208 CALADIUM 



(1) reins red. 



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

 brownish red nerves, bordered with yellow. 



3. Var. erytlirium, Engl. (<7. 6>7^»^^tei•),Lem. C.cor- 

 dAtum,HoTt.). Midribs and nerves red. I. H. 8:297. 



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

 the red veins. S Amer. 



(2) I'eins silvery or green. 



5. Var. argyronetirum, Engl. (C. argyroneitrnn, C. 

 Koch. C. Schdllerij'Liem.). Midrib and veins silvery. 

 I.H. 8:297. 



6. Var. subrotiindum, Encrl. (C.subrotiindum, Lem.). 

 Leaf -blade rouml.il at th.- Iia^p. or shortly cordate, with 

 white or red spui^. I'i:i/.il. 



narmoratum, .Ma 



l,',;-isi„ Jiceslii, Bull. C. 

 thripeih'sliim. Lcni. I. I'lticilc- i-yliiiilrii-al, 12-16 in. long, 

 twice as Imij; as tljc bladi-, variegated; blade dark green, 

 with irregular gray, yellowish green and snow-white 

 spots, glaucous-green beneath, sagittate-oblong-ovate, 

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

 ones unequal, % or ^ as long as the upper, connate 

 %-% their length. Equador. I.H. 5. p. .19. 



310. Caladium bicolor. var. Chantini. (No. 17.) 

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



8. bicolOT, Vent. {Arum bicolor, Ait.). Fig. 310. Peti- 

 ole smooth, 3-7 tiim - a- l"ii- as the blade, pruinose to- 

 ward the apex ; I Int. i\ ai. -asrittate, or ovate-triangu- 

 lar,variegated ali". • . lIui ■.m. luneath; upper lobe semi- 

 ovate, narrowiii;,- ^ia.|iiall> i^ a .'uspidate point, the basal 

 ones ii to but littli -Ihii. a- than the upper, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, connati- 1 .'i-' tli, n- l.tigth. S. Amer. Intro- 

 duced into cult, ill 177;. K . .M . 820. — Very common in 

 cult., furnishin:; inaux .ii ilir fancy-leaved Caladiums. 

 The marked varieties are as t'uUows: 



(1| Leaf-blade and veins of one color. 



9. Var. Vellozitoam, Engl. ( C. VelloziAnum, Schott. 

 C. Piirdieiniim, Schott. C. pitslllum, C. Koch. C. 

 Sprucednum, Schott. C. firmulnm, Schott). Leaf- 

 blade dark green above ; basal lobes connate past the 

 middle. Brazil, Peru. R.B. 10: 169. 



(2) Leaf-blade more or less variegated. 

 (a) With a colored disc. 

 (b) Vise transparent. 



10. Var. transpirens, Engl. {C. transpdrens, Hort.). 

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

 rib and primary veins red-purple. 



CALADIUM 



11. Var. rubicundum, Engl. ( C. bicolor, Kunth). Peti- 

 ole green, or variegated green and violet; blade green, 

 with a red, transparent, central disc, and a very narrow 

 red line between the disc and the margin. 



(bb) Disc ,'j,„,j,ic. 



(C) Purple ,l,sr. 



12. Var. Baraquinii, En^'l. (C Hu,;i.,,ni,ii. Hort.). 

 Petiole violet; blade with a ]mrplc-n(l .lisc; beautiful 

 green between the disc and margin ; nerves and midrib 

 red-violet. Para. I.H. 7: 257. F.S. 13:1378. 



13. Var. K6tteleri, Engl. ( 6'. KMeleri. Hort.). Peti- 

 ole crimson, variegated toward the base ; blade with 

 purple disc, midrib and primary veins, sparsely marked 

 between the veins with many small, rosy spots. 



(cc) Sed disc. 

 U. Var. 8pI6ndens, Engl. ( C. rbseum, Hort. C. spUn- 

 dens, 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. L^opoldi, Engl. (V. Leopoldi, Hort. C. 

 Gcerdtii, G. Koch. C. Bogieri, Ch. & hem.). 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. 



16. Var. albomactiljltain, Engl. (C Alfred Bleu). 

 Petiole green ; blade green, with red disc, midrib and 

 primary veins, and marked clear to the margin with 

 many large, white spots between the nerves. 



(ccc) Sose disc. 



17. Var. ChAntini, Engl. (C. Chantini, Lem. C. Con- 

 nartii, Kort. V.amaentim, Hort. C. MartersteigiAnum, 

 Hort. C.punctatissimiim. Hort. C. Haage&num, Hort.). 

 Fig. 310. Petiole more or less violet ; blade broadly 

 red-purple along the midrib and primary nerves, rosy 

 nt the center, and with very numerous, unequal spots 

 between the nerves clear to the marginal vein. 1. H. 

 5:185. P. S. 13:1350, 1351. B. M. 5255. B. L. PI. 19 

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



(cccc) Light green disc. 



18. Var.Honliaii, Engl. (C.jffo«iM(M, Lem. C.Moore- 

 d««m,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. maTginilttun, Engl. {C. tnargindtum, C. 

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

 "^'•e"'- (cc) Vellou- margin. 



20. Var. Krameriinum, Engl. (C KrameriAnum, 

 Hort.). Veins purple ; yellow margin. 



21. Var. StangeAnum, Engl. (f. StangeAnum. C. 

 Koch). Blade reddish; green along the narrow mar- 

 gin, yellowish toward the margin. 



(ccc) Solid white margin. 



22. Var. Ferrierii, Engl. (C. PerneVi, Lem.). Petiole 

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

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



(cccc) Spotted margin. 



23. Var. Eckhartii, Engl. ((7. .fi/cfc/iflW/i, Hort.). Peti- 

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

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

 small white ones in tin- niidillc. 



24. Var. HSndersoni, t;iii:i. i r. //.„./, ,sr,«i. Hort.). 

 Petiole variegated \i..l,t ami :.'n ■ ,|. r, ddish toward the 

 apex ; blade mostly Lnaa-u. rtMldish 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 apes ; basal 

 lobes of the leaf somewhat introrse, connate Vi their 



