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PITTOSPOREyE. II. PITTOSPORUM. III. BURSARIA. IV. SEKACIA. 



7 P. FU'LVUM (Rudge trans. Lin. FIG. 73. 

 soc. 10. p. 298.) leaves broad-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse ; footstalks and 



nerves of leaves tomentose ; 

 branches tomentose ; peduncles ag- 

 gregate ; sepals spreading. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers 

 yellowish. Perhaps sufficiently dis- 

 tinct from P. tomentosum (f. 73.) 



Fulvous-leaved Pittosporum. Fl. 

 April, May. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2- 

 4 feet. 



8 P. FERRUGI'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. Tj . 

 S. Native of Guinea ? Sims, bot. mag. t. 2075. Flowers yellow. 



Far. [3 ? jilarium (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 347.) bark thready. 

 Rump. amb. 7. p. 13. t. 7. Native of the Molucca islands. 



Rusty-\ea.\ed Pittosporum. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 6 feet. 



9 P. HI'RTUM (Willd. enum. p. 261.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 under surface pubescent, adult ones glabrous ; leafstalks and 

 branches hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Canary Islands. P. 

 hirsutum, Link. enum. 233. Flowers white ? 



Hairy-branched Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 4 feet. 



10 P. LAURIFOLIUM (Willd. sel. in Rcem. and Schult. syst. 

 5. p. 432.) leaves oblong, obtuse, coriaceous ; peduncles 1-flower- 

 ed, lateral, and aggregate. ^ . G. Native of TenerifFe. 

 Flowers white ? 



Laurel-leaved Pittosporum. Shrub 6 feet. 



11 P.? FHYLLiRjEoiDEs (D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.) leaves ob- 

 long, mucronate, coriaceous, flat, very smooth, almost veinless ; 

 pedicels lateral, 1-flowered, solitary. ^ . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Capsules ovate, somewhat compressed, 2-valved, 

 rather fleshy, and even on the outside. Flowers yellow. 



Phyllircea-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. TENUIFOLIUM (Gaert. fr. 1. p. 286. t. 59.) capsules 3- 

 valved, rather globose, wrinkled. T? . G. Native of New Holland. 



Thin-leaved Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 4 feet. 



13 P. UMBELLATUM (Gaert. fr. 1. p. 286.) capsules 3-valved, 

 compressedly-globose, scabrous on the outside from elevated 

 dots, fy . G. Native of Australia. 



Umbellate-Homered Pittosporum. Fl. May, June. Sh. 4 ft. 



14 P. EXPE'NSE (Nois. hort. ex Steud. nom. 628.) Tj . G. 

 Expensive Pittosporum. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



6 feet. 



15 P. TUBERCULA V TUM (Zeyh. ex Steud. nom. 628.) *}. G. 

 Tuberculated Pittosporum. Fl. April, June. Shrub. 



16 P. ANDERSONII (Fisch. in cat. hort. roy. peterb.) Tj . G. 

 Flower yellow. Cultivated in Chelsea botanic garden in 1824. 



Anderson's Pittosporum. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 ft. 



17 P. MAURITIANUM (Lodd. cat. 1825.) J? . S. Perhaps P. 

 ferrugineum var. /3, filarium. 



Mauritian Pittosporum. Fl. Ap. Ju. ? Clt. 1825. Sh. 8 feet. 



Cult. A!l the species of Pittosporum are handsome shrubs, 

 with good foliage and pretty flowers, well adapted for conser- 

 vatories. They thrive best in an equal mixture of loam and 



peat. Ripened cuttings will root freely if planted in sand under 

 a hand-glass, or one species may be grafted on another. P. 

 Tobira, 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. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 

 5, distinct. Capsules compressed, obcordate, somewhat stipi- 

 tate, 2-celled, 2-valved (almost as in Polygala.) 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. 1. c.) T? . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Branches either spiny or unarmed. Leaves small, wedge- 

 shaped. Itea spinosa, Andr. bot. rep. t. 314. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1767. Cyrilla spinosa, Spreng. nov. prov. 15. 



Spiny-branched Bursaria. Fl. 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 equal 

 mixture of sandy loam and peat is the best soil for it ; and 

 young cuttings will root freely if planted in sand under a bell- 

 glass. (Swt.) 



IV. SEN A' CIA (in honour of John Senac, a distinguished 

 French physician, was born in Gascony about the close of 

 the 17th century; he died 1770.) Comm. ined. Du. Pet. Th. 

 obs. pi. isl. d' afr. p. 27. D. C. prod. 1. p. 347. Senskciae. sp. 

 Lam. ill. 2. p. 95. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-toothed, small. 

 Petals 5, distinct, lanceolate. Stamens 5, hypogynous. Younger 

 capsules berry-formed, at length 2-valved, half 2-celled. Seeds 

 4-8, adhering to the base and middle of the dissepiments, arillate ; 

 with horny albumen. Embryo small, situated at the base of 

 the seed. Smooth branched shrubs, with feather-nerved entire 

 leaves, and terminal corymbs of white flowers. These shrubs 

 have the habit of Celdstrus, and are apt to be confused with that 

 genus if not particularly examined. The hypogynous insertion 

 of the stamens is sufficient to distinguish them. 



1 S. UNDULA'TA (Lam. ill. no. 2709.) leaves lanceolate, 

 waved ; flowers terminal, disposed in umbellate corymbs ; fruit 

 4-sided, on short pedicels. T? . S. Native of the Mauritius, 

 where it is called by the French Bois de Joli Cceur on account 

 of the hardness of its wood. Celastrus undulatus, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 662. Flowers white. Ovary somewhat stipitate. Style 

 short. 



Var. ft ; leaves oval-lanceolate. 



Waved-leaved Senacia. Clt. 1785. Shrub 15 feet. 



2 S. NIPAULE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 347.) leaves lanceolate, 

 flattish ; flowers terminal, disposed in umbellate corymbs ; fruit 

 sessile, 4-seeded. Jj . G. Native of Nipaul. Celastrus verti- 

 cillitus, Roxb. hort. beng. 18. not of Fl. Peru. Leaves not in 

 whorls, but crowded around the corymbs of flowers. Capsules 

 somewhat compressed. Valves after opening mucronate at the 

 apex. Flowers white. 



Nipaul Senacia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 12 feet. 



3 S. LANCEOLA'TA (Lam. ill. no. 2710.) leaves lanceolate, 

 flattish ; flowers disposed in umbellate corymbs ; seeds 8, 4 in 

 the bottom and 4 in the middle of the cells. T; . S. Native of 

 the Mauritius. See Pet. Th. 1. c. Flowers white ? 



