74 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Pentstemon—continued. 
AGNES LAING, dark rose, throat fine white; splendid form. ALEX- 
ANDER TOD, rosy-pink, throat blotched, dense panicle; extra fine. 
AMELIA, rosy-salmon, mouth and throat dark blotched, large 
flowers. ARCHIBALD FORBES, magenta, throat white, slightly 
pencilled, large flower and panicle. BLACK KNIGHT, maroon, throat 
shaded white; good form; a fine variety. BRIDESMAID, French 
white, tipped pink ; an acquisition. CANDIDATE, bright carmine- 
scarlet, throat white, lobes belted rose ; extra fine. DECISION, 
magenta-crimson, throat white, pencilled crimson; large and 
fine. DIANE, dark violet-rose, throat veined and otted 
purple, ECCENTRIC, crimson, throat white, blotched an n- 
cilled. E. J, Lowes, vivid scarlet, throat finely pencilled. 
FLEURON, deep red, tinted crimson and maroon, throat pure 
white, heavily pencilled; distinct. GEORGE M‘ROBERT, pute- 
purple, throat blotched, close panicle; distinct and fine. H. 
CANNELL, bright rose, throat pure white, heavily pencilled 
crimson-maroon; large flowers and panicle. HELEN Woob, 
purplish-crimson, throat white, slightly pencilled. JAMES BEGG, 
carmine-magenta, throat white; large open flower; very showy. 
JAMES THOMSON, bright vermilion, throat white; very fine. 
JESSIE FORBES, reddish-purple, throat pure white, heavily 
pencilled crimson. KING OF PENTSTEMONS, violet-purple, throat 
white, pencilled; flowers large, and of fine form. LADY MAR- 
GARET, maroon, throat white, heavily pencilled, fine panicle. 
Miss F. HOPE, white, slightly suffused pink ; one of the best 
of its class. Iss 
HAMPTON, mulberry, throat blotched, ppe 
ate, 
son. MRS, GREEN, rose, throat pure white ; extra. MRS. MANN 
THOMSON, blue, throat pure white; large, and very showy. 
x MRS. Nrxon, dark mauve-purple, throat pure white ; large flower. 
Mrs. STYLES, tube dark lilac, mouth claret; large flower. 
PILRIG PaRK, rosy-purple, throat blotched, fine panicle; extra. 
P. KLEIN, bright purplish-pink, throat pure white ; flowers large 
and fine. PROGRÈS, rosy-crimson, throat pure white, pencilled ; 
extra. ROBERT Dopps, reddish-crimson, throat pure White; 
very fine. ROBERT WARD, scarlet, throat blotched ; extra. 
THE CLOWN, rosy-red, throat white, beautifully marbled crim- 
son; fine. THE FAVOURITE, carmine-rose, throat pure white, 
pencilled deep red ; large flowers and panicle. WILLIAM MILLER, 
cherry-crimson, throat white, heavily blotched chocolate. 
PENTSTERIA. A synonym of Torenia (which 
see). 
PENTZIA (named by Thunberg, in honour of his 
pupil, Charles John Pentz). ORD. Composite. A genus 
comprising ten species of small, hoary, pubescent, glandu- 
lar, or glabrous, greenhouse shrubs, indigenous to South 
Africa, Flower-heads yellow, homogamous, corymbose at 
the tips of the branches, or solitary on long peduncles; 
achenes glabrous, often glandular; involucre ovoid or 
hemispherical; receptacle flat or convex. Leaves alter- 
nate, often small, cuneate, toothed, incised or dissected. 
For culture of P. flabelliformis, probably the only species 
introduced, see Tanacetum. 
(fan-leaved). f.-heads yellow, disposed in a 
‘deltoid, 
simple corymb. May to A k serrated at apex, of 
a pale hue. h. 2ft. 1774. cb. BM. 212. under name — 
flabelliforme.) 
PEONY. See Pæonia. 
PEPERIDIUM. A synonym of Renealmia (which 
see). 
PEPEROMIA (from Peperi, Pepper, and omoios, 
similar; in allusion to its close relation to that plant). 
