Archive image from page 348 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail3 Year: 1900 1836. Pittosporum undulatum (Xi). 'Undulate, veins inconspicuous; inflorescence not corym- bose: fls. intensely fragrant at night ; sepals acumi- nate; petals 5-6 lines long; capsule )4 in. long; seeds numerou
Archive image from page 348 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer03bail3 Year: 1900 1836. Pittosporum undulatum (Xi). 'Undulate, veins inconspicuous; inflorescence not corym- bose: fls. intensely fragrant at night ; sepals acumi- nate; petals 5-6 lines long; capsule )4 in. long; seeds numerous, light brown. Spring. Australia. 1:16. 9. tetrasp6nuum, Wight & Am. Madras Pittospo- rum. Lvs. elliptic-oblong, acute, margins slightly waved and recurred : peduncles 1-2-fld., pubescent: 1837. Pittosporum Tobira, var, varie- eatum (X ). 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 Japan. Withstands some frost. Var. variegratum, Hort. (Fig. 1837), has lvs. variegated with white. —In the East this variety is the favorite Pittosporum, as it makes a good house plant. The typical form is also cult, in Fla. J. Burtt Davy. PIXY or Flowering Moss is Pyxidanthera barbulata. PLACEA (possibly derived from a Chilean name). AmaryllldAcew. Five species of rare and beautiful Chilean bulbs, of difficult culture bearing showy fls. something like an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum), the colors being white or yellow, streaked with red. Botanically the peculiar feature of Plaeea is its cup or corona, which is smaller than that of Narcissus and red, instead of yellow or white. The beauty of the Placeas, how- ever, is of the Hippeastrum type, though the fls. are not so symmetrical, for at first sight it looks as if two of the perianth-segments were torn away. Placeas are generally classed as autumn-flowering bul
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