. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Pittosporum undulatum undulate, veins inconspicuous: inflorescence not corym-bose: fls. intensely fragrant at night ; sepals acumi-nate; petals 5-6 lines long: capsule 3^ in. long; seedsnumerous, light brown. Spring. Australia. 1 tetrasp6rmum, Wight & Arn. Madras Pittosp
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . Pittosporum undulatum undulate, veins inconspicuous: inflorescence not corym-bose: fls. intensely fragrant at night ; sepals acumi-nate; petals 5-6 lines long: capsule 3^ in. long; seedsnumerous, light brown. Spring. Australia. 1 tetrasp6rmum, Wight & Arn. Madras Pittospo-rum. Lvs. elliptic-oblong, acute, margins slightlywaved and recurved : peduncles 1-2-fld., pubescent:. 1837. Pittosporum Tobira, var. varie- gatum (). BB. Lvs. very obtuse or retuse. 10- Tobira, Dryand. Tobira. Japanese Pittospo-rum. Winter-flowering shrub: lvs. obovate, glabrous,dark green above, pale beneath: fls. in a terminal ses-sile umbel, pure white, fragrant. China and some frost. Var. variegatum, Hort. (), has lvs. variegated with white. —In the East thisvariety is the favorite Pittosporum, as it makes a goodhouse plant. The typical form is also cult, in Pla. J. Burtt Davy. PIXY or Flowering Moss is Pyxidanthera barbulata. FLAGEA (possibly derived from a Chilean name).Atnarylliddcece. Five speciq^ of rare and beautifulChilean bulbs, of dififlcult culture bearing showy like an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum), the colorsbeing white or yellow, streaked with red. Botanicallythe peculiar feature of Placea is its cup or corona,which is smaller than that of Narcissus and red, insteadof yellow or white. The beauty of the Placeas, how-ever, is of the
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