374 PITTOSPORE. 
FIG, 73. 
7 P. ru'Lvum (Rudge trans. Lin. 
soc. 10. p. 298.) leaves broad-lan- 
ceolate, obtuse; footstalks and 
nerves of leaves tomentose ; 
branches tomentose ; peduncles ag- 
gregate ; sepals spreading. k. G. 
Native of New Holland. Flowers 
yellowish. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 
tinct from P. tomentosum (f. 73.) 
Fulvous-leaved Pittosporum. FI. 
April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2- 
4 feet. 
8 P. rerruci’Neum (Ait. hort. 
kew. ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 27.) leaves 
elliptical, acuminated at both ends, 
upper surface glabrous, under sur- 
face covered with rusty tomentum 
on the nerves and leafstalks; pe- 
duncles terminal, branched, disposed in aggregate umbels. h. 
S. Native of Guinea? Sims, bot. mag. t. 2075. Flowers yellow. 
Var, B? filariwum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.) bark thready. 
Rump. amb. 7. p. 13.t. 7. Native of the Molucca islands. 
Rusty-leaved Pittosporum. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1787. Shrub 
6 feet. 
9 P. urrtum (Willd. enum. p. 261.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
under surface pubescent, adult ones glabrous; leafstalks and 
branches hairy. k. G. Native of the Canary Islands. P. 
hirsttum, Link. enum. 233. Flowers white ? 
Hairy-branched Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. 
Shrub 4 feet. 
10 P. raurirorium (Willd. sel. in Roem. and Schult. syst. 
5. p- 432.) leaves oblong, obtuse, coriaceous ; peduncles 1-flower- 
ed, lateral, and aggregate. h. G. Native of Teneriffe. 
Flowers white ? 
Laurel-leaved Pittosporum. Shrub 6 feet. 
11 P.? puytiirzoipes (D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.) leaves ob- 
long, mucronate, coriaceous, flat, very smooth, almost veinless ; 
pedicels lateral, 1-flowered, solitary. h.G. Native of New 
Holland. Capsules ovate, somewhat compressed, 2-valved, 
rather fleshy, and even on the outside. Flowers yellow. 
Phyllirea-like Pittosporum. Shrub 4 feet. 
+ Species scarcely known except by name, and probably some 
of them are identical with some of those described above. 
12 P. renvirérium (Geert. fr. 1. p. 286. t. 59.) capsules 3- 
valved, rather globose, wrinkled. h . G. Native of New Holland. 
fhin-leaved Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
4 feet. 
13 P. UMBELLA tum (Geert. fr. 1. p. 286.) capsules 3-valved, 
_ compressedly-globose, scabrous on the outside from elevated 
dots. h.G. Native of Australia. 
Umbellate-flowered Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. Sh. 4 ft. 
14 P. expe’nsr (Nois. hort. ex Steud. nom. 628.) h. G. 
Lapensive Pittosporum. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
6 feet. 
15 P. TUBERCULA`TUM (Zeyh. ex Steud. nom. 628.) h. G. 
Luberculated Pittosporum. Fl. April, June. Shrub. 
16 P. Anversoni (Fisch. in cat. hort. roy. peterb.) h. G. 
Flower yellow. Cultivated in Chelsea botanic garden in 1824. 
Anderson’s Pittosporum. FI. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 ft. 
17 P. mauritia num (Lodd. cat. 1825.) h.S. Perhaps P. 
ferrugineum var. 3, filarium. 
Mauritian Pittosporum. Fl. Ap. Ju.? Clt. 1825. Sh. 8 feet. 
Cult. All the species of Pitiésporum are handsome shrubs, 
with good foliage and pretty flowers, well adapted for conser- 
vatories. They thrive best in an equal mixture of Joam and 
sia 
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Clt. 1822. 
II. PITTOSPORUM. 
III. Bursaria. IV. SENACIA. 
peat. Ripened cuttings will root freely if planted in sand under 
a hand-glass, or one species may be grafted on another, P. 
