Peltostigma
(from pelte, a buckler, and stigma; alluding to the protuberance of the stigma). SYN. Pachystigma. ORD. Rutaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very glabrous, low, fragrant, stove, evergreen tree. It thrives in sandy loam and fibry peat. Propagated by cuttings, inserted under a bell glass, in heat.
P. pteleoides (Ptelea-like). fl. white, rather large, puberulous outside, disposed in fastigiate, long-stalked, few-flowered, trichotomous cymes; sepals three or four, free, deciduous, two outer ones smaller; petals four, broadly obovate, concave; pedicels with leafy bracts. February. l. alternate, trifoliolate; leatlets elliptic, sub-entire, gland-dotted. Jamaica, 1844.