it probably has, by the liberality of Mr Aiton, been distri- 
buted to other gardens, and it now is not uncommon in collec- 
tions. 
It blossomed in the month of May in the Liverpool Gar- 
dens, from whence our flowering specimen was received. 
Mr Haworth considers this Peperomia as allied to the 
P . velutinum of Humboldt and Kunth, v. i. p. 43. ; but 
that plant, besides being arranged among the true species of 
the genus Piper, is stated to be a tree of 30 feet in height, 
with its leaves ovato-oblong, acuminate, and unequally rounded 
at the base, and with spadices only half the length of its leaves. 
P. incana succeeds well if cultivated in the stove, and 
treated as the other species of the genus. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the spadix, with its florets. Fig. 2. Single floret with the 
scale. Fig. 3. Germen. Fig. 4. Stamen.—^// more or less magnified. 
