106 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



XIII. — Florae Insularum Novce Zelandice Precursor; or a Spe- 

 cimen of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By 

 Allan Cunningham, Esq. 



[Continued from p. 26.] 



PITTOSPOREiE, R. Br. 

 I. Pittosporum, Banks and Sol. 



612, P. crassifolium, foliis obovatis obtusis basi angustatis admodum co- 

 riaceis, supra convexiusculis glabris nitidis venosis, subtus ramulisque cano- 

 villosis, pedunculis terminalibus unifloris solitariis, capsulis crassis3-valvibu&. 

 Banks and Sol. Ms. 



Tarata, indigenis. R. Cunn. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. On Flat Island, 

 one of the Cavallos, and at Matauri on the east coast, opposite those islands, 

 & c . — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Frutex orgyalis. Rami stricti, fastigiati, glabri, ramulis cinereis fbliatis. 

 Folia alterna distincta, vel conferto-verticillata, crassa, valde rigido-coriacea. 

 Pedunculus (uncialis) ex apice ramuli inter folia solitarius. Calyx 5-sepalus, 

 cinereo-villosus. Petala 5 longitudine sepalorum. Stamina 5 hypogyna, 

 petalis breviora. Antherce adnatse biloculares. Stylus terminalis, simplex, 

 staminibus parum brevior. Ovarium villosissimum. Capsula nucis Avelr- 

 lana magnitudine, plerumque trivalvis, valvis obovatis lignosis resinosis. Se- 

 mina plurima. 



G13. P. umbellatum \ foliis obovatis obtusis retusisve interdum apiculatis- 

 utrinque glabris subtus pallidioribus reticulato-venosis, pedunculis termina- 

 libus umbellatis, pedicellis unifloris calycibusque ferrugineo-tomentosis, cap- 

 sulis 4-lobis 2-valvibus, caule arboreo. Banks and Sol. Mss. Ga?rt. Fr. i. p. 

 286. DC. Prodr.i.p.347. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Shores of the- 

 Bay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. In woods around Onawero Bay, 

 Wangaroa. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Arbor 20 — 26 pedalis, formosa, habitu omnino Enkianthi, ramis teretibus- 

 glabris. Folia in ramulis alterna vel conferta subtus pulchre reticulata, pe- 

 tiolata. Petiolus subuncialis lucido-coloratus. Flores terminates, rubri, um- 

 bellatim dispositi. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis extus pi- 

 losis. Petala 5, oblonga, obtusa, nervosa, sepalis longiora apice revolutav 

 Stamina longitudine styli petalis breviora. Capsula globosa, magnitudine 

 Cerasi. 



614. P. engeinoides, omnino glabrum, foliis ellipticis (biuncialibus) acutis 

 petiolatis venosis undulatis pellucidis, pedunculis terminalibus brachiafco- 

 ramosis, pedicellis umbellato-covymbosis multifloris, capsulis (minimis) el- 

 lipticis acuminatis bivalvibus, stigmate obtuso. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shores of Onawero Bay, Wangavoa.—- 

 3833, R. Cunningham. 



