Putterlickia
(named after A. Putterlick, 1810-1845, assistant at the Botanical Museum of Vienna). ORD. Celastrineae. A genus comprising only a couple of species of greenhouse, very glabrous, spiny, South African shrubs. Flowers green, with a purple disk; calyx segments, petals, and stamens, four or five, the petals and stamens spreading; cymes axillary, paniculate; pedicels elongated, divaricate. Leaves alternate or fascicled, stalked, obovate, entire or spinuloso-serrate, exstipulate. Branchlets angular or terete. For culture of the under-mentioned species, see Celastrus.
P. Pyracantha (Pyracantha-leaved). fl., petals oblong; calyx minute, obtuse. Winter l. tufted, rarely solitary, oval or obovate-cuneate, netted veined. h. 2ft. or more (B. M. 1167, under name of Celastrus Pyracanthus.)