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Peperomia continued. 

 Xummnlaria. Steins thread-like, 

 ing to an indefinite length. Jamaica, Ac., 1866. This species 

 eminently adapted for covering the sides of hanging baskets. 

 (Eef. B. 13.) 



Fio. 80. PEPBROMTA SAUXDERSII. 



P. obllqna (oblique). JL in dense, axillary and terminal catkins. 



L shortly petiolate, oblique, oblong-ovate, attenuated at apex, 



acute, glabrous, fleshy. Peru. (B. M. 1882, as Piper acuminatum.) 

 P. pelteaformis (shield-like). L dark green, marked with a few 



longitudinal bands of grey, thick, ovate, poised on a somewhat 



slender stalk, peltately attached. Brazil, 1864. 



Peperomia continued. 



P. Sanndcrsii (Saunders').* L orbicular or ovate, about Sin 

 long, thick and fleshy, the colour along the veins bright preen 

 the interstices being a metallic white, h. Sin. to lOin. Brazil' 

 1866. A handsome plant, of very compact habit. SY.NS. P. ori- 

 folia arffyreia (B. H. 1867, 2 ; B. M. 5634) and P. Verscha/eUii 

 (I. H. 598). See Fig. 80. 



P. velutina (velvety). L dark green, longitudinally ribbed and 

 banded with grey. Stems red, fleshy. Ecuador, 1872. 

 (I. H. n. s. 89.) 



P. Verschaffeltil (Verschaffelt's). A synonym of P. Saundersii. 

 FEFINIA. Included under Pitcairnia (which see). 

 FEPLIS (an old Greek name given by Dioscorides 

 to Euphorbia, Peplis, and by others to Portulaca). OKD. 

 LythrariecB. A. genus comprising three species of small, 

 hardy, annual herbs, natives of Europe, North Africa, 

 and temperate Asia. Flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, 

 minute, minutely bibracteolate ; calyx lobes and petals 

 six, rarely five. Leaves alternate or opposite, obovate 

 or linear oblong, entire. The species are of little or no 

 horticultural value. P. Portula is a common weed, found 

 in moist places in Britain. 



PEFO. "A one-celled, many-seeded, inferior fruit, 

 with parietal placentaj and a pulpy interior, as a Gonrd " 

 (Lindley). 



PEPPER. See Piper. The name is also applied 

 to several other plants. 



PEPPER, BIRD. See Capsicum baccatum. 

 PEPPER ELDER. A name applied to Peperomia 

 and various species of Piper. 



FEFFERID6E. A common name for Nyssa multi- 

 flora. 



PEPPERMINT. See Mint. 



PEPPERMINT-TREE. A common name for 

 several species of Eucalyptus. 



PEPPER SAXIFRAGE. < Silaus pratensis. 



Fio. 81. BRANCH OF PERESKIA GRANDIFOLIA (page 76). 



P. prostrata (prostrate). A garden name of P. brempes. 



P. pubifolia (downy-leaved). I. marked witu a central grey bar, 



small, ovate, fleshy in texture. 1865. A pretty, perennial creeper, 



suitable for basket culture. 

 P. resedseflora (Reseda-flowered). JL white, fragrant, collected 



into numerous divaricate, filiform, clavate, and sulcately nodose 



catkins, which form erect, pyramidal, loose, terminal panicles. 



L dark green, entire, cordate-orbicular ; radical ones rosnlate and 



long-stalked ; cauline ones irregularly whorled. New Grenada, 



1870. (B. M. 6619 ; L II. ser. iii. 26.) 



PEPPERWORT. 



Lepidii 



FERALTEA. 

 FERAMIUM. 

 FERANEMA. 



(which see). 



PERDICIUM 

 (which see). 



Included under Brongniartia. 

 A synonym of Goodyera. 



Included under Sphaeropteria 



(in part). A synonym of Trixis 



