Pitlosporum?^ xii. pittospoke^. Ill 



xnelanospermum 



A small tree, quite 



glabrous, or with a scanty minute glandular pubescence on the inflorescence. 

 Leaves from obovate to oblong or even lanceolate, shortly acuminate, mucro- 

 natc or obtuse, 2 to 4 in. long, eutire and flat or slightly