The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . 0 Supplement—Recent Introductions, <&c. 35 Alocasia—contimied. jft to lift, broad, dark green above with sli^ibtly paler spacesbetween the nerves, purplish beneath. Borneo, 1885. A finefoliage plant. (I. U. 1884, 54L) A. indica flnduinX rf-. spathe pale , 8in. to ; spadix as long. I, 2ft. to 3ft. long, ovate, deeply sagittate-cordate, repand, the tip a deflexed cusp, the basal lobes some-times shortly connate ; petioles stout, trav
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . 0 Supplement—Recent Introductions, <&c. 35 Alocasia—contimied. jft to lift, broad, dark green above with sli^ibtly paler spacesbetween the nerves, purplish beneath. Borneo, 1885. A finefoliage plant. (I. U. 1884, 54L) A. indica flnduinX rf-. spathe pale , 8in. to ; spadix as long. I, 2ft. to 3ft. long, ovate, deeply sagittate-cordate, repand, the tip a deflexed cusp, the basal lobes some-times shortly connate ; petioles stout, traversely clouded. Stem8ft. high, Sin. to Sin, in diameter. Tropical Asia. A. JotinstonL The correct name is Cyrtosper-ma Johnstoni. A. Lindeni (August© Lindens).* /. Sin. long, 4iin. to 6in. broad,glabrous, green above, with yellowish-white midrib and prin-cipal veins, paler beneath, cordate-ovate, very long-acuminate,the sinus large, triangular; petioles white or to l?in. Ton^, jin. to Sin. thick, erect, terete, , with decurrent sheaths half their length. Malaya,1886. (L U. 1886. 603.). Fro 55. Alocasia Lowii graxdis. A. Lowii g^randis (large). L broader than in the tj-pe, of adeeper metallic brownish-green; veins greyish-green, A fine variety. See Fig. 35. A. IiQCiani (Lucien Lindens), t. peltate, ovate, cuspidate atapex, obcordate at base, dark green above, with pale cinereousveins and margins, purple beneath ; basal lobes ovate-deltoid ;petioles very long, thick, pale, dotted and spotted brown. hybrid between A. Thibautiana and A. Putzeysi, (I. V. 27.) A* Margaritas (Marguerites), ?. large, obcordate, peltate,repand, rather thick, bullate, highly glabrous above, except onthe blackish midrib and primary veins; sinus triangular, theapex at the junction of the petiole ; petioles terete, puberulous,brownish-purple, sheathing at base, the sheaths , 1886. a H. 1336, 61L) A. znarginita (margi
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