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of three years without any protection. When kept in a greenhouse, it should he grown in a tub, to allow the 
roots plenty of room. “ The worst of this plant,” says Dr. Lindley, “ is, that it occupies a great deal of room, 
and, therefore, can only be grown in large houses ; and, secondly, that it is, like all its family, a favourite resort of 
the red spider.” The plant requires as much light and air as can conveniently be given to it, and the most 
suitable soil for it is heath-mould mixed with silver sand. It is a native of Chili, and seeds of it were first 
brought to Europe by Captain Cottingham, in 183G. 
3.— ABUTILON P^ONI^FLORUM. THE PAIONY-FLOWERED ABUTILON. 
Synonvme. — Sicla paeoniseflora HooTc. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 4170. 
Specific Character — Shrubby. Branches round, puhescently 
hairy. Leaves on short petioles, broad, ovate, acuminate, serrated, 
pubescent ; stipules subulate, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, two or 
three together, one-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Calyx ventricose. 
Pet.als concave, roundish, strongly veined. Ovary globose. Style 
dividing into twelve or thirteen erect branches, each with a capitate 
stigma. 
Description, &c. — This very ornamental species is a native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil, where it was 
found by Mr. Lobb, the indefatigable collector of Messrs. Veitch, Nurseiymen, Exeter, who have been the means 
of introducing so many beautiful plants from the same region. This species requires the same treatment as 
Ahutilon striatum, and may be growTi either in the greenhouse or in the stove, and probably in the open air. 
though this last has not yet been tried. 
4.— ABUTILON GRAVEOLENS White et Am. THE HEAVY-SCENTED ABUTILON. 
Synonvmes. — Sida gi’aveolens i?oa:6. ; S. hirta Reich; S. tomen- 
tosa Wall. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 4134; and oav fig. 3, in PI. 8. 
Specific Character. — Branches covered with spreading hairs. 
Leaves cordate, ohsoletely lobed, dentate, very downy on both sides. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, jointed below the calyx. 
Petals imbricated. Style divided into numerous branches, each bearing 
a small globose stigma. 
Description, &c. — This species is much more tender than the others, being a native of the East Indies. It 
has soft pale green foliage, and golden yellow flowers, which are short and stained with red, so as to give them an 
orange hue. The flowers are fragrant, but they have an oppressive odour. The species was introduced in 1843. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
PITTOSPORACE^ Lindl. 
Essential Character. — Calyx of five deciduous sepals, which are 
sometimes free, and sometimes united together to the middle ; they are 
imbricate in the bud. Petals five, hj'pogynous, with the claws con- 
niving, sometimes united, with spreading lamina:, which are imbricate 
in the bud. Stamens five, hypogynous, distinct, alternating with the 
petals. Ovary one, free, with the cells or placentas two to five or 
many-seeded. Style one, crowned by numerous stigmas, which are 
equal in number to the placentas or cells of the ovary. Pericarp cap- 
sular or baccate ; cells many-seeded, sometimes incomplete. Seeds 
usually covered with glutinous pulp. Embryo minute, placed near- 
the umbilicus in a fleshy albumen, with a longish radicle and short 
cotyledons. {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This order contains plants widely different from each other, some of which are evergreen 
shrubs, mth thick leaves and rather small flowers, wliile others are climbing or twining shrabs, with well-shaped 
flowers, which in some of the species are highly omamental. Notwithstanding this apparent difference, the plants 
contained in this order are all easily knowm by their seeds being covered with a resinous pulp, so that the fruit, 
though it forms a pulpy berry, is uneatable, from its strong flavour of tui’pentine. Several of the most ornamental 
genera are of recent introduction. 
