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of three years without any protection. 
roots plenty of room. 
When kept in a greenhouse, it should be grown in a tub, to allow the 
“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.” 
suitable soil for it is heath-mould mixed with silver sand. 
brought to Europe by Captain Cottingham, in 1836. 
The plant requires as much light and air as can conveniently be given to it, and the most 
It is a native of Chili, and seeds of it were first 
3.—ABUTILON PHONLEFLORUM. THE PHONY-FLOWERED ABUTILON. 
Synonyme.—Sida pxonieflora Hook. 
Eneravinc.—Bot. Mag., t. 4170. 
Sreciric Cuaracter—Shrubby. Branches 
pubescent; stipules subulate, deciduous. 
round, pubescently 
hairy. Leaves on short petioles, broad, ovate, acuminate, serrated, 
Peduncles axillary, two or 
three together, one-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Calyx ventricose. 
Ovary globose. Style 
dividing into twelve or thirteen erect branches, each with a capitate 
stigma. 
Petals concave, roundish, strongly veined. 
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, Nurserymen, Exeter, who have been the means 
of introducing so many beautiful plants from the same region. 
This species requires the same treatment as 
Abutilon striatum, and may be grown 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 Arn. 
SynonymeEs.—Sida graveolens Rowb.; S. hirta Reich; S. tomen- 
tosa Wall. 
Eneravines.—Bot. Mag. t. 4134; and our jig. 3, in Pl. 7. 
Speciric CuaracTer.— Branches covered with spreading hairs, 
THE HEAVY-SCENTED ABUTILON. 
Leayes cordate, obsoletely 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 Hast 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. 
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PITTOSPORACE Lindl. 
EssentiaL Cuaracter.—Calyx of five deciduous sepals, which are 
sometimes free, and sometimes united together to the middle ; they are 
imbricate in the bud. Petals five, hypogynous, with the claws con- 
niving, sometimes united, with spreading lamine, 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 
(@. Don.) 
cotyledons. 
Description, &c.—This order contains plants widely different from each other, some of which are evergreen 
shrubs, with thick leaves and rather small flowers, while others are climbing or twining shrubs, with well-shaped 
flowers, which in some of the species are highly ornamental. 
Notwithstanding this apparent difference, the plants 
contained in this order are all easily known 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 turpentine. 
genera are of recent introduction. 
Several of the most ornamental 




