Chamaeranthemum
(from chamai, dwarf, and anthos, a flower). ORD. Acanthaceae. Stove plants, thriving best in a well-drained peat and loam compost. Cuttings of young shoots will root in spring, if planted in sand and placed in heat. C. Beyrichii variegatum (Beyrich's variegated). fl. white. l. rather large, oval, marked with a broad, irregularly-margined greyish band along the centre. Brazil, 1866. (B. M. 5557.) C. igneum (flery). fl. yellow. l. with red veins. Peru. (R. G. 598.) C. pictum (painted).* l. sessile, obovate-oblong, tapering at the base and shortly acuminate at the apex; colour green, with orange edges, and a large, irregular, central silvery blotch; young leaves covered with short, stiff, appressed orange-coloured hairs. Brazil, 1878.