'280 OENAMBNTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



they are tUck and ■ fleshy in texture, tte colour along the 

 veins is bright green, the interstices being a metallic 

 -white. A perfect little gem for any situation where a 

 small plant can be used. Native of Brazil. 



P, maculosa. — This species is well adapted for the adorn- 

 ment of the sitting-room, on account of the great substance 

 •of its leaves, which are very fleshy, ovate-lanceolate in 

 ■shape, and of a bright shining green colour, the footstalks 

 being beautiftdly spotted with purple. Native of the West 

 Indies. 



P. marmorata. — This little gem is one of the introduc- 

 tions of the Horticultural Society, and merits a place in 

 every stove. It is very dwarf and compact in habit. The 

 •leaves are thick and fleshy in texture, somewhat ovate, 

 ■tapering to a point, the ground colour a rich bright green, 

 beautifully variegated with white. It is admirably adapted 

 for the decoration of the dinner-table or sitting-room. 

 This plant was for some time grown under the name of 

 P. arifolia, which belongs to a different species. Native of 

 Brazil. 



Pekisteophe. 



A small genus of Acanihads, nearly allied to Justicia, 

 The only kind introduced here is admirably adapted for a 



■ basket plant, either in the stove or greenhouse, and during 

 summer it forms a beautiful contrast in the sub- tropical 

 garden with such plants as Alternantheras, Iresine, &c. 



.'Succeeds in a mixture of peat, loam, and leaf mould, and is 

 increased by cuttings. 



P. angustifoUa aureo variegaia. — ^An elegant little dense 



■ spreading plant, seldom exceeding six or nine inches in 

 height, although it extends laterally to a considerable 



; extent. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate in shape, bright 



