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PlTTOSPORUM FERRUGINEUM. RUSTY^LEAVED 

 PlTTOSPORUM. 



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Class and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. deciduus. Petala 5, conniventia in tubum. Caps. 

 2 — 5-valvis, 2 — 5-locularis. Sem. tecta pulpa. 



Specific Character. 



Pittosporum ferrugineum; foliis ellipticis acuminatis glabris, 

 petiolis ferrugineo-tomentosis. Hort. Kew. ed alt. % 

 p. 27. 



Descr. Leaves elliptical-acuminate, smooth, veined, shining 

 on the upper surface, paler and a little villous on the under. 

 Petiole four times shorter than the lamina, rusty-tomentose. 

 Flowers white, slightly scented, in a terminal compound 

 umbel. Peduncles rusty-tomentose : pedicels white. Calyx 

 5-cleft, spreading, greenish-white, shorter by half than the 

 tube of the corolla. Petals 5, conniving into a tube, revolute 

 at their points. Stamens 5, scarcely longer than the tube of 

 the corolla : anthers oval, affixed by the back. Germen oval, 

 clothed with rusty coloured hairs : style shorter than stamens : 

 stigma capitate, green. In so small a germen we could not 

 be certain of the structure, but it appeared to us to be one- 

 celled, with a single ovulum in the centre ; it might however 

 be two-celled with a central receptacle. 



Native of Guinea. Requires to be kept in the stove. 

 Flowers in the winter months. Introduced before 1787 by 

 the Right Honourable the Earl of Tankerville. Commu- 

 nicated by Messrs. Whitley, Brame, and Milne. 



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