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where marked with small, confluent white spots. W. 

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



(bbb) Margin and disk without color. 

 (c) Variegated green blade. 



32. Var. Brongniartii, Engl. (C. Brongnidrtii, Lena.). 

 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, 1858. 

 F.S. 13:1348-9. I.H. 5, p. 58, desc. 



33. Var. mir&bile, 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 mid vein. Para. I.H. 10:354. 



(cc) Blue-green blade. 



34. Var. pictum, Kunth (C. pictum, DC.). Petiole 

 greenish, variegated beneath; basal lobes connate 

 one-fifth their length; blade thin, blue-green, marked 

 with large, irregular, usually confluent, pale yellowish 

 semi-transparent spots. Lowe, 43. 



(ccc) Colorless blade. ^ 



35. Var. Duchartrei, Engl. (C. Duchartrei, 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. argyrospilum, 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 : 1346-7. 



733. Caladium picturatum var. Belleymeii. (No. 49.) 



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

 Petiole greenish, slightly violet-blotched toward the 

 base; blade reddish purple along the midrib and pri- 

 mary veins, marked between the veins with large white 

 spots; otherwise dark green. 



38. Var. K&chii, Engl. (C. Kdchii, Hort.). Lf.- 

 blade more rounded, dark green, with small white spots 

 midway between the midrib and margin. Para, 1862. 



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

 Lem. C. griseo-argenteum, Hort.). Petiole green- 

 blade dark green, marked everywhere with many small 

 S p elv Confluent white or slightly rosy spots. Para, 

 1862. I.H. 9:316. 



40. Var. Neumannii, Engl. (C. 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. 13:1352-3. B.M. 5199. 



(dd) Light green. 

 (e) Not spotted. 



41. Var. rubellum, Engl. (C. rubellum, Hort. C. 

 Reichenbachidnum, Stange). Blade green, with reddish 

 purple midrib and primary veins. 



42. Var. rubrovenium, Engl. (C. rubrovenium, Hort. 

 C. rubronervium, 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. Laucheanum, Engl. (C. Laucheanum, C. 

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

 middle. 



(ff) With purple and white spots. 



44. Var. Wightii, Engl. (C. Wlghtii, Hort.). Petiole 

 pale green; blade very beautiful green, marked be- 

 tween the primary veins with large, red-purple and 

 small white spots. French Guiana. 



(fff) With red or crimson spots. 



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

 Blade bright green, marked with large and small red 

 spots. 



46. Var. Lindenii, Engl. (C. Lindenii, Hort.). Blade 

 bright green, with confluent small red spots. 



47. Var. Verschaffeltii, Engl. (C. Verschaffeltii, 

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

 with few irregular crimson spots. I.H. 5:1 85. B.M. 

 5263. Lowe, 46. 



cc. Shape of 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 

 one-sixth to one-fourth their length, separated by a 

 triangular sinus; primary lateral veins 4-7, erect- 

 spreading or spreading. Brazil. Variable, furnishing 

 many of the fancy-leaved caladiums. 



(1) Transparent white blade, 



49. Var. Belleymei, Engl. (C. Belleymii, Hort.). 

 Fig. 733. Petiole greenish above, variegated violet 

 beneath; blade slenderly hastate-sagittate, white, 

 translucent except the green veins and nerves, with 

 small green spots along the margin; basal lobes 1-5, or 

 rarely one-fourth or one-third connate. Para. I.H. 

 7:252. A.F. 8:127. G. 2:89. 



(2) Pale green blade. 

 (a) With transparent blotches. 



50. Var. hastatum, Engl. (C. hastdtum, Lem.). Peti- 

 ole long, stout, white, violet-spotted; blade hastate- 

 sagittate, slightly contracted above the lobes; dull, 

 pale green, very irregularly marked with transparent 

 blotches; basal lobe one-fourth connate, crimson 

 margined in the sinus. Para. 



(aa) Opaque. 



51. Var. albo stria tulum, Engl. Blade greenish white 

 along the midrib and veins, white-striped and dotted 

 between the nerves. 



52. Var. Osyanum, C. Koch. Blade white along the 

 midrib and primary veins, with purple spots between 

 the veins. 



