HORTUS VEITCHII 



The leaves, prettily variegated with red, exhibit the peculiar phaenome- 

 non of being in separate portions, connected only by an unusually 

 powerful midrib. 



CEOTON IEBEGULAEE, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 17, fig. p. 9. 



The leaves of this variety are of variable size and shape, dark green, 

 more or less spotted with yellow. 



It was introduced through the late John Gould Veitch from the South 

 Sea Islands. 



CEOTON JOHANNIS, Hort. 



Syns. C. angustissimum. 



Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 844; id. 1871, p. 612, fig. 123 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1871, p. 14, 



fig. p. 3. 



A variety from the South Sea Islands through the late John Gould 

 Veitch, after whom it was named, with long narrow leaves of a glossy 

 green colour, the centre and margins flaked with bright yellow. 



CEOTON LACTEUM, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1872, p. 12, fig. p. 4. 



A distinct variety introduced through the late John Gould Veitch from 

 the South Sea Islands. 



The leaves, of dark shining green, have broad lines of milky or yellowish- 

 white colour. 



CEOTON MACAETHUEI, Hort. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1877, p. 21, fig. p. 7. 



Sent to us by Sir William MacArthur of Camden Park, Sydney, N.S.W., 

 a well-known Australian amateur, in whose honour it was named. 



The leaves are effectively variegated with large blotches and flakes of 

 yellow on a bright-green ground. 



CEOTON MACULATUS KATONII, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 430; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1878, p. 21, fig. p. 11. 

 Also due to Sir William MacArthur of Camden Park, Sydney, N.S.W. 

 It is a trilobed form of the Disraeli type, with numerous bright 

 yellow spots scattered over the deep but bright green leaf -blade. 



CEOTON MAXIMUM, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1871, p. 36 ; Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 1668, fig. ; 1'Illus. Hort. p. 534. 

 Introduced through the late John Gould Veitch from the South Sea 

 Islands ; a species with large leaves of oblong form, bright golden-yellow 

 in colour, blotched on either side of the centre with olive-green bands. 



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