Tab. 563i. 



PEPEROMIA AEirOLiA; var. argyreia. 



Arum-leaved Peperomia; silver-striped var. 



Nat. Ord. Pipeeace^;. — Diandbia Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tab. 55(38.) 



Pepeeoxiia arifolia; acaulis,glaberrinia, foliis alternis longe petiolatis ovato- 

 v. cordato-rotundatis acutis integerrimis supra basin peltatis 7-9-ner- 

 viis subsucculentis junioribus concavis, superne laete viridibus opacis, 

 subtus pallidis, petiolis rubris, atnento longe pedunculato terminali v. 

 laterali gracili elongato, pedunculo petiolia sequilougo, floribus con- 

 fertis, bracteis peltatis breviter stipitatis, filamentifl brevibud crassis, 

 ovario obovoideo, stigraate sessili globoso pubescente. 



Pepebomia arifolia. Miquel, Syst. Piperac p. 72. Martius, Fl. Bras. Pi- 

 per ac. p. 9. t. 2.f. 9. 



Pipee arifolia. Sort. Petrop. 



Var. argyreia ; foliis inter nervos albo-fasciatis. 



Under Plate 5668 there was figured a beautiful Peperomia 

 from the collection of our friend Mr. Wilson Sanders, F.R.S., 

 that had been cultivated in his and several other establish- 

 ments under the name of P. arifolia, but which was there 

 shown to be quite a distinct species ; the present Plate con- 

 firms this opinion, and at the same time affords the opportu- 

 nity of figuring an equally beautiful species. The true P. 

 arifolia, as here shown, has no stem, alternate leaves that 

 are peltate, very broad, less concave, and not two-lobed at 

 the base ; whereas the P. marmorafa had erect stems, oppo- 

 site, narrow and very thick leaves, two-lobed at the base where 

 the petiole is inserted. Both are natives of South Brazil, and 

 were collected by Mr. Weir, Collector for the Horticultural 

 Society. The specimen here figured flowered in the esta- 

 blishment of Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, in November, 1866 ; it is 

 a very beautiful plant, and like so many of its congeners, is 

 well adapted for placing along the edge of a shelf in a 



MARCH 1st, 1867. 



