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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



i. 2. S, angustifo'lia Lindl. Tlic narrow-leaved Sollya. 



Soy. Holl., Don's Mill., 1. p. 373., and Loudon's Uort. 



Idenlificatiotu I.indl.. in Bot. Reg., t. 146fi. 



Si/nonymi-s. Billartliera fusifurmis Lab. No 

 BrU., No. S.'iJO. 



Engraving. LdbilL Nov. Holl, t. 90. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Flowers cream-coloured, changing to bluish. Fruit dry, the pericarp villous, of 

 the consistence of parchment. (Lindl., \n Bot. Hcg., t l+iitj. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. ,>7.>., under Billar. 

 di^rn fusif6rinis Lab.) 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 18i.y. [Don's Mill., i. 

 p. S13., under the name Billardiiro fusifOrmis Lab.) This species deserves trial against a con- 

 servative wall, along with the others. 



Genus III. 



PITTO'SPORUM Banh. 



The Pittosporum. 

 Monogjnia. 



Lin. Sj/st. Pentandria 



Identification. Banks, in Gsrt. Fr. 1. p. 286. t. 59. j Dec. Prod., 1. p. S46. ; and Don's Mill, 1. 



p. 3/3. 

 Derivation. From pitta, pitch, and sporos, a seed ; in alluiion to the seeds being covered with a 



sticky pulp. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 5, with the claws conniving into a connate tube. Capsules 

 smooth or hairy ; 2 — 5-valved, 1-celled, bearing a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds 

 covered with a resinous pulp. (Don's Milt., \.;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 t>e equally so. 



• 1. P. ToBi'liA Ait. The Tobira Pittosporum. 



Identification. Sims Bot. Mag., loOfi. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. &K. ; and Don's Mill, 1. p. 37a 

 Synonymes. £u6nymu3 Tobira Thunb., chap. 99. ; Pittosporum chinense Donn's. IJ. Cantab., 48. 



Tobira Japane, Fr.; Chinesischer Kleb.saame, Ger. 

 Engravings. Ka;mpf. Amoen., t 797- ; Bot. Mag., t. 1396. ; and our^/Jg-. 82. 

 Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate, obtuse, coriaceous, quite smooth. 



Peduncles 1-flowered, pubescent, dispose<l 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 liHH, 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 prop.igatcd 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 planted, 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 arc 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. 6rf. each. 



« 2. P. undula'tum. The undu\ated-lcaved 



Pittosporum. 



Idmtifieation. And. Bot. Rep. ; Vent. Hcrt. Cels. ; Ker Bot Reg 



Dec. Prod., 1. p. 34rt. ; Don's Mill., p. 373. 

 Engravings. Vent Hort. Cels, 1. t. 7r>. ; Bot Rep., t. 393. ; Delauny, 



Herb. Amat., 1 36. ; Schrad. Gen. III., t 4. ; Bot Beg., 1 16. ; and 



OUT fig. 8.5. 

 Spec. Char , SfC. Leaves oval. lanceolate, undulated, tapering at both 



ends, and, as well as the footstalks, glabrou.s. Peduncles terminal, 



aggregate, pubescent, branched, many. flowered. (Don's Milt., i. 



p. 373.) An evergreen shrub, growing to the height of 10 ft., in- 

 troduced in 1789, and producing its white flowers from May to 



.lune. As hardy as the ])reccding species. The finest plant in 



England is undcrstornl to be in the conservatory at Ashridge 



Park, which, when we saw it in 1829, was 12 ft. high. In various 



situations, it has lived against a wall, protected during winter 



and flowering freely in summer. Culture, ma, price, &c., as in 



the preceding species. 



