BOTANY. 
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Pittosporum, Banks. 
155. P.tobira, Ait.— China Box; grows to a shrubby tree about 
teu feet high, uncultivated, and is common. Alt. 4. A good deal 
used as hedges in shrubberies, &c. Bot. Mag. 1396. Hab. China. 
156. P. undulatum, Vent. — Tree Pittosporum ; uncultivated 
and rather common. Alt. 3 '8. One of the handsomest trees in the 
Island, growing large and bushy to a height of tliiity or forty feet, 
and flowering profusely. The rich perfume of its blossoms extends 
over a considerable area. — Hab. New South Wales. 
157. P. viridiflorum, Sims. — One of the most abundant shrub 
plants, growing wild about St. Paul’s new churchyard and other 
places at alt. 3'8, where its delicious perfume, when in blossom, 
easily reveals its locality. It attains a height of ten or twelve feet. 
Bot. Mag. 1684. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope. All these species seed 
well. 
34. VitacE/E {Vine Family). 
Vitis, Linn. 
158. V. capensis, Thunb.; Cissus capensis. — Velvet Thorn; grows 
uncultivated and fruits well at Rosemary Hall, Plantation, &c. 
H. L. Alt. 3. Rare. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 
159. V.vinifera, Linn.— The Grape was introduced in 1718. Pour 
kinds grow in the Island ; cultivated for the sake of the fruit ; rather 
common. C. and M. Alt. - 4 to 3. It thrives best in the hot val- 
leys, such as James’ Valley and that below Longwood. I have seen 
splendid grapes grown at St. Helena, but lately they appear to 
have been somewhat blighted. In some places where gardens 
formerly existed, the Vine now grows m an almost uncultivated 
state. There is no record of any attempt having been made to cul- 
tivate the plant for the purpose of making wine m the Island. T is 
is remarkable, inasmuch as the climate and soil of St Helena are very 
similar to those at Madeira. It is possible that the energy of the 
islanders may not have been directed in that way, because of the 
facilities which exist for obtaining wine from the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
35. RhamnexE {Buckthorn Family). 
Noltia, Reichb. 
Rchb. — A small Birch-like shrub, growing 
160. N. africana, 
