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PITTOSPORUM VIRIDIFLORUM. GREEN- 
FLOWERED PITTOSPORUM, 
Sek ek ee eee 
Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MoNoOGYNIA, 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. deciduus. Petala 5, conniventia intubum. Capf 2—5- 
valvis, 2—5-locularis. Sem. te€ta pulpa. 
Specific Charaéfer. 
PITTOSPORUM viridiflorum ; foliis obovatis retufis nitidis 
fubtus reticulatis, panicula fubglobofa terminali. 
Desc. Stem fhrubby: branches tuberculated. Leaves al- 
ternate, obovate, very blunt, leathery, fhining green on the 
upper fide, pale and netted-veined on the under : pefioles fhort, 
thickened at the bafe. Jnflore/cence terminal, in a more or lefs 
globular panicle. Calyx deciduous, five- (rarely four-) leaved : 
leaflets flefhy, ovate. Corolla five- (rarely four-) petaled : petals 
lanceolate, revolute, yellowifh green. Stamens five (rarely four) : 
filaments half the length of the petals, inferted into a flefhy re- 
ceptacle: anthers arrow-fhaped, acute, attached to the filament 
by the back. Germen oval, {mooth: /yle ere&t : figma capitate, 
fpongy. Flowers very fragrant, the fcent refembling that of a 
mixture of lemon and jafmine. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in July and 
Auguft. Propagated by cuttings, or inarching on the more 
common f{pecies. 
We find no mention of this fhrub in any author that we 
have confulted. Communicated by Mr. Sweer, from Mefirs. 
Macco.im and Sweet's Nurfery, at Stockwell-Common, 
