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s 2. S. ancustiro‘L1A Lindl. The narrow-leaved Sollya. 
Identification. Lindl., in Bot. Reg., t. 1466, > 
Synonymes. Billardiéra fusiformis Lab. Nov. Holl., Don’s Mill., 1. p. 373., and Loudon’s Hort. 
_ Brit., No. 5530. 
Engraving. Labill, Nov. Holl., t. 90. ees 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers cream-coloured, changing to bluish. Fruit dry, the pericarp villous, of 
the consistence of parchment. (Lindi.,in Bot. Reg., t. 1466.; Don’s Mill., 1. p,. 373., under Billar- 
diéra fusiférmis Lad.) Branches hardly climbing; younger ones rather villous. Leaves lanceolate, 
entire. Cymes few-flowered. Petals spreading. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. A green-house 
climbing shrub. Flowers in May and August. Cultivated in Britain in 1823. (Don’s Miil., i. 
p. 373., under the name Billardi@ra fusif6rmis Lad.) This species deserves trial against a con- 
servative wall, along with the others. . 
Genus III. 
PITTO’SPORUM Banks. Tue Pirrosporum. Lin, Syst. Pentandria 
Monogynia. 
Tdceg ation, Banks, in Gert, Fr. 1. p.286. t.59.; Dec. Prod., 1. p.346.; and Don’s Mill, 1. 
p. 37 
Derivation. From pitta, pitch, and sporos, a seed; in allusion to the seeds being covered with a 
sticky pulp. “- 
Gen. Char. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, with the claws conniving into a connatetube. Capsules 
smovth or hairy ; 2—5-valved, 1-celled, bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds 
covered with a resinous pulp. (Don’s Miil., i."p. 373.) — Evergreen shrubs, or low trees, with entire 
permanent leaves, generally more or less lanceolate. The species known to be half-hardy are two, 
but all the rest may be equally so. 4 
# 1. P. Tosrra Ait. The Tobira Pittosporum. 
Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., 1396. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 346.; and Don’s Mill, 1. p. $73. i 
Synonymes. Eu6nymus Tobira Thunb., chap. 99.; Pittésporum chinénse Donn’s. H. Caniab., 48. 
Tobira Japane, Fr.; Chinesischer Klebsaame, Ger. ; 
Engravings. Kempf. Ameen., t.797.; Bot, Mag.; t. 1396. ; and our fig. 82. > 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves obovate, obtuse, coriaceous, quite smooth. 
Peduncles 1-flowered, pubescent, disposed in aggregate umbels. 
(Don’s Mill.,i. p. 373.) An evergreen shrub, growing to the height 
of 12 ft. in its native country, and producing its cream-coloured 
flowers from March till August, It was introduced in 1804, and 
is generally treated as a green-house plant ; but, planted in a warm 
situation against a wall, it endures the winters of the climate of 
: London without any protection when they are mild; and with the 
ground covered with litter, and the branches screened by a mat, 
when they are severe. The plant will grow in any free soil, suf- 
ficiently drained, and is readily propagated by cuttings of the 
young wood in sand. The largest specimens of which we have 
received any accounts are in Ireland; one in the Cullenswood 
Nursery, near Dublin, 20 years ponies being 10 ft. high, as a 
standard in the open air. In the neighbourhood of London, 
there are various plants placed against the ends and fronts of 
green-houses, which have reached 5 ft. or 6 ft. in height in as many years; which are protected 
by a mat in very severe winters, and which, when not protected, sometimes die down to the 
ground, and spring up again the following season. Their glossy 
dark green leaves, and fragrant cream-coloured flowers, are very 
ornamental during summer. Price of plants, in the London 
nurseries, 2s. 6d. each. 
# 2. P.unpuLaA’tum. The undulated-leaved 
. Pittosporum. 
Identification. And. Bot. Rep.; Vent. Hort. Cels.; Ker Bot. Reg 
Dec. Prod., 1. p. 346. ; Don’s Mill., p. 373. Fane 
Engravings. Vent. Hort. Cels, 1. t.76.; Bot. Rep., t. 393. ; Delauny, 
Herb. Amat., t.36.; Schrad. Gen. IIL, t.4.; Bot. Reg., t.16.; and 
our jig. 83. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, undulated, tapering at both 
ends, and, as well as the footstalks, glabrous. Peduncles terminal, 
aggregate, pubescent, branched, many-flowered. (Don’s Mill., i- 
p. 373.) An evergreen shrub, growing to the height of 10ft., in- 
troduced in 1789, and producing its white flowers from May to 
June. As hardy as the preceding species. ‘The finest plant in 
England is understood to be in the conservatory at Ashridge 
Park, which, when we saw it in 1829, was 12ft. high. In various 
situations, it has lived against a wall, protected during winter 
and flowering freely in summer. Culture, uses, price, &c., as in 
the preceding species. 
