CODIAEUM 



CODI^UM 



817 



AA. Foliage lobed, or with margin crisped or spirally 

 twisted, or with, a hair-like or If. -like apical appen- 

 dage. 



B. Lvs. entire, with margin crisped, or the whole If. 

 spirally twisted, without appendage. Form crispum, 

 Muell. Arg. 

 Hort. vars.: caudatum tortile, Chelsonii, Cronstadii, 



Elysian, Eyrei, Katharina, Madam Seilliere, Rex, 



spirale (in part) (Fig. 1019), Warrenii. 



BB. Lvs. more or less 8-lobed, at least constricted in the 

 middle (panduriform) . Form lobatum, Pax. 

 c. The Ivs. panduriform or indistinctly lobed. 

 Hort. vars.: Bismarckii, irregulare, lyratum, monti- 

 fontainense, multicolor, Princess Matilda, Russelii, 

 Thomsonii. 



cc. The Ivs. distinctly 3-lobed. 



Hort. vars.: Craigii, Disraeli, Evansianum, Fred 

 Sander, Goldiei, hastiferum, illustre, Lord Derby, 

 maculatum Katonii, trilobum. 



BBB. Lvs. entire or nearly so, the midrib projecting, 

 usually below the apex, as a horn-like appendage. 

 Form cornutum, Andre. 

 Hort. vars.: appendiculatum, chrysophyllum (in 



part), cornutum, excurrens, Mrs. McLeod, paradoxum, 



Prince of Wales, spirale (Fig. 1019). 



BBBB. Lvs. constricted to the midrib, or with the apically 



projecting midrib, bearing a second or even third 



plane, or cucullate, lamina. Form appendiculatum, 



Celak. 



Hort. vars.: Dodgsonse, interruptum (Fig. 1018), 



elegans, irregulare, Laingii, Mrs. McLeod (in part), 



multiforme, mutabile, picturatum, Rodeckianum (in 



part), Sinitzianum. 



The following varieties are in the American trade or frequently 

 cultivated in this country. A great many variations in spelling of 

 names occur, chiefly due to different terminations to agree with 

 either Croton or Codiaeum. Such slightly different forms of names 

 have been omitted. The brief descriptive phrases do not include 

 the more important characters given in the above classification. 

 When yellow and red are both mentioned, the foliage is generally 

 at first yellow-marked and later the yellow changing to red with 

 ground-color green or dark red-green. The measurements are 

 approximate, and of course, 

 more or less unreliable and 

 show respectively width 

 and length of leaves in 

 inches. It is intended here 

 to account for the Latin- 

 form names, that might 

 be confused with tenable 

 species-names; but practi- 

 cally all the prevailing ver- 

 nacular names have been 

 inserted. 



Aigberth Gem (= following?). 



Aigburthiense. Yellow midrib and spots, J^Xll. A.F. 16:255. 

 Gng. 9:19. 



Albicans. White variegated, crimson beneath, 3 X 18. 



Albo-lineatum. Yellow center changing to white, 1 X 12. A.F. 

 16:255. Gng. 9:19. 



Amabile ("often called variabile"). Lvs. often distorted and 

 curved to one side, variegated with yellow and two distinct shades 

 of green and red, 1 H X 11. 



Andreanum. Yellow to red veins, 2 J^ X 9. I.H. 22:201. A.F. 

 23:241. Gng. 13:81. R.H. 1876, p. 234. 



1017. 



Codiaeum Disraeli. 



(An example of form 



lobatum.) 



1018. Codiaeum interruptum. 

 (An example of form appendiculatum.) 



Angustissimum (Angustifolium). Yellow margin and ribs, 

 J^XlS. G.C. 1871:612. 



Anietumense. Yellow midrib and cross veins, 1 Xll. 



Aucvhzfolium. Yellow, red-blotched, 2^X8. I.H. 19, p. 327. 



Aurso-maculatum. Yellow-spotted, 1 y-i X 3 J^. 



Aureum. Yellow-marked. 



Baron Adolph Seilliere. Lvs. large, veins pale yellow, soon white. 



Baronne James de Rothschild (Baron Rothschild, etc., Baron A. 

 de Rothschild (?) ). Fig. 1016. Yellow, red veins, etc., 2Jix7. 

 A.F. 23:242. R.H. 1879:450; 1898:180. F.E. 18:379. I.H. 

 26:365. 



Barryi. Yellow, changing to white, midrib, veins and dots, 2x7. 



B. Compte. Large, yellow, red blotches, 2 H X 7. 



Beauty. Yellow to pink center, margin and mottling, ovate, 

 2x6. 



Bergmanii. Cream-yellow with green blotches. I.H. 27:389. 



Broomfieldii. Various yellow marks, midrib red-tinted, 2x10. 



Burtonii. Yellow mottled, lanceolate, 3 X 15. 



Carrierei. Margin, midrib, dots and some veins yellow, oblong, 

 IHxll. I.H. 27, p. 90, desc. 



Caudatum tortile. Yellow variegated with some red, long, narrow, 

 spiral Ivs. R.B. 35:240. Gn. 11, p. 83. Gt. 33:9. 



Challenger (Challenged!?, Imperator?). Midribs creamy white 

 changing to red. 



Chelsonii. Yellow, red midrib and mottling, J^XlO. A.F. 

 16:255. Gng. 9:19. 



Chrysophyllum (perhaps two vars. under this name). Irregular, 

 large, yellow, red blotch, 2 X 12. 



Compte de Germiny. Lvs. broad. 



Cooperi. Yellow, red center and spots, % X 10. Gn. 10, p. 139. 



Cornutum. Yellow midrib and dots, often wavy, spiral or even 

 lobed, Jix4. I.H. 19, p. 188. 



Countess (Countess Superba?). Yellow spotted, tapering, % X 14. 



Cronstadtii. Yellow variegated, tapering, spiral, %in. wide. A.F. 

 16:255; 23:275. Gt. 31:309. 



Crown Prince. Yellow veins, 2 X 16. 



Czar Alexander III. See Le Tzar. 



Davisii. White midrib and variegation, % X 12. 



Dayspring. Yellow, red-mottled, margin green, ovate, IJ^XS. 



Delight. Yellow changing to white, with green margin, lanceo- 

 late, 2x8. 



Disraeli. Fig. 1017. Variously lobed, yellow, red veins and spots, 

 3X12. Gn. 10, p. 141. P.M. 1876:207. 



Dodgsonse. Yellow midrib, margin and spots, often spiral, excur- 

 rent midrib often foliacious, % X 12. 



Dormannianum. Lvs. small, bronze-red and yellow. 



Earl of Derby. See Lord Derby. 



Earlscourt. 



Edmontonense. Lvs. narrow, brilliantly colored. 



Elegans (Parvifolium, see Interruptum). Yellow, red midrib 

 and margin, Yi X 6. 



Elegantissimum. Yellow center and dots, petiole red, rarely 

 with apical seta, Hxl4. I.H. 29:469. 



Elvira. Yellow center and variegation, sometimes with apical 

 seta and twisted, 1 A X 10. 



Elysian. Yellow midrib and dots, % X 14, twisted. 



Evansianum. Yellow, red-veined and mottled, 3-lobed. Gn. VV . 

 4:409. 



Excelsior. 



Excurrens. Greenish yellow variegated, oblong, midrib pro- 

 jecting. 



