petiolatis, pedunculis petiolo duplo brevioribvts , lloribus panic 
capsulis auiantiacis, lato-ellipticis; a Pittosporo phillyraeoii 
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ipso dimidlo breviorem et stigmate hemisphaerico^ medio impresso, obsolete 
(piadrilobo et subtilissime papillose terminatura continue transiens; intus se- 
miseptis duobus parietalibus in axi coutiguis biloculatum, septis in margine 
utrinque loculum spectante aUermitim ovuliferis, ovulis iilo brevlssimo an- 
nexis, subglobosis, borizontalibus, anatropis, parallele biserialibus, circiter 
8-1^2 in quovis lociilo, pUxrimis abortivis. Capsula ovoideo-vel obovato- 
compressiusculci , stylo brevi tcnninata, sordide flava, glabra, nigosa, opara, 
intus blloculata, in valvas duas dehisccns; valvis crassis, coriaceis, reflexn- 
patentibus, intus citrinis, verniceo- nitidis, medio semisepto incompleto in 
margine ntnnqne seminiferis. Seminam qiio\ is loculo 4-0, xiiiiseriata, siibglo- 
bosa, angulato-rompressa, diametro lineali, tosta pnrpnrascente, nitida, albu- 
mine carnoso albo, embryone in fundo albnniinis jnxta umbilicum posito, ovato, 
minimo, basi attenuata micropylen vis conspicuam spectante, mere celluloso. 
Differt a Pittosporo acacioide AH. Cunningham Mss. 1817. et in Ann. 
of Nat. Hist, IV, U»i). (P. anrfustifolio Loddiq, Bot. Cab. t. 1859 [1832]) 
quod habitu illo simillimum, faraulis in hoc, foJils et pedunculis jam in statu 
juniore glaberrlmis, foliis magis lanceolafis, utrinque concoloribus , longius 
• ' " " aulo majoribus et 
, _„._ _._., , .. _ ^„. „ ^ ^. ..'aide Bee. vero, 
cum in hoc folia lanceolata, breviora, duplu latiora, crassioraqiie, pedun- 
mli petiolo duplo longiores, crassiores, capsulae niajores aurantiacae. 
3. PittOi^porilin pllillyraeoide)^ Da ramis junioribiis 
tomentoso-iijcanis; foliis ellipticis lanceolatisve, l-lVa^"' 
cialibus, ad 4 liij. latis, basi in petioluin 2-3 liucalem an- 
gustatiSj apice cuspidato breviter mucronatis, mutionulo 
falcato-reilexo, plaiiis, glaberriniis, pallide luteo-vinae- 
sceiitibus, utrinque concoloribus, coriaceis, nervo mediano 
tenui perductis, lateraiibus obsoletis, margine obtusiuscuJo 
integerrimo angustissime subrevoluto, erecto-patentibus; pc* 
dunculis axillaribus, solitariis binisve, petiolo duplo longio- 
ribus; capsulis <illiptico-vel ovoidco-coinpressiusculis? ^u- 
rantiacis, opacis, rugulosis, bi-trivalvibus pleiospermis. —■ 
DC. Prodr. I. 347- Don Gen. Syst, I. 347. AIL Cuni»i'»S' 
ham in Ann. of Nat. Hist. IV, 109. Putterlick Syn. Pittosp. lt>' 
Walp. Repert. I. 254. 
P. oleifoUum All, Cunningham Mss. in sched. 1822. 
Habitat in Aiistraliiie ora occidentali in arenosis aridis jnsulae Dirk Hartog 180^ 
(Lechenault) ; Hartoge Bay 1804 (Ferd. Bauer) 1822, (All. Canningham); in areno- 
sis insulae: Horetman's Abrolhos ubi a 01. G. Moore Jan. 1840 tectum, communicv 
tum accepit cl. Preiss. Herb. Preiss, No. 121)4. 
^.Frutex robustus, erectus ; ramosus, sexpedalis, habitu fere facie O^t^ae. 
All. Cunninr^ham L c, h* a muli junior es tomentoso-incanl. Folia aUe>'*|'*' 
tim dissita, in ramuloruni apicibus confertiora, in petiolum subtus conve^iusc" 
lum, supra canalicuhitum angustata, juxta nervum medianiim vix iuffM*'^ 
rum prominente , superne parum impressa , recentiora utrinque concpiory 
adulta superne bnmnescentia ideoque in pagina inferiore pallidiora **PP*'''^t" ' 
Flores hucusque ignoti. Fructus capsulans, eliiptico-vel ovoideo-vel o 
vato-compressiusculus, ad 8 lineas longus, 5 lin. latus, ultra 3 lin. ^''*'f*| j^ 
transversal!, aurantiacus, rugulosus, opacus, in valvas 2-3 dehiscens, v*i 
feie ultra lineam crassis, coriaceo-lignosis, patenti-reflexis, intus aurantia-^ 
verniceo - nitidis , semisepto margine utrinque alternatim seminifero. *'**^'. ,„, 
ovata vel subglobosa, anguLilo-compressa, diametro liueali, ^^?^^. '*"iK;ji 
rascente, nittda, glaberrima. Embryo in fun do alburainis solidi durioris jti^^^ 
prope umbilicum situs, minimus, ortbotropus, incorapletus, mere celbd^ 
