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till autumn, when it is removed either to the hothouse and plunged into the hark bed, or plunged into a hotbed. 
Thus treated, the cuttings will generally begin to grow the following spring. 
3.— PITTOSPORUM REVOLUTUM Ait. THE YELLOW-FLOWERED PITTOSPORUM. 
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Synonymes. — P. tomentosum BoTvpl. ; P. flavum Rudge. | Specific Character. — Leaves elliptic, obtuse, pubescent on the I 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg., t. 186. I underside, revolute at the margin. ■ 
Description, &c. — This very handsome species differs considerably from all the other kinds of Pittosporum. j| 
The flowers are yellow, and are disposed in a simple drooping raceme instead of forming a cluster as in P. Tohira. ! 
The branches and the under side of the leaves are covered with a bright reddish brown pubescence, and the plant j 
forms a compact shrub, seldom growing above two or three feet high. It is a native of New South Wales, whence j 
it was introduced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1795. jj 
OTHER SPECIES OF PITTOSPORUM. j 
P. VIRIDIFLORUM Sbns . — Bot. Mag., t. 1684. | 
This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 1806. The flowers are small !| 
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and green, having no beauty, but with a very fragrant scent, resembling that of the Lemon-scented Verbena. f 
P. UNDULATUM Andr. — Bot. Rep., t. 393. ' 
A very handsome species, with large glossy leaves, which are so far undulated that they look shrivelled up. The | 
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flowers are rather lai'ge and white, and the stems pinli. Planted in a conservatoiy this species will grow upwards ii 
of ten feet high. It is a native of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1789. | 
P. FERRUGINEUM Aft.— Bot. Mag., t. 2075. | 
A slender shrub, with very small white flowers. It is a native of Guinea, and requires a stove in this country. || 
GENUS IV. 
BURSARIA Cav. THE BURSARIA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Caly.x five-toothed. Petals five, distinct. Capsules compressed, obcordate, somewhat stipitate, tw'o-cellcd, 
two-valved. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — There is only one species in this genus. The name of Bursaria is from hursa a pouch or 
pocket, in allusion to the capsules, which bear some resemblance in form to a woman’s pocket. 
1.— BURSARIA SPINOSA Cav. THE SPINY BURSARIA. 
Synonymes. — Itea spinosa Andr.-, Cyrilla spinosa Spreng. I Specific Character. — Shrubby, much branched. Leaves oblong. 
Engravings. — Bot. Rep., t. 314 ; and Bot. Mag., t. 1767, 68. | cuneate, entire. Flowers disposed in terminal or lateral panicles. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is a native of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1809. 
It has a very fine effect in a conservatory, as it is an abundant flowerer, and is very showy when covered with its 
elegant little white blossoms. It should be grown in a mixtm’e of sand and peat with a very little loam. It will 
grow with a very little protection in the open air. 
