HORTUS VEITCHII 



CEOTON BEGINS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1878, p. 22, fig. p. 12 ; PI. and Pom. 1879, p. 59, fig. 



Sent to us by J. E. Young, Esq., of Sydney, N.S.W. ; this handsome 

 form has crimson midribs and veins, and a leaf-blade deep olive-green 

 sparingly spotted with yellow. 



CEOTON SINITZINIANUS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1881, p. 37, fig. p. 35. 



This variety, for which we are indebted to the kindness of Sir William 

 Macarthur, Camden Park, Sydney, N.S.W., has narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves of a deep olive-green streaked with straw. 



It is named in compliment to M. Peter Sinitzin, an accomplished 

 Eussian amateur. 



CEOTON TOETILIS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 22, fig. p. 9. 



A peculiar and remarkable form with the leaf-blade twisted in a spiral 

 manner around the midrib. 



CEOTON UNDULATUM, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 19, fig. p. 7. 



Introduced from the South Sea Islands through the late John Gould 

 Veitch. 



Of unusually free growth, the margins of the leaves are beautifully 

 undulated and wavy. 



CEOTON VAEIABILIS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 22. 



Sent by A. H. C. Macafee, Esq., of Sydney, N.S.W. 

 It has long leaves, marbled, blotched and flaked with various shades of 

 orange, bronze-yellow, and crimson. 



CEOTON VEITCHIANUM, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 19, fig. p. 7. 



This introduction from the South Sea Islands, through the late John 

 Gould Veitch, has leaves which attain a large size effectively variegated 

 with rose, carmine-purple, and creamy yellow. 



CEOTON WEISMANNI, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1872, p. 12, fig. p. 3 ; Fl. and Pom. 1873, p. 55, fig. 

 A very handsome form introduced from the South Sea Islands, with 

 long and narrow leaves not unlike a Dracaena, splashed with bright golden- 

 yellow on a dark shining green ground. 



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