Pinckneya
(named after an American botanist of the name of Pinckney). SYNS. Pinknea, Pinkneya. ORD. Rubiaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small tree; it is usually grown in a greenhouse, but thrives very well in the open air, against a south wall, and in a compost of loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings of the ripened shoots, inserted in sandy peat, under a handlight. P. pubens (downy). Bitter Bark-tree. fl. rose, purple-spotted, rather large, pubescent, bracteolate, disposed in terminal and axillary corymbs; calyx lobes pink; corolla funnel-shaped, with a five-cleft, recurved limb, beyond which the five stamens project. Summer. l. ample, opposite, stalked, oval, acute at both ends, tomentose beneath, as well as the branches. Branches opposite. h. 20ft. Carolina to Florida, 1786. (F. d. S. 1937.) This species is more conspicuous by reason of the large, pink bracts subtending the inflorescence, than for the purple-spotted corolla.