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PITTOSPORUM undulatum. 
Waved-leaved Pittosporum. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTZA. 
PITTOSPORUM. Cal. pentaphyllus, inferus, deciduus. Cor. 
pet. 53 ungues concavi, in tubum urceolatum conniventes ; lamine pa- 
tentes. Stylus filiformis. Caps. supera, subgloboso-angulata, mucro- 
nata, 3-loc., 3-valv.: doculamentis resind liquida scatentibus: dissepi- 
menta valvulis contraria: sem. nonnulla, angulata. Ex sched. Solandrt 
in Mus. bens. Avbuscule, Folia alterna v. sparsa. 
P. undulatuin, foliis ovali-lanceolatis, utrinque attenuatis, undulatis, pe- 
tiolisque glabris: peduneulis ramorum terminalibus, aggregatis, villosis, 
supra viscosis & swpitis divisis. 
Pittosporum undulatum. Andrews’s reposit. 383. Ventenat. cels. 76. 
Fort. Kew.ed. 2. 2. 28. 
Arbuscula tripedalis & ultra, erecta, superné verlicillatim & corymbose ra- 
mosa, cortice fusco demiim restnoso-pulverulento, Folia sparsa, juata pedun- 
culos approximata in apice ramorum, deflexa, uncias 4 v. magis longa, sesquis 
unam lata, tenwissimé reticulato-venosa, firmula, saturaté viridia, subtis 
allida : petiolus semuncialis vel ultra. Pedunculi plures, foliis subbreviores, 
se@pe trichotomi; pedicelli flore breviores, marl een aeath bracteola ad 
basin. Flores albidi, semunciales, odoratissimi. Cal. campanulatus, corollé 
Jere bis brevior, ac pedicelli papulosus et viscosus, celeritér emarcescens : foliola 
lanceolata. Cor. cylindraceo-campanulata: pet. subspathulato-oblonga, stri- 
ata; ungues in iubum conniventes; laminze in limbum breviorem natule. 
Stam. duplo breviora, immediate hypogyna, qualia, erecta; fil. Sili ormi- 
subulata, stricta: anth. flave, sagittate, erecta, introrsim dehiscentes, 
Pist. staminibus equale, virens: germ. ovale, exsulcum, sericeum, biloc.? 
polyspermum resina liquida intis madens: stylus ejusdem feré longitudinis, 
crassiusculus, teres, atomoideo-papulosus, nudus, exsulcus, parum attenuatus : 
stig. obsoleté capitato-2-fidum, 
This shrub was introduced by Sir Joseph Banks from 
New Holland in 1789. _‘It is desirable on account of the 
great fragrance of the bloom, which is compared by some 
to that of Jasmine; to us it appears far stronger, but not 
so grateful. Monsieur Ventenat was misinformed, when he 
stated it to be a native of the Canary Islands, A thick 
strongly aromatic liquid exudes from the pores in the rind, 
congeals into a thin resinous coat, and at last breaks down 
into a whitish powder, Dr. Solander has compounded the 
generic name of two greek words, importing that the seed — 
is covered with pitch or resin, The present is a hardy 
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