No. 281, 
CALADIUM VIVIPARUM. 
Class. Order. 
MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 
This is å native of India, which we raised 
from seeds received from our late friend 
Dr. Roxburgh, of Calcutta, who named it 
viviparum, from the curious eircumstance 
of its producing a kind of erect shoot, 
several of which are thrown up around the 
bulb in different directions. These grow five 
or six inches high, bearing a number of 
little bulbs, which after a time, dropping off, 
become plants. 
The leaves are very large and beautiful ; 
we have had them upwards of two feet in 
diameter; they fall off in autumn, and are 
renewed early in the spring. 
It is necessary to keep the plant con- 
stantly in the stove: it should have a large 
sized pot, and be planted in rich loam, with 
a plentiful supply of water. 
VOL. ill. € c 
