Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . r#.(^-# ^. 310. Caladium bicolor. var. Chantini. (No. 17.) BB. Leaf omte-triangular, or ovate-sagittate. 8. bicolor. Vent. (JjviHi 6rco(or,Ait.). Peti-ole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, piniinose to-ward the apex ; blade ovate-sagittate, or ovate-triangu-lar, varieg
Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . r#.(^-# ^. 310. Caladium bicolor. var. Chantini. (No. 17.) BB. Leaf omte-triangular, or ovate-sagittate. 8. bicolor. Vent. (JjviHi 6rco(or,Ait.). Peti-ole smooth, 3-7 times as long as the blade, piniinose 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 basalones % to but little shorter than the upper, oblong-ovate,obtuse, connate 1-5-% their length. S. Amer. Intro-duced into cult, in 1773. B. M. 820.—Very common incult., furnishing many of the fancy-leaved marked varieties are as follows: ID Leaf-blade and veins of one color. 9. Var. Vellozi^num, Engl. (C. VelloziAnum, Purdiednum. Schott. C. pasillum, C. Koch. , Schott. C. firmulnm, Schott). Leaf-blade dark green above ; basal lobes connate past themiddle. Brazil, Peru. 10:169. (2) Leaf-blade more or less variegated. (a) With a colored disc. (b) Disc transparent. 10. Var. t
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