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Cordyline (Species are found in the East)

The species are found in the East Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific Islands, one being a native of Brazil. To the species and varieties described on pp. 372-5, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. argenteo-striata (silvery-striated). l. linear-lanceolate, bright green, striated and occasionally margined creamy-white, the bright green also relieved with streaks of silvery-grey. South Sea Islands, 1888. A form of C. australis, useful for table decoration. SYN. Dracaena argenteo-striata. C. augustifolia (fine-leaved). l. linear-lanceolate, arching, about 1 1/4ft. long, 1in. broad, dark green, marked and margined with crimson and rose-colour. 1883. A good table plant.

C. Bartelii (Bartel's). l. elliptic, reddish-bronze, bordered with red in the adult state; when young, brilliant red, flaked with brownish. 1886. A beautiful, garden variety.

C. Claudia. l. bronzy-green, flaked and margined with crimson 1884. C. Diana. l. long-lanceolate, recurved, olive-green, margined, flaked, and striped with crimson-pink. 1883.

C. excellens (excellent). l. bronzy, variegated with bright rosy-red, broad, oblong, drooping. 1885. A hybrid form of C. terminalis. C. Laingi (Laing's) l. 8in. to 10in. long, 2in. to 2 1/2in. broad; youngest ones pale green, with broad bands and margins of creamy-white, faintly tinged rose; older ones of a deeper green, bordered with crimson and white. 1882. A free-growing hybrid, useful for decorative purposes, as it bears changes of temperature better than many other kinds.

C. madagascariensis (Madagascar). l. green, long and narrow, acuminate, arching. Madagascar, 1884. A distinct form, of graceful habit. C. norwoodiensis (Norwood). l. banded yellow, green, and crimson, the last-named colour being chiefly confined to the marginal portion; petioles bright carmine. 1885.

C. picturata (pictured). l. rich olive-green, flaked and striped with pink and crimson. 1883. An attractive form.

C. placida (placid). l. long, narrow-lanceolate, recurved, undulated, variegated with creamy-white. 1883.

C. Plutus. l. bronzy-green, flaked and margined with crimson. 1884. An ornamental variety.

C. Thomsoniana (Thomson's). A fine, bold, erect plant, having a head of long, bright green leaves. West Coast of Africa, 1882. A seedling from C. terminalis. (F. M. n. s. 441.) C. venosa (veined). l. oblong-ovate, acuminate, many-ribbed, yellow-green, blotched and reticulated with dark green. Borneo, 1883. A pretty, dwarf form. C. Williamsii (Williams'). l. large, oblong-lanceolate, acute, spreading and recurved, dull green, irregularly striped with chocolate, white, rose, cinnamon, and yellow. Polynesia, 1883. A distinct plant.