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Obs, This would be a species of Cissus according to the 

 Linnean division, but that genus has now been united to 

 Vitis by Mr. Brown, as they differ in nothing but the 

 number of parts. 



XXVL PITTOSPOREiE. 



PITTOSPORUM ?* 



Calyx beneath, five-leaved, erect. Corolla five-petalled : 

 petals alternating with the calyx. Nectary five-lobed, sur- 

 rounding the ovary. Stamina five, inserted on the nectarial 

 lobes. Ovary one-celled, six-seeded. Capsule three-valved, 

 one-celled, with three parietal placentas. Some of the seeds 

 abortive. A pentandrouSi monogynous shrub^ with alternate 

 leaves and axillary inflorescence, 



PITTOSPORUM? SERRULATUM. (W, J,) 



A shrub with smooth branches. Leaves alternate, very 

 short petioled, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly serrated, very 

 smooth. Stipules lanceolate, acute, very deciduous. Pe- 

 duncles short, axillary, solitary ; from six to eight-flowered. 

 They are frequently from the axils of the fallen leaves. 

 Flowers yellowish green, fascicled, short-pedicelled. Bractes 

 small, acute. Calyx inferior, ovate, five-leaved, leaflets 

 ovate, acute, conniving at their apices. Corolla yellowish, 

 five-parted, petals inserted on the receptacle, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, a little longer than the calyx, and alternating 

 with its leaflets. Nectary short, five-lobed, surrounding 

 the germ. Stamina five, inserted into the lobes of the 



* I have taken the liberty of thus disposing of Mr. Jack's Pittosporea 

 serrulata, which aflforded the materials for Celastrus pauciflorus. Wall, 

 (vide Roxbg. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey. 2. p. 400,) " a native of Penang where 

 it is called Boonga Lawung." 



