. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi^. The American Florist. CALADIUM ARGYRITES (HUMBOLDTI). 6. Var. Subrotundum, Engl. (,C. sub- rotundum, 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. Marmoratum. Mathieu (Alocasia Roezlii, Bull. C. thripedestum, Lem.) Petiole cylindrical, 12-10 in. long, twice OS long as the blade, variegated: blade dark green, with irregular gray, yel- lowish green and snow white spots, glaucous green beneath, sagitta
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi^. The American Florist. CALADIUM ARGYRITES (HUMBOLDTI). 6. Var. Subrotundum, Engl. (,C. sub- rotundum, 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. Marmoratum. Mathieu (Alocasia Roezlii, Bull. C. thripedestum, Lem.) Petiole cylindrical, 12-10 in. long, twice OS long as the blade, variegated: blade dark green, with irregular gray, yel- lowish green and snow white spots, glaucous green beneath, sagittate-ob- long-ovate, the upper lobe semi-ovate, slightly cuspidate, the basal ones un- equal, one-third or one-half as long as the upper, connects two-thirds or three- fourths their length. Ecuador. I. H. 5, p. 59. BB. LEAF OVATE-TRIANGULAR, OR OVATE- SAGITTATE. 8. Bicolor, Vent. (Arum bicolor, Rit.) Petiole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, pruinose toward the apex; blade ovate sagittate, or ovate triangular, variegated above, glaucous beneath; upper lobe semi-ovate, narrowing gradually to a cuspidate point, the basalones one-half to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate, obtuse, connate 1-5—1-3 their length. S. Amer. Introduced into cult, in 1773. B. M. 820.—Very common in cult., fur- nishing many of the fancy leaved caladiums. The marked varieties are as follows : (1). LEAF-BLADE AND ^^;INS OF ONE COLOR. 9. Var. Vellozianum. Engl. (C. Vel- lozianum, Schott. C. Purdieanum, Schott. C. pusillum, C. Koch. C. Spru- ceanum, Schott, C. firmulum, Schott.) Leaf-blade dark green above; basal lobes connate past the middle. Brazil, Peru. R. B. 10:169. (2). MORE OR LESS VARIE- GATED, (a). WITH A COLORED DISC, (b). DISC TRANSPARENT. 10. Var. Transparens, Engl. (C. transparens, Hort.). Blade with a pale green, nearly transparent disc; midrib and primary veins red-purple. 11. Var. Rubicundum, Engl. (C. bi- color. Kunth.) Petiole green, or varie- gated green and
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