208 CALADIUM 



(1) Vei„xred. 



2. Var. marmbreum, Engl. Blade dull green, with 

 brownish nil ihtvcs, bordered with yellow. 



3. Var.erythrium.Eugl. ((7. iVA»iWji;,Lem. C. cor- 

 d<Wi(«i, Hort.). Midribs and nerves red. I.H. ti:297. 



4. Var. piotum, Engl. With white or red spots between 

 the red veins. S. Amer. 



(2) Veins silvery or green. 



5. Var. argyroneilnim, Engl. (C argyroneiiron, C. 

 Koch. C. Hchdlleri, Lem.). Midrib and veins silvery. 

 I.H. 8:297. 



6. Var. subrotundum, Engl. {C.sjibrottindum, Lem.). 

 Leaf-blade rounded at the base, or shortly cordate, with 

 white or red spots. Brazil. 



AA. Blade distinctly peltate. 



B Ll<lf ^,l,lllt"t> i,hl,„l,l Olliti 



7. marmoratum M I i i I i A I nil C. 

 thripidi slum I 1 I I I I III long, 

 twice as l.iii^ 1 1 -leen, 

 with iniiiulu I il I I I I V whita 

 spots, glaucous ;;u( n hi m ath s.iKUt.iti uljioiif; ovate, 

 the upper lobe semi-ovate, slightly cuspidate, the basal 

 ones unequal, K or K as long as the upper, 

 %-M their length. Equador I H 5 p =;<». 



310. Caladium bicolor var 



(No 17.) 



BB. Leaf ovate-triangular, or ovate-sagittate. 



8. bloolor, Vent. (ir«m fticoZor, Ait.). Pig. 310. Peti- 

 ole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, pruinose to- 

 ward the apex ; blade ovate-sagittate, or ovate-triangu- 

 lar, variegated above, glaucous beneath; upper lobe semi- 

 ovate, narrowing gradually to a cuspidate point, the basal 

 ones ii to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, connate 1-5-% their length. S. Amer. Intro- 

 duced into cult, in 1773. B. M.820.-Very common in 

 cult., furnishing many of the fancy-leaved Caladiums. 

 The marked varieties are as follows: 



(1) Liiif-hhuh- ,n„l r.iiis ,if„»i' color. 



9. Vai-. Vellozianum, Dim-l. K'. V. Iloziitnnm, Schott. 

 C. Punl,.,;,n,„i. Srhi.ft. r. i,„s;ihn,i. C. Koch. C. 

 tipruci'i'iiiiiDi. Si-hott. ('. li mill I II III. Schott). Leaf- 

 blade dark green above ; liasal lobes connate past the 

 middle. Brazil, Peru. B.B.10:lfi9. 



(2) Leaf-hlade more or less variegated. 



(a) With a colored disc. 

 (b) Disc transparent. 



10. Var. transp4renB, Engl. [C. transpdrens, Hort. ). 

 Blade with a pale green, nearly transparent disc ; mid- 

 rib and primary veins red-purple. 



11. Var. rubicundum, Engl. (r.^fcn^w.Kunth). Peti- 

 ole green, or varii-^'Mliil LTiiii ami violet; blade green, 

 with a red, traiispan n:. . i ntral ili-r, and a very narrow 

 red line between thi ih-r uml tin margin. 



(c) Purple disc. 



12. Var. Baraquinii, Engl. (C. JBaraquinii, Hort.). 

 Petiole violet ; blade with a purple-red disc; beautiful 

 green between the disc and margin; nerves and midrib 

 red-violet. Para. I.H. 7:257. F.S.I.!: 1;:^ 



13. Var. KStteleri, Engl. (6'. Ki^tl, h ,., Hint, >, ivti- 

 ole crimson, variegated toward tlu' l.i-i . M.ih with 

 purple disc, midrib and primary veins. .|,;.i-i ly marked 

 between the veins with many small, rosy spots. 



(cc) Bed disc. 



14. Var. splfendens, Engl. (C. rdseiim, Hort. C.spUn- 

 dent., Hort ). Petiole green below, red above ; blade 

 with a red disc at the middle ; midvein and primary 

 veins red-purple , green between the nerves and along 

 the margin. L. 4. 



15. Var. Leopoldi, Engl. (C. Liopoldi, Hort. G. 

 Oardtii, C. Koch. C. Rotjih-i, Ch. & Lem.). Petiole 

 violet beneath, red-purple above ; blade with a broad, 

 reddish disc ; margin green, red spotted ; midrib and 

 primary veins dark red purple. Para, 1864. 



10. Var albomaculatum. 1 ii.;l {C. Alfred Bleu). 



Petiole gill 11 1 I 1 li -11 II iMili lilt disc, midrib and 



primary mih- ml mnl I i I. ii to the margin with 



many larg( , whili s| ots I • iwi , n the nerves. 



(,cc) iwis. ./is< 



17. Var Chdntini, Engl ( C r/i<hi((tti, Lem. C.Con- 

 7ia,ti,.'Hort C amhiuim.Hint C Martersteigidnum, 

 Hint (' piiiiitiili-.si>iiiim Hurt (' Raugednum, Hort.). 



i i_ III I'ltji.li T il -s Molet ; blade broadly 



I I III I il II. Ill miiliil ml i.nmary nerves, rosy 

 ill] lit 1 mil wi'li Mi\ mum rous, unequal spots 



I I 11 ihi 111 IMS I 1, u til till marginal vein. I.H. 

 -. is', F h U ir,0, li'il. B. M. 5255. B. L. PI. 19 

 (1891). Para, 1858. A.F 8:129. 



(cccc) Light green disc. 



18. Var. HoulWtii, Engl. (C.iroi(«^(n, Lem. V.Moere- 

 dnum, Hort.). Petiole green, the sheath and a little of 

 the base violet-variegated ; basal lobes of the blade 

 somewhat introrse, rounded, connate % ; blade obscurely 

 green toward the margin, the midrib and primary veins 

 slightly reddish, and with a pale disc marked with many 

 Irregular white spots. 



(aa) Without a colored disc. 



(b) Margins colored throughout. 



(c) Bed margin. 



19. Var. marginatum, Engl. (C. margindtiim, C. 

 Koch). Blade dark green, with a red line on the outer 

 margin. ,^.^j Yelloiv margin. 



20. Var. Kramerianum, Engl. {C. Krameridnnm, 

 Hort.). Veins purple ; yellow margin. 



21. Var. Stangeanum, Engl. (C. Stangedniim, C. 

 Koch). Blade reddish ; green along the narro%v mar- 

 gin, yellowish toward the margin. 



(ccc) Solid white margin. 



22. Var. Perri6rii, Engl. (C. Pc»Tt(5«", Lem.). Petiole 

 violet-black ; blade dull green, with many red-purple 

 spots, and white along the margin. Brazil, 1861. 



(cccc) Spotted margin. 



23. Var. fickhartii, Engl. (C.i'cl-AaWii, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole violet-blotched at the base, green above the middle; 

 blade green, with few rosy spots along the margin, and 

 Bmall white ones in the middle. 



24. Var. H^nderBOui, Engl. (C. Hhidersoni, Hort.). 

 Petiole variegated violet and green, reddish toward the 

 apex ; blade mostly green, reddish next the lower parts 

 of the nerves ; midrib and primary veins red-purple 

 spotted ; small red spots along the margin. 



25. Var. Sieboldii, Engl. (C. Sieboldii, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole violet and green, reddish toward the apex ; basal 

 lobes of the leaf somewhat introrse, connate % their 



