PLATE CLI. 
PITTOSPORUM CORIACEUM. 
Thick-leaved Pittof/porum. 
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CLASS V. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. 
ORDER .§ 
One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx. | a. pentaphyllum, inferum, 
Corgis: "Petala quinque ; ungues concavi, in 
tubum urceolatum conniventes; laminz 
ovato-oblonge, patentes. _ 
Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata, recep- 
lo inferta. 
filamentis ott apc 
PisTILLUM , fuperum 
refit, Stylus brevis Sfintsieas 
Stigma capitatum, p 
PERICARPIUM. Bacca fabglobofa, 2-5 locularis, 
Semina tria feu quatuor, angulata, oblonga, ob- 
SPECIFIC 
Pittofporum foliis ovalibus, obtufis, glaberrimis, 
_ coriaceis, integerrimis. 
Anthere fagittate, erecta, 
EMPALEMENT. 
falling off. 
Buossom. Five petals; 
tes a tube pitcher-fhaped ; 
g-egg-fhaped, fpreading 
. Threads five, awl- “thaped, inferted into 
Cup five-leaved, beneath, and 
claws concave, clofing 
the borders ob- 
fhap , flat 
tened. Shaft nd fhort, eilindrical "Salis. 
mit headed, flat 
SEED VESSEL. A roundifh berry 2-5 cells, 2-5 
valves; the cells filled with a refinous pulp; 
partitions contrary to the valves 
Seeps, three or four, angulated, oblong, ob- 
tufe, and bony, 
CHARACTER. 
| Pittofporum with oval leaves, blunt ended, 
very {mooth, leathery, and quite entire. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1, The Empalem 
2. A Petal of the | Bloom, 
3. The Chives an 
intal. 
4 ones Pointal repre vege the Chives, 
A Berry of the 
fize when 
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_ Asour the year 1783, this plant was firft raifed in Britain, from feeds which had been received from 
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the Ifland of Madeira, by Mefirs. Lee 
will begin to grow the enfuing {prin 
: y and tender from the jant, about 
ina oy fixed very cat in fifth loam ; they must pier sone aha 
utumn, may be removed into the hot-houfe and plunged into the bark bed, where 
ring. 
It is , propagated i ‘lowly hey with “difficiey as it does not 
nly method is cuttings, which 
April, and put from 6 to 8 
and-glafs on a fhady border till 
