Blossom. Five petals; claws concave, closing into a tube pitcher-shaped; the borders oblong egg shaped, spreading.
Chives. Threads five, awl-shaped, inserted into the receptacle. Tips arrow shaped, upright, fixed by the back to the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, above, flattened. Shaft very short, cylindrical. Summit headed, flat.
Seed vessel. A roundish berry 2-5 cells, 2-5 valves; the cells filled with a resinous pulp; partitions contrary to the valves.
Seeds, three or four, angulated, oblong, obtuse, and bony.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Pittosporum foliis ovalibus, obtusis, glaberrimis, coriaceis, integerrimis.
Pittosporum with oval leaves, blunt ended, very smooth, leathery, and quite entire.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.