PRONAYA ELEGAWS. 
(Elegant Pronaya.) 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
Natttral Order. 
PITTOSPORaCEJE. 
fKNBRic Character. — Calyx five-leaved ; leaflets 
mlate, equal. Corolla of five petals, hypogynous, j 
ernating with the leaflets of the calyx, ovate or j 
)vate, suh-sessile, or with a short claw, connivent j 
ow,suhrotately spreading. Stamens five, hypogynous, j 
ernating with the petals, erectly spreading. Fila- j 
nts suhulately thread-shaped. Anthers turned in- | 
rds, two-celled, ohlong ; apex revolute, dehiscing [ 
gitudinally. Ovary elliptically-cylindrical, two- 
led. Ovules several in each cell, in two rows on j 
h side of the dissepiments, anatropous. Style short, i 
light. Stigma ohsoletely emarginate Berry coria- [ 
usly fleshy, cylindrical, muticate, two-celled. Seeds j 
nerous in each cell, imbedded in a resinous pulp, ! 
nearly globose, or angular. Embryo placed near the 
umbilicus, in a hardened albumen, orthotropous. 
Specific Character. — Plant a suffruticose ever- 
green. Branches slender, climbing, somewhat woody, 
smooth. Leaves nearly sessile, alternate, ohlong-linear, 
entire, or with two or three deep indentures on each 
side, somewhat reticulately veined ; margins revolute, 
glabrous above, covered with very short and closely 
adpressed hairs on the under surface. Peduncles 
short, at the top of the shoots, solitary. Cymes di- 
trichotomous. Flowers numerous, blue. 
SvNONYMES.-— /S'piVantftem Frdseri ; Campylanthera 
Frdseri ; Billardiera rosmarinifolia. 
This elegant little, greenhouse plant bears some resemblance in its general 
: Dect to the Marianthus cmruleo-punctatus. It is a smooth twining plant, but of 
: ess tenuous and less rambling growth, producing its leaves at shorter intervals, 
:d having the flowers more compactly aggregated. In healthy plants, the latter 
:3 plenteously developed, and have a peculiarly neat and attractive mien. From 
1 ;s dwarfness of habit, and the pleasing and long-lasting inflorescence, it makes 
• 9 of the most desirable of plants for a small greenhouse. 
^ Speaking of it under the name of the Campylanthera Fraseri, Sir William J. 
ooker, in his “ leones Plantarum,” says, “This is noticed by Mr. Fraser as a 
liutiful creeper, as indeed it may well be with its copious corymbs of azure 
Iwers. It will be at once seen that it bears a close affinity to Billardiera., 
dlya, and Cheiranthera., among the Pittospora, difiering from the first in its 
1 lorescence, spreading petals, and spirally curved anthers ; from the second, in 
^ last-mentioned character, and in having anthers not opening by pores ; and 
i m the third in the difierent direction of the stamens, and fleshy or pulpy fruit.’’ 
The name we have adopted is that bestowed by Hugel, and under which alone, 
^ believe, it is known in the gardens of this country. It is a product of the 
^ stern coast of New Holland, and was first discovered by Mr. Fraser, growing 
1 ntifully about the Swan River settlement, from whence it was originally 
