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CALADIUM 



CALADIUM 



(1) Veins red. 



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

 ■brownish red nerves, bordered with yellow. 



3. Var. erythrceum, Engl. ( G. Schmitsii, Lem. C. cor- 

 d&tum, Soit.). Midribs and nerves red. I. H. 8:297. 



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

 the red veins. S- Amer. 



(2) Veins silvery or green. 



5. Var. argyroneilrum, Engl. (C argyroneuron, C. 

 Koeh. C. ScfeceHm, Lem.). Midrib and veins silvery. 

 I.H. 8:297. 



6. Var. subrottodum, Engl. (C.subrotAndum, Lem.). 

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

 white or red spots. Brazil. 



AA. Blade distinctly peltate. 

 B. Leaf sagittate-oblong-ovate. 



7. marmoiJltum, Mathieu {Alocdsia Bmslii, Bull. G. 

 thripedistum, Lem. ) . Petiole cylindrical, 12-16 in. long, 

 twice as long as the blade, 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, H or X as long as the upper, connate 

 %-% their length. Equador. I.H. 5, p. 59. 



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



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

 S. 'bicolor, Yenl. (Arum Mcolor, Ait.). Fig. 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 % to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, connate 1-5-M 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) Leaf-blade and veins of one color. 



9. Var. VeIIozid,num, Engl. {G. Vellozi&num, Schott. 

 C. PtirdieAnum, Schott. G. pttsillum, C. Koch. G. 

 Sprucednum, Schott. G. firmulum, 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) Disc transparent. 



10. Var. transpArens, Engl. {G. transpdrens, Hort.). 

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

 rib and primary veins red-purple. 



11. Var. rubiciindum, Engl. ((7. iikoZor, 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 opaque. 

 (c) Purple disc. 



12. Var. Baraqulnii, Engl. (C. Baraqulnii, Hort.). 

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

 green between the disc and margin ; nerves and midrib 

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



13. Var. K^tteleri, Engl. (6'. Kitteleri, 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) Bed disc. 



14. Var. Bpltadens, Engl. ( C. rdseum, 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. (G. Liopoldi, Hort. G. 

 Gierdtii, C. Koch. G. Bogieri, 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. 



16. Var. albomaouiatum, 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) Base disc. 



17. Var. Chdntini, Engl. ( G. Ghdntini, Lem. G. Con- 

 ncertii. Sort. G.amasnum, Sort. G . Martersteigi&num, 

 Hort. G.punctatissimum, Sort. G. Haagednum, Sort.). 

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

 red-purple along the midrib and primary nerves, rosy 

 at the center, and with very numerous, unequal spots 

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

 5: 185. F. S. 13: 1.350, 1351. B. M. 5255. B. L. PI. 19 

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



(occc) Zdght green disc. 



18. ya,r.SovlUtn,Engl.{G.ffoulUtii,hem.. G.Moere- 

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

 the base violet-variegated ; basal lobes of the blade 

 somewhat introrse, rounded, connate M ; 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. margindtum, C. 

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



(cc) Yellow margin. 



20. Var. Krameri4num, Engl. {G. Krameridnum, 

 Hort.). Veins purple ; yellow margin. 



21. Var. Stangeauum, Engl. {C. Stangednum, C. 

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

 gin, yellowish toward the margin. 



(ccc) Solid white margin. 



22. Var. Perrifirii, Engl. (C. PcrW^ri, Lem.). Petiole 

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

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



(ccco) Spotted margin. 



23. Var. Eckhartii, Engl. ( G. Eckhartii, Hort. ) . Peti- 

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

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

 email white ones in the middle. 



24. Var. Hfindersoni, Engl. (C. Hindersoni, 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. Sifiboldii, Engl. (C. Siiboldii, Hort.). Peti- 

 ole violet and green, reddish toward the apex ; basal 

 lobes of the leaf somewhat introrse, connate % their 



