This is a very pretty stove herbaceous plant, belonging to the natural order Melastomaceae, and nearly allied to the pretty Sonerilla margaritacea. It has a somewhat woody root-stock, whence spring the broadly oval, deep brownish-green, strongly-ribbed leaves. The flowers are supported on stout stalks, which raise them clear above the foliage: they are about an inch across, and bright rose pink. If kept growing, it may be had in bloom at almost any season; but it is most useful in the stove in the winter months, during which, if kept in an open light position near the glass, it will bloom continuously. The whole height of the plant does not exceed 4 or 5 inches, but it may be grown to any reasonable width. It should be grown in pans, or wide shallow pots, well drained, and slightly elevated in the centre; done in this way, it is a little gem of the first water, one of the most attractive things that can be placed on the margin of a stove stage.