Pepper Elder. Including Micropiper. ORD. Piperacee. A 
vast genus (nearly 400 species have been described) of 
mostly stove, annual or perennial, herbaceous plants, 
usually fleshy and creeping, broadly dispersed over the 
warmer regions of the globe, but mostly American. 
ers minute, variously disposed, scattered and 
` crowded; perianth wanting; stamens two. Leaves 
alternate, opposite, or verticillate, entire, slightly 
fleshy, succulent, or slender and membranous, often 
pellucid-dotted ; stipules none. Peperomias are very 
teresting, small-growing, ornamental-leaved plants, 
suitable for culture in small pots; some of the species 
that are of trailing habit are also well adapted for hang- 
ing baskets. Although, properly, the species described 
below are stove subjects, they may be placed in vases for 
the temporary decoration of the sitting-room, as their stout, 
succulent leaves enable them to successfully withstand the 
change. They should be grown in good, fibrous peat and 
Peperomia—continued. 
loam, with the addition of some silver sand. Shade 
from sunshine throughout the summer is requisite; but 
an abundance of light should be allowed in dull weather, 
and shading dispensed with altogether in winter. Pro- 
pagated by cuttings, and by seeds when obtainable. 
Cuttings consisting of short pieces of the shoots, or 
single joints with a leaf attached, root readily in spring, 
if inserted in pans of sandy peat; these should be 
plunged in a propagating house, but not in a frame: 
they are liable to damp off if confined. Keep shaded, 
and only a little moist, until roots are formed. Even 
when established, Peperomias do not require so much 
water as many stove subjects. The species described 
below are grown for the beauty of their foliage. They 
are perennials except where otherwise specified. 
P. arifolia re ry ge l. variegated green and grey, ovate, 
> 
acuminate. Brazil, 1 
P. a. argyreia (silver-striped). A synonym of P. Saundersti. 
P. Botterii (Botteri's). fl. borne in slender, cylindrical catkins. 
l. ovate, pubescent, growing in whorls of three. Stems slender, 
sparingly branched. Mexico, 1869. (Ref. B. 211.) 
P. brevi (short-stalked). J. beautifully variegated with brown 
and light green, round, on long, thread-like stems. 1879. A 
retty and slender-growing basket-plant. Syn. P. prostrata 
E: gardens). (G. C. n. s., xi. 717.) 
P. clusizefolia (Clusia-leaved).* fl., peduncles terminal, smooth, 
red, bearing one or two long, cylindrical spikes. May. 1, din. to 
6in. long, between coriaceous and fleshy, shortly petiolate, 
obovate, tapering downwards and somewhat auricled at the jena | 
base, concave and channelled above, the margins dark red an 
recurved, the extremity often emarginate. Stems much-branched, 
red, wrinkled, decumbent at base. h. lft. West Indies, 1817. 
Evergreen. (B. M. 2943.) 
P. eburnea (ivory-petioled). J. of a brilliant green, veined with 
„CC Naw Giessta Isle & ON peste 
white. 5 in. New Grena 3 S uti . 
nial, of close, tufted habit. 
P. incana (hoary). fl., catkins terminal, elongated, thrice as long 
as the leaves, dense-flowered. February. l. petiolate, orbicular, 
_ slightly cordate, or ovate, thick, fleshy, opaque, white-tomentose 
on both sides, shining above. k. lft. Brazil, 1815. A white- 
tomentose, fleshy sub-shrub. (H. E. F. 66.) 
P. maculosa (spotted).* l. very fleshy, ovate-lanceolate, bright 
shining green ; petioles beautifull ted with 
3 pe y spot purple. Trop: 
FIG. 79. PEPEROMIA MARMORATA, showing Habit and detached 
Inflorescence. 
P. marmorata (marbled).* fl. in an S ade 
a rich’ bright gror, Mandi VAASA “Wa eet 
colours soani 5 5 on i ted with white, the 
what ovate, acuminated. So 
uth 
species. See Fig. 79. (B. M. 5568.) 
P. mioropuyiie. (small-leaved). fl. in short, “sp 
li small, vate-oblong, usually in whorls of four. T 
slender, succulent, much-branched „ ico, 1869. Trailer. 
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