“SP ap. 4799. 
-PITTOSPORUM riavum. 
- Yellow-flowered Pittosporum. 
Nat. Ord. Prrrosporr#.—PENTANDRIA MonoGyYnIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx quinquefidus vel quinquepartitus. Corolle petala 5, hypo- 
gyna, calycis foliolis alterna, unguibus erectis, in tubum conniventibus v. cohe- 
rentibus, apice patentia vel reflexa. Stamina 5, hypogyna, petalis alterna, in- 
clusa ; filamenta subulata, stricta; anthere introrse, biloculares, subsagittate, 
erectee, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, incomplete bi-tri-quinque- 
loculare. Ovula plurima, semiseptorum marginibus utrinque inserta, anatropa. 
Stylus filiformis, brevis ; stigma subcapitatum, obsolete emarginato-bi-tri-quinque- 
lobum. Capsula subglobosa, ovata, ovato-conica v. obovata, angulata vy. com- 
pressiuscula, incomplete bi-quinquelocularis, bi-quinquevalvis, valvis coriaceis, 
crassis, medio semiseptum margine seminiferum gerentibus. Semina plurima, 
resinoso-viscida, valvis apertis, seepe in globum compacta, subglobosa, angulata 
vel plus minus complanata. Zmébryo in basi albuminis duri, prope umbilicum 
minimus, orthotropus.—Arbuscule v. frutices, in insulis Canariis, Capite Bone 
Spei, in insulis Borbonicis, Japonia et Archipelago Sandwicensi rare, in India con- 
tinente paullo frequentiores, copiosissime in Nova Hollandia extratropica et Nova 
Zelandia crescentes ; foliis alternis, integerrimis v. interdum paucidentatis ; ‘flori- 
bus derminalibus v. axillaribus, solitariis v. corymbose aggregatis, bracteatis. Endl. 
. 
Prirrosporum flavum ; foliis late obovato-lanceolatis brevi-acuminatis integerri- 
mis coriaceis glabris basi in petiolum breviusculum attenuatis, pedunculo 
terminali, corymbis compositis bracteatis pubescentibus, sepalis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis, petalis (flavis) extus dense sericeis longe unguiculatis, filamentis 
pubescentibus, ovario cylindraceo-elongato sericeo, stigmate bilobo. 
One of the finest species yet known of the genus. Specimens 
were some time ago sent to us as gathered at Port Stephen, East 
Australia, by Allan Cunningham. More recently we have re- 
ceived specimens from the late Mr. Bidwill, collected in_ the 
Wide Bay district, and a drawing from Captain Phillip King, 
who considered it would form the type of a new genus: but 
we do not see how it differs generically from Prtfosporum. The 
seeds, however, which we have not seen, are said to be winged : 
and the name proposed for it was “ Hymenosporum. Our plants, 
introduced by Mr. Bidwill, flowered in February, 1854. 
AUGUST Ist, 1854, 
