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PITTOSPORUM undulatum 

 Waved-leaved Pittosporum. 



PENTANDRI A MONOGYNIA. 



PITTOSPORUM. Cal. pentaphyllus, inferos, deciduus. Cor. 



pet. 5 ; ungues concavi, in tubum urceolatum conniventts ; lamina pa- 

 ten tes. Stylus fiiiformis. Caps, supera, subgioboso-angulatu, raucrb- 



nata, 3-loc, 3-vaIv. : locu/anientis rcsinu liquids scatculibus : dissepi- 

 menta valvulis contraria : sem. nomuilla, angulata. Ex sc/icd. Solandri 



in Mus. banks. Arbusculx. Folia alterna v. sparsa. 



P. undulatum, foliis ovali-lanceolatis, otrinque attenuatis, undulatis, pe- 

 tiolis(|ue glabris : pedunculis ramorum tcrminalibus, aggregates, villosis, 

 supra viscosis & s&pius divisis. 



Pittosporum undulatum. Andrew** reposit. SS3. I enlenut. eels. 7(7. 



Jlort. I\ck\ ed. 2. 2. 28. 



Arbuscula tripedalis 8f ultra, erecta, supernc wlicillatim Sf corymbose ra- 

 mosa, corticc fusco demum resi?ioso-pulverulento. Folia sparsa, juxta pedun- 

 cu/os approximate in apice ramorum, dejlcxa, uncias 4 v. magii longa, scsqui- 

 unam lata, tenuissime reticulato-venosa, firmxda, saturate viridia, SM&tiU 

 pallida ; pctiolus sernuncialis vel ultra. Pedunculi plures, foliis subbre\iores % 

 scepe trichotomi ; pedicelli fore breviores, papilloso-nitentes, bracteola ad 

 basin. Flores albidi, semunciales, odoratissimi. Cal. campanulatus, corolla 

 fere bis brcvior, ac pedicelli papulosus et viscosus, ecleriter emarcescens : foliola 

 lanceolata. Cor. cylindraceo-campanulata : pet. subspathulato-oblon^a, stri- 

 ata ; ungues in tubum conniventes ; laminae in limbum breviorem patulcc. 

 Stam. duplo breviora, immediate hypogyna, aquatic, erecta : fil. fliformi- 

 subidata, stricta : anth. favcr, sagittatce, erectce, introrsum dehiscentes. 

 Pist. staminibus (Equate, virens : germ, ovale, exsulcum, sericeum, bi/oc? 

 polyspermum resind liquida intus modem : stylus ejusdem fere lougitudinis, 

 crassiusculus, teres, atomoideo-papulosus, nudus, exsulcus, parum attenuatus ; 

 stig. obsolete capitato-2fdum* 



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This shrub was introduced by Sir Joseph Banks from 

 New Holland in 1789- It is desirable on account of the 

 great fragrance of the bloom, which is compared by some 

 to that of Jasmine; to us it appears far stronger, but not 

 so grateful. Monsieur Ventenat was misinformed, when lie 

 stated it to be a native of the Canary Islands. A thick 

 strongly aromatic liquid exudes from the pores in the rind, 

 congeals into a thin resinous coat, and at last breaks down 

 into a whitish powder. Dr. Solander has compounded the 

 generic name of two greek words, importing that the seed 

 is covered with pitch or resin. The present is a hardy 



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