64 PITTOSPORE.E. 



cliartaceo-coriaceous, petioles 5-10 mm. long. Capsules solitary at the axil 

 of the upper leaves, long pedunculate, (peduncles slender 2| cm. long, 

 nearly pendulous), globose, 7-10 mm. long, mucroiiate at the apex, abruptly 

 attenuate at the base and reaching the stalks which are 1-2 mm. long, 

 2-3-valved, dehiscent, 4-5-seeded. Seeds irregularly augulate, 4 mm. 

 long, reddish. 



HAB. Taito, Bioritsu, Bunsuikei. 



Near Pittosporum pauc[ftorum HOOK, et ARN. ; but differs from it in 

 having nearly solitary and axillary fruits. 



Pittosporum undulatum VENT. ; DC. Proclr. I. p. 340 ; MUELLER, PI. 

 Victoria pp. 71 et 224 ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Euum. PI. Formos. p. 33. 



HAB. Soobonsha. It in very uncertain that the Formosan plant should 

 really be identical with the named species 



Pittosporum formosanum HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 32, t. 4 ; HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 34. Branches 

 terete ferrugineo-pubesceut. Leaves attenuate, petiolate, glabrous, coriaceous, 

 obovate, or oblong-elliptical, acute or shortly cuspidate at the apex, attenuate 

 at the base, entire or slightly crenulate, nearly 8 cm. long, 2-5 cm. broad, 

 petioles circ. 1 cm. long. Panicles terminal 5-6 cm. long, f err ugiueo -pubes- 

 cent, densely flowered. Fkwers very small, patent, 5 mm. long, 6 mm. in 

 diameter. Sepals 5, distinct, ovate, obtuse, somewhat thick, glabrous 2 mm. 

 long. Petals 5, counivent in a tube to the middle in bud, at last patent and 

 distinct from the base, oblong, linear, 5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, truncate on 

 both ends. Stamens 5, filaments dilate, anthers basifixed on the back, shortly 

 apiculate. Ovary sessile, perfectly 2-celled ; style short. Capsules globose, 

 apiculate, 6-7 mm. in diameter, dehiscent by 2-valves ; valves slightly 

 lignified. Seeds thick, exalate, smooth, globose, 4 mm. in diameter. Embryo 

 very small, in a small cavity in the albiimen near the hilum ; cotyledons 

 indistinct. 



Comes near P. pauciflorum HOOK, from which it differs in having very 

 much smaller flowers and ascending or spreading, but not pendulous, pe- 



