Schizomeria
(from schizo, to cut, and meris, a part; alluding to the cut petals). ORD. Saxifrageae. A monotypic genus. The species is an ornamental, green house, evergreen tree, thriving in a mixture of loam and sandy peat. Propagated by cuttings.
S. ovata (ovate-leaved). fl. white, small, in terminal, trichotomous cymes; calyx five-lobed, with a short tube; petals five, toothed. June. fr. a rather large, ovoid or globular drupe. l. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, mostly 3in. to 4in. long, nearly entire, or with irregular, obtuse serratures. h. (in its native place) 50ft. Australia, 1825.