.). Petiole green; 

 blade dark green, mai'ked everywhere with many small, 

 scarcely confluent white or slightly rosy spots. Para, 

 1862. I.H. 9:316. 



40. Var. Neilmanmi, Engl. (0. Neumannii, Lem.). 

 Petiole green ; blade very beautiful dark green, with 

 scarcely paler veins, marked between the primary veins 

 with large and small white-margined, reddish purple 

 spots. F.S. 13:13.52, 1353. B.M. 5199. 



(dd) l/ight green. 

 (e) Not spotted. 



41. Var. nib^llum, Engl. ( 0. rubillum, Hort. C. Beich- 

 enbachidnum, Stangl.). Blade green, with reddish 

 purple midrib and primary veins. 



42. Var. rubrov^nium, Engl. ( C. rubrovenium, Hort. 

 C . riibronirvium, Hort.). Petiole variegated green and 

 violet ; blade small, oblong-ovoid, the basal lobes some- 

 what introrse, obtuse, connate almost to the middle, 

 pale caulescent or red-green along the midrib and pri- 

 mary veins ; veins pale red or scarlet. Para, 1862. 



(ee) Spotted. 

 (f) With white spots. 



43. Var. Lauche^num, Engl. (C. Lauchednum, C. 

 Koch). Blade bright green, with white spots at the 

 middle. 



(ff ) With purple and white spots. 



44. Var. Wightii, Engl. (C. W\ghtii,'aoTt.). Petiole 

 pale green ; blade very beautiful green, marked be- 

 tween the primary veins with large, red-purple and 

 small white spots. French Guiana. 



311. Caladium picturatum 



(No. 49.) 



(fff) Tl ith ted or crimson spots. 



45. Var. Enkeinum, Engl. (C. Enkednum, C. Koch). 

 Blade bright green, marked with large and small red 

 spots. 



46. Var. Lindeni, Engl. (C. Undeni, Hort.). Blade 

 bright green, with confluent small red spots. 



47. Var. VerschafiSltii, Engl. (C. VerschafMltii, 

 Lem.). Petiole pale green ; blade very beautiful green, 

 with few irregular crimson spots. I.H. 5:185. B.M. 5263. 

 L.46. 



BBB. Blade lanceolate-sagittate . 



48. picturatum, C Koch. Petioles usually green, 

 variegated below, elongated ; blade lanceolate-sagittate, 

 cuspidate and submucronate at the apex, the upper lobe 

 nearly triangular, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, basal lobes 

 over half as long, lanceolate subacute, connate 1-6-H 

 their length, separated by a triangular sinus ; primary 



