CALADIUM 



length, dark green ; midrib and primary' veins beauti- 

 fully red-purple spotted, and a very narrow white bor- 

 der, marked with small, purple-red spots. A. P. 8: 127. 

 (CCCCC) Purple margin. 



■Iti. V'ar. Houbyinum, Engl. {C. Houhij&num, Hort.). 

 Petiole dirtv green on the lower surface, bright red 

 above ; blade bright green, with large pale spots, and 

 small red-purple ones between the midrib and primary 

 veins ; a red-purple spot above the insertion of the peti- 

 ole, and a pale purple line around the margin. 



■li. Var. pellilcidum, Engl. (C. peUucidum, DC). 

 Petiole reddish, variegated with violet ; blade broadly 

 reddish purple spotted along the midrib and primary 

 veins, and more or less marked with transparent, red- 

 dish purple spots between the primary veins ; a contin- 

 uous purple line along the outer margin. 



(bb| Onhi the margin of the basal sinus colored. 



28. Var. Devosianum, Engl. (O. Devosidniim, Lem. 

 C. Wdllixl. Hort. C. ononis. Hort.). Petiole green; 

 blade bright i;rie\i, with Mnall, irregular white spots be- 

 tween the niidrili and primary veins, and a narrow 

 crimson IjortU-r at the sinus. Para. I.H. 0; !^'2'2. 



■zy. Var. haematostigmatum, Engl. i''. l,,i iinii,>si!ii- 

 mal„m, Kth. C. peltiieidKm. DC.], r. ,/,,.. „/,.,•. }|..rt.l. 

 Petiole violet ; blade dark green, with a iMiriiU- Im.- on 

 the basal sinus, and sparsely marked with blood red 

 spots. Para. 



:m. Var. poecile, Engl. {C.poec'ile, Schott. U.pallidi- 

 nh-vium, Hort.). Petiole reddish brown, or closely 

 streaked-variegated ; blade dark green ; midrib and 

 primary veins paler, often whitish ; a red-purple spot 

 where the petiole joins the blade, narrowly purple-mar- 

 gined in the sinus. Brazil. 



31. Var. regile, Encrl. (''. reqiHe. Lem. C. Wdgneri, 

 Hort. C. Sii mm m. '„.■<.■. Mu]. <\ s.nilfttefdlium, Sieb.). 

 Blade bright u'r.-ni. ].iir|.|. iii:ir:.'in.-.l at the sinus, every- 

 where mark, d witli ^Tiiail, .oiitltiont white spots. West 

 Indies, 1710. I.H. '.i: .tic. 



(bbb) Xo colored disc or colored margin. 

 (c) Variegated green blade. 



32. Var. Brongnidrtii, Engl. {C. Brongnidrtii.Ijem.). 

 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 

 mririiin : v. ins and nerves red-purple. Brazil-Para, 

 l,s:,s. K.s. i:;: i:;is,i349. I.H.5,p.58. 



:(:;. \'ar. mirabile. Engl. (C rniraftiJe, Lem.). Petiole 

 griM'ii ; hladi- Lriirht green, densely covered with large 

 and small irregular pale green spots between the pri- 

 mary nerves and midvein. Para. I. H. 10:354. 

 (cc) Blue-green blade. 



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

 greenish, variegated beneath ; basal lobes connate 1-5 

 their length ; blade thin, blue-green, marked with 

 large, irregular, usually confluent, pale yellowish semi- 

 transparent spots. L. 43. 



(ccc) Colorless blade. 



35. Var. DucMrtrei, Engl. (C.X>Hcftrfrtrei, 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) JJarlc green. 



36. Var. argyrbspilum, 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: 1346,1347. 



37. Var. Curwidlii, 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. 



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38. Var. Kdchii, Engl. (C. Kdchii, Hort.). Leaf- 

 blade more rounded, dark green, with small white spots 

 midway between the midrib and margin. Para, 1862. 



39. Var. macrophyllimi, Engl. (C. macrnphijUum, 

 Lem. C. griseo-arginteum, Hort.). Petiole green; 

 blade dark green, marked everywhere with many small, 

 scarcely confluent white or slightly rosy spots. Para, 

 1862. I.H.9:316. 



40. Var. Neilmannii, Engl. {C. Neiimannii, 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, 1353. B.M. 5199. 



(dd) Light green. 

 (e) Not spotted. 



41. Var. rub^Uum, Engl. ( C. ruhfllum, Hort. C. Beich- 

 enbachiAnum, Stangl.). BUade green, with reddish 

 purple midrib and primary veins. 



42. Var. rubrovdnium, Engl. (''. nihrnrhiinni. Hort. 

 Crubronirvium. Hort.). Petiol,- van. -air, I -r.-en and 

 violet; blade small, oblong-ovniil. th. Iia-r.l lol,, k some- 

 what introrse, obtuse, connate almost to tli.- 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. Lauche&nuin, Engl. (C. Lauchednum, C. 

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

 middle. 



(ffl 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. 



311. Caladii 



picturatum, var. Belleymei. (No. 49.) 



(fff ) With red or crimson spots. 



45. Var. Enkeinum, Engl. (C. UnkeHnnm, C Koch). 

 Blade bright green, marked with large and small red 

 spots. 



46. Var. Llndeni, Engl. (C. lAndeni, Hort.). Blade 

 bright green, with confluent small red spots. 



47. Var. VerschaH^ltii, Engl. (C. Verschaffmn, 

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

 with few irregular crimson spots. I. H. 5:185. B.M. 5263. 

 L.46. 



BBB. 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 1-6-Ji 

 their length, separated by a triangular sinus ; primary 



