CALADIUM 



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CALADIUM 



small sagittate leaves have a light 

 green ground colour, irregularly- 

 blotched with white, the borders and 

 main veins being also white. {Fl. d. 

 Serr. xiii. 1345 ; III. Hort. 1858, 158.) 

 C. lilliputianum seems to be merely 

 a variety of this (HI. Hort. 1892, 186). 



C. Baraqulnl. — Leaves 20 to 30 ins. 

 long, with deep red centre and dark 

 green margins (III. Hort! 1850, 257 ; 

 Fl. d. Serr. xiii. 1377). 



C. blcolor (Arum hicolor). — Leaves 

 peltate cordate, sagittate, coloured 

 bright red in the centre. Grows 

 about 1 ft. high. (£ot. Mag. tt. 820, 

 2543.) As already stated, many forms 



Fio. S3.— Caladium bieolor. (J.) 



have arisen from this species, and in 

 past days many names were given to 

 the most striking. The ginger-like 

 roots of this species are eaten by the 

 natives in the Tropics. 



C. Cannartl. — Leaves green, with 

 paler blotches and deep red veins. 



0. Chantini. — Leaves bright crimson 

 irregularly blotched with white, and 

 bordered with dark green. 



C. Devoslanum. — Leaves angular, 

 blotched with white and pink. 



O. Hardyi. — Leaves reddish, slightly 

 spotted with white. 



O. Eochi. — Leaves green, spotted 

 with white. 



0. Iiemaireanum. — Leaves green, 

 veined with white (III. Hort. 1862, 

 t. 311). 



C. Leopoldl. — Leaves green, marbled 

 with red and blotched with pink. 



C. maorophyiium. — Leaves large, 

 pale green, blotched greenish-white. 



O. maculatum. — Leaves oblong, 

 pointed, cordate at the base, clearly 

 spotted with white. 



C. mannoratum (Alocasia Roedi). — 

 Leaves broad, peltate, over 1 ft. long, 

 sagittate-ovate acute, dark bottle- 

 green dotted and blotched with 

 white. The variety costata is dis- 

 tinguished by having the midrib 

 marked out with a tapering band of 

 silvery grey. 



0. medloradlatu m. — An orna- 

 mental species with peltate, ovate- 

 acute leaves notched at the base, 

 dark green, with midrib and branches 

 silvery white, the stalk being mottled 

 with brown (III. Hort. xxxviii. t. 

 128). 



C. Rouglerl. — Leaves green, spotted 

 white ; centre paler green, veined red. 

 C. rubescens. — This species has a 

 leaf -blade 6 ins. long by 2 ins. wide, 

 ovate lance-shaped, wavy, with short 

 basal lobes, crimson, edged with 

 white. The spathe is 3j ins. long, 

 green with a blackish stripe. (Gard. 

 Chron. 1893, xiv. 86.) 



O. saglttatum. — A distinct species, 

 having narrow sagittate leaves, deeply 

 bilobed behind, dark green in colour, 

 the midrib and main veins being 

 feathered with red (III. Hort. 

 xxxviii. t. 138). 



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