104 POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



jpensis, cirrhosa, and quinata, from the Cape; antarctica, 

 called the Kangaroo Yine, from New South Wales ; glan- 

 dulosa, from Arabia; pentap7iglla 9 from Japan, and orien- 

 talis, from the Levant. C. discolor has curiously variegated 

 leaves, and they all have insignificant greenish flowers. 

 Their great use in the greenhouse arises from their rapid 

 growth, enabling them to cover a wall very quickly, in the 

 same way that the Ampelopsis, or Yirginian Creeper, covers 

 walls and roofs in the garden. 



PITTOSPOBACHJE. 



Exogens, with flowers having the calyx four or five-parted, 

 falling off, either distinct or partially cohering. Petals four or 

 five, sometimes slightly cohering. Stamens five, distinct, alternate 

 with the petals. Ovary distinct, single. Fruit capsular or like 

 a berry. Leaves simple, usually entire, sometimes serrated. — 

 Trees or shrubs ; natives of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, etc. 



PITTOSPORUM. 



Gen. Cliar. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Plower polypetalous, in- 

 ferior ; calyx falling off ; petals five, converging into a tube ; 

 capsule from two to five-celled. 



Named from the Greek for resin and seed, as the cap- 