Tobìra, a native of Japan, is nearly hardy, as well as those 
species native of the Canary Islands; these may be preserved 
against a south wall, with the assistance of a mat, in severe 
weather. 
III. BURSA`RIA (from bursa, a pouch; the capsules very 
much resemble those of Thlaspi bursa-pastoris, which re- 
semble a female’s pocket.) Cav. icon. 4. t. 350. D. C. prod. 1. 
p. 347. , 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 
5, distinct. Capsules compressed, obcordate, somewhat stipl- 
tate, 2-celled, 2-valved (almost as in Poljgala.) The seeds 
according to Cav. are clothed with resin.—An elegant much 
branched shrub, with oblong-cuneated, entire small leaves, and 
small white flowers, which are disposed either in lateral or ter- 
minal panicles. 
1 B. spinosa (Cav. l. c.) h. G. Native of New Holland. 
Branches either spiny or unarmed. Leaves small, wedge- 
shaped. Itéa spinòsa, Andr. bot. rep. t. 314 Sims, bot. mag. 
1767. Cyrílla spinòsa, Spreng. nov. prov. 15. 
Spiny-branched Bursaria. Ti. July, Dec. Clt. 1793. Shrub 
10 feet. 
Cult. This is a very desirable shrub for a green-house or 
conservatory, being an abundant flowerer, and very shewy when 
covered all over with its elegant little white blossoms. An equ A 
mixture of sandy loam and peat is the best soil for it; an 
young cuttings will root freely if planted in sand under a bell- 
glass. (Swt.) 
IV. SENA'CIA (in honour of John Senac, a distinguished 
French physician, was born in Gascony about the close > 
the 17th century; he died 1770.) Comm. ined. Du. Pet. 1h. 
obs. pl. isl. d’ afr. p. 27. D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.—Senaciz. sp. 
Lam. ill. 2. p. 95. all 
Lin. syst. Penténdria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed, smal. 
Petals 5, distinct, lanceolate. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Younga 
capsules berry-formed, at length 2-valved, half 2-celled. alate: 
4-8, adhering to the base and middle of the dissepiments, arita of 
with horny albumen. Embryo small, situated at the base n 
the seed.—Smooth branched shrubs, with feather-nerved ents 
leaves, and terminal corymbs of white flowers. These kraku 
have the habit of Celástrus, and are apt to be confused with a 
genus if not particularly examined. The hypogynous mser 
of the stamens is sufficient to distinguish them. late 
1 S. unpuna'ra (Lam. ill. no. 2709.) leaves lanceo wr 
waved; flowers terminal, disposed in umbellate corymbs ; stius 
4-sided, on short pedicels. h. S. Native of the Mauritius 
where it is called by the French Bois de Joli Coeur on acco 
of the hardness of its wood. Celastrus undulatus, Lam. le 
1. p. 662. Flowers white. Ovary somewhat stipitate- y 
short. 
Var. B; leaves oval-lanceolate. 
Waved-leaved Senacia. Clt. 1785. Shrub 15 feet. olate, 
2 S. Nirauty’nsis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.) leaves lance fruit 
flattish ; flowers terminal, disposed in umbellate corymbs ' serti 
sessile, 4-seeded. h. G. Native of Nipaul. Celástrus nt in 
cillatus, Roxb. hort. beng. 18. not of Fl. Peru. Leave’ oles 
whorls, but crowded around the corymbs of flowers. a the 
somewhat compressed. Valves after opening mucronate 
apex. Flowers white. i 
Nipaul Senacia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 12 feet. m 
3 S. LANcEoLA TA (Lam. ill. no. 2710.) leaves hanol 
flattish ; flowers disposed in umbellate corymbs ; seen tive 0 
the bottom and 4 in the middle of the cells. R. S. Na 
the Mauritius. See Pet. Th. l. c. Flowers white? 
