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O r d . V I I I . P IT T O S P O R E Æ . Brown.
1. Pittosporum Tohira; folüs obovatis obtusis coriaceis senioribus glaberrimis, pedunculis
unifloris aggregato-umbellatis calyceque dense pubescentibus.— Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v 2
p . 27. Bot. Mag. t. 1396.
The flowers iu the wild state are not half the size of those represented in the Botanical Magazine.
2. Pittosporum pauciflorum ; foliis obovatis subiter attenuatis basi cimeatis planis
petiolisque glaberrimis, pedunculis terpiinalibus unifloris subsoHtariis glabris sepalis dorso
glabris mai-gine ciliatis oblongis acutis corolla subü’iplo brevioribus, petalis linearibus obtusis.
(T a b X X X I I .)
Frutex glaber, ramosus. Rami oppositi vel verticillati, teretes, versus apices foliosi. Folia alterna,
opposita, vel verticillata, obovata vel ellipRca, vel oblonga, basi plus minusve cuneata, apice in acumen
breve acutum subiter attenuata margine exsiccatione subrecurvia, utrinque glaberrima, venis supra impressis
subtus subinconspicuis, nervo medio subtus promiuulo. Pedunculi terminales uniflori, plerumque solitarii,
rarius biniternive, e squamis paucis minutis lauceolato-subulatis, bracteæformibus orti, glabris vel potius sub
lente pilis paucis brevibus adpressis hinc inde adspersi, folio multo breviores. Calyx 5-sepalus : sepala dorso
glabra, margine ciliata, oblonga, acuta, corolla duplo triplove breviora, post anthesiu decidua. Pétala
5 glabra linearia, nullum discrimen inter limbiuu unguemque exhibentia, inferne in tubum conniventia,
superne patula, obtusa. Capsula lignosa, velutina, unilocularis, bivalvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina
plurima, secus septa utrinque superposita.
This species is considerably allied to P . undulatum, Andr., and still more to P. nilgherrense and P. tetra-
spermum of Wight and Arnott’s Prodromus ïlo ræ Peninsulæ Iiidiæ Orientalis, in the course of publication.
Tab. XXXII. Pittosporum pauciflorum. F z / 1, Flower:—magnified.
O r d . IX . M A L V A C EÆ . Juss.
1. Malva tricuspidata; foliis ovato-oblongis acutis subduplicato-sen-atis, floribus axillaribus
solitariis brevi-pedicellatis vel terminalibus subspicatis, carpellis 10-12 dorso superne
bicuspidatis apice styli basi persistente aristulatis.—A it. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p . 210. De
Cand.Prodr. v . \ .p . 4 3 9 .— M. Coromandeliana. L in n . S p .P l.p .9Q 7 . Hort. Upsal.p. 201.
(excl. syn. P lu k n .)—M. Americana. Cav. Diss. 2. t. 22. f . 2.—M. carpinifolia. Desr. in
Encycl. Metk. 3. p . 754.— Sida carpinoides. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 461.
Of this species, common to both the Old and New World, our synonyms are taken from notes made by Mr.
Amott, in De Candolle’s Herbarium, iu 1825. To them ought probably to be added S. mucronulata, De
Cand. Prodr. V. 1. p. 461, which is also a having a three-leaved involucre, and tricuspidate fruit; but
De Candolle’s specimen differs slightly iu the more glabrous leaves. It may be added, that Sprengel
has most erroneously united Sida carpinoides with S . ulmifolia, Willd., to S . spirceafolia. Link. The
axillary flowers are always, we believe, solitary, but they are sometimes, though rarely, accompanied by a
short branch, on which there are other flow'ers forming a kind of spike : this has given rise to the character
sometimes given, of the axillary flowers being numerous and densely clustered, “ floribus axillaribus
glomeratis.” DC.
1. Hibiscus tiliaceus. L in n .— H. elatus. Sw a rtz.— Pa ritium tiliaceum. St. Hil.
There appears to be no difference whatever between the Eastern plant, and that from the West Indies.
Both have tbe leaves more or less distinctly crenated, with from one to three linear pores beneath on the
nerves. The same is sent us.also by Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, from tbe Island of Lintin.
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