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Codiaeum (According to the authors)
According to the authors of the "Genera Plantarum," the number of distinct species is only four, and they are found in the South Pacific Islands, Australia, and the Malayan Archipelago. The garden varieties, however, are very numerous. To those described on pp. 350-5, Vol. I., the following should now be added:
C. aureo-marmoratum (gold-marbled). l. 1ft. long, 3in. broad, dark olive-green, marbled with yellow. 1884.
C. aureo-punctatum (gold-dotted). l. linear, obtuse, bright green, dotted and spotted with yellow. 1883. A small form.
C. Austinianum (Austin's). l. erect, 6in. to 9in. long, 2in. broad, blotched and margined with creamy-white and suffused with pink, the margins undulated. 1883. A compact form, of dwarf, branching habit.
C. Beauty. l. lanceolate, green, variegated golden-yellow, the ground colour eventually becoming a deep bronze, while the yellow variegations change into a rich rosy-crimson. South Pacific, 1887.
C. Bragaeanum (Jose Terceiro Da Silva Braga's). l. pendulous, linear-lanceolate, 1 1/2ft. to 1 3/4ft. long; many of the young ones pale yellow, marbled and mottled light green, others green, spotted golden-yellow; mature ones deep olive-green, spotted and speckled bright yellow, the midribs crimson. 1882.
C. Broomfieldii (Broomfield's). l. 9in. to 10in. long, 2in. to 2 1/2in. wide, dark green, lined, spotted, blotched, and margined yellow, and having a central band of the same colour; midrib tinted red. 1887. C. Bruce Findlay. l. large, oblong-obovate, freely variegated with yellow on the lines of the midrib and principal veins. 1882. A bold and handsome plant. C. caudatum-tortile (twisted-tailed). l. pendulous, twisted, some of them deep olive-green, with a yellow central band and a crimson midrib; others almost wholly yellow, becoming suffused with crimson; others variously blotched and spotted. 1883. A graceful form.
C. contortum (twisted). l. ovate, acuminate, recurved, 6in. to 8in. long, having the cross-veins and margins sulphur-yellow on an olive-green ground. 1884. This plant resembles C. volutum.
C. Croesus. l. oblong-lanceolate, bright green, blotched with yellow. 1883. C. cronstadtii (Kronstadt). l. of medium size, lanceolate, twisted, curled, and crisped, tapering to a sharp point, deep, glossy green, variegated with light golden-yellow. 1882. An interesting plant.
C. Dayspring. l. oblong-elliptic, orange-yellow, edged dark green, the yellow parts becoming tinged with red on the older leaves. 1882. C. Delight. l. oblong, acute, 6in. to 8in. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, when young bright yellow, margined green, the midrib and primary veins creamy, the central variegation changing with maturity to clear ivory-white, a few dots of the same colour being scattered along the margin. Antipodes, 1888. C. eminens (eminent). l. broadly lanceolate, tapering, glossy green, the midrib and part of the lateral veins white. 1883. Habit dense. C. excurrens (excurrent). l. oblong, stalked; midrib excurrent like a small horn near the apex of the leaf, which is variegated with greenish-yellow. 1884.
C. Exquisite. l. 6in. to 9in. long, 2in. broad, obovate, acuminate, arching, pale green, marbled and margined primrose and yellow. C. Eyrei (Eyre's). l. long and narrow, twisted, recurved, freely variegated with yellow; petioles and young branches red. 1883.
C. formosum (handsome). l. green, spotted yellow, which afterwards changes to crimson; centre and principal veins yellow, becoming, with the margin, a bright magenta-purple; leafstalks crimson. Hybrid.
C. Golden Queen. l. 8in. to 10in. long, 3in. broad, ovate, acuminate, deep green, spotted with gold, the centre wholly golden; petioles rose-colour. C. heroicum (heroic). l. green, freely marked deep yellow, the veins, and often the half, or even the whole, leaf surface, being yellow, occasionally flushed or lined rosy crimson. Hybrid.
C. Jubilee. l. 10in. to 14in. long, 2in. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, with a broad, central stripe, cross veins, and a narrow margin of golden-yellow, which colour changes with maturity to a flery-crimson. 1887. C. Junius. l. long, narrow, varying in outline, the lower half lemon-yellow, becoming suffused crimson with age, the remaining portion bronzy-green; petioles and stems bright orange scarlet. 1888.
C. Katharina. l. 9in. to 12in. long, 2in. broad, spiral, closely set, splashed and marbled crimson and scarlet 1887.
C. lineare (linear). l. 4in. to 6in. long, linear, usually obtuse, but sometimes narrowed to the point, dark green, with a yellow midrib and a few lateral blotches of the same colour, occasionally almost wholly yellow. C. Magnificent. l. ovate-lanceolate, 6in. to 8in. long, 2 1/2in. broad, when young having a central variegation of golden-yellow; with maturity the margins become deep olive-green, while the midrib and primary veins, with a narrow band on each side the midrib, assume a bright carmine. 1888. C. Monarch. l. oblong, acute, 1ft. long, 2 1/2in. broad, dark green, spotted bright yellow. Antipodes, 1888.
C. Mrs. Swan. l. 6in. to 9in. long, 1 1/4in. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, arching, the centre irregularly marked with golden yellow, the margin of dark green spotted with golden-yellow petioles and stem crimson. C. musaicum (mosaic). l. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, wavy, crimson, with one or two series of irregular, green blotches on each side of the midrib; in the young leaves the crimson is replaced by a creamy colour, affording a very handsome variegation. 1883. SYN. Croton musaicus (R. H. 1882, 240). C. Nestor. l. lanceolate, bright green, variegated with yellow and whitish, the variegation forming a broad, central stripe, the midrib bright magenta-crimson. Polynesia, 1887. A form of C. medium variegatum. See fig 13 for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull.
C. ornatum (adorned). l. green, blotched yellow, and with a narrow central band and long parallel veins of creamy-yellow, the yellow parts becoming crimson; occasionally, the lines and blotches are rosy-pink, and the midrib of a deeper rosy-crimson.
C. Phillipsii (Phillips'). l. linear-lanceolate, 8in. to 10in. long, 3/4in. broad, the base rich golden-yellow, this colour extending half-way through, and concinuing along the centre nearly the whole length. 1886. C. Prince Henry. l. 1ft. to 1 1/4ft. long, 3in. broad, recurved, the midrib crimson and gold, furrowed, with a narrow margin, occasionally spotted on a dark, bronzy-green ground; markings changing with maturity to a deep blood-red.
C. Princess of Waldeck. l. broadly lanceolate, about 4in. long, the central portion of a bright, clear yellow, with a broad and distinct margin of deep green. 1882. A handsome variety.
C. recurvatum (recurved). l. recurved, lanceolate, acuminate, marked with yellow along the crimson midrib and lateral veins. 1883. C. ruberrimum (very red). This is one of the narrow, drooping leaved forms, with the usual crimson and creamy variegation. 1884. C. rubro-lineatum (red-lined). l. spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 1in. to 1 1/4in. long, when first expanded pale yellow and green, many of them tinged rose, but deepening with age to golden-yellow and olive-green, the midrib and nerves, and, in many cases, the margin also, becoming crimson. 1882. A noble plant.
C. sceptre (sceptre). l. ribbon-like, dark bottle-green, spotted with fiery orange and yellow; midrib crimson. 1884.
C. Sunshine. l. 9in. to 10in. long, about 2in. wide, dark bronzy-green, when young blotched with yellow, which gradually changes into rosy-crimson, eventually becoming blood-red. South Sea Islands, 1887. C. Torrigianianum (Marchesi Torrigiani's). l. plain, about 1in. broad, at first ribbed and veined with yellow, subsequently assuming a high crimson tint along the midrib, margins, and transverse arching veins, the intermediate spaces being green; petioles and stem red. 1884. A handsome plant, in the way of Queen Victoria.
C. Van Oosterzeei (Van Oosterzee's). l. narrow linear-lanceolate, acuminate, green, spotted with yellow. 1883. A small, but distinct and ornamental, shrub. (I. H. 1883, 502.) C. Victory. l. 1ft. long, 2 1/2in. broad, deep olive-green, with crimson veins and midrib, from which latter extends, in an arcuate manner, a coloration of reddish-crimson, the deep green between the primary veins being broken up in an irregular manner by the same bright colour; young ones orange-yellow, suffused crimson. 1888.
C. vittatum (striped). l. green, marked with a broad band of creamy-yellow, which runs out laterally along the bases of the distant primary veins; petiole (as well as the midrib in older leaves) bright ruby-red. 1887. C. Wigmannii (Wigmann's). l. 8in. to 10in. long, 1/2in. broad, irregular in form, rich green, blotched with yellow. 1886. A good decorative plant for the table.