156 PITTOSPORACEAE • POLYGALACEAE 



PITTOSPORUM. Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Ls. alternate, rather 

 fleshy, usually with a pretty green and white network of veins (best seen when 1. 

 is held up against light), often grouped radially at end of branches. Fruit a round 

 or egg-shaped capsule. 



(a) Fls. dark red or purple 



* P. bicolor. 40, November-April. Ls. linear, z\, entire, margins recurved. 



Fls. deep crimson. Tasmania. (Fig. 51 j.) 



* P. crassifolium. 15. May. Ls. ov., 4, entire, leathery, covered with pale 



brown or whitish down. Fls. i, dark purple, petals strap-shaped. New 

 Zealand. (Fig. 115 d.) 



* P. divaricatum. 12. May. Ls. linear, obov. or pinnately lobed, f . Fls. very 



small, deep maroon, almost black, solitary. New Zealand. (Fig. 36 m.) 



* P. patulum. 15. May. Ls. linear, 2, lobed on young plants. Fls. bell- 



shaped, dark crimson, in terminal cluster. New Zealand. (Fig. 51 H.) 



* P. te?iuifolium [P. Mayi). 30. Trunk slender; branchlets almost black. 



Ls. ov., 2-0-, entire, pale shining silvery green, margins wavy. Fls. j, 

 dark chocolate-purple, very fragrant. New Zealand. (Fig. 116 B.) 



(b) Fls. white, yellow, or greenish 



* P. Dallii. 18. June-July. Ls. lane, 4^^, toothed or entire, crowded radially 



at end of shoot. Fls. \, white, crowded in terminal cluster. New Zealand. 

 (Fig. 81 c.) 



* P. eugenioides. 40. Ls. lane, 5, margins often wavy. Fls. very small, 



greenish yellow, in dense terminal clusters. New Zealand. (Fig. 116 A.) 



* P. pauciflorum. 6. May. Ls. oblanc, 5. Fls. |, dull yellow, fragrant. 



China. (Fig. 115 m.) 



* P. revolutum. 12. May. Young shoots and Is. felted with pale brown wool. 



Ls. lane, 4I, brown wool below. Fls. yellow, petals recurved. Australia. 

 (Fig. 116 c.) 



* P. Tohira. 20. May-July. Ls. obov., 4, blunt-ended, leathery, hairless, 



midrib white, strongly aromatic, grouped radially at end of shoot. Fls. i, 

 white or yellow, fragrant, in terminal clusters. China and Japan. 

 (Fig. 115 c.) 



* P. undulatum. 40. May-July. Ls. ov., lane, 6, entire, laurel-like, glossy 



green, margins often wavy, grouped radially at end of shoot. Fls. f , 

 creamy white, in terminal clusters. Australia. (Fig. 115 l.) 



* SoLLYA HETEROPHYLLA. Australian Bluebell Creeper. 6. April-May. E. 

 Climber. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 2, entire, short-stalked. Fls. f , blue, in drooping 

 branched clusters. Fruit i, a sausage-shaped berry. West Australia. (Fig. 115 G.) 



Family 18. POLYGALACEAE. K5, C3-5, A4+4, G (2) 



Poly GALA Chamaebuxus. Milkwort, i. April-May. E. Creeping plant. Ls. 

 alternate, ov., i, box-like, dull green, with small pointed tip. Fls. |, pea-like, 

 creamy white, end of keel bright yellow. Fruit a flat 2-seeded capsule. Alps of 

 Central Europe. (Fig. 115 j.) 



Variety purpurea. Fls. purple with yellow centre. 



