]|4 * GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. [MARCH. 



appearance, except their productions in their native 

 country. P. terebinthus is deciduous, and produces 

 the Cyprus turpentine. P. lenttscus is the true mas- 

 tich tree, which is obtained by cutting transverse inci- 

 sions in the bark. P. vera and P. reticuldta are good 

 species; leaves pinnated; leaflets ovate, lanceolate; 

 easily cultivated. 



Plumbagos, Lead-wort. There are only two species 

 of any consequence belonging to the Green-house, P. 

 tristis and P. capensis. The former is a shy flowerer, 

 but the latter flowers freely; colour beautiful light blue, 

 and flowers in spikes; foliage oblong, entire, and a 

 little glaucous ; of very easy culture, and continues in 

 bloom a considerable time. 



Psoraleas, above forty species. A few of them are 

 worthy of cultivation, P. odoratissima, P. spicata, P. 

 aculedta^ P. argentea, and P. tomentosa. They have all 

 blue flowers, and leguminose. They are chiefly low 

 shrubs ; and will flower and grow freely ; the pots re- 

 quire draining. 



Podalyrias, about fourteen species of pretty Cape 

 shrubs; foliage oblong, obovate, and silky-like; the 

 flowers leguminose; colour blue or pink. P. sericea, 

 P. styracifblia, P. coruscans, P. argentea, P. liparioides, 

 and P. subbiflora, are the finest and most distinct species, 

 and flower abundantly. 



Persoonias, about sixteen species of dwarf evergreen 

 shrubs; leaves oblong, or lanceolate, hairy, or downy; 

 flowers axillary and solitary ; the pots should be well 

 drained, and the plants in summer protected from the 

 sun. P. hirsuta, P. moUis, P. teretifdlia, and P. lucida, 

 are the most distinct, and grow freely. 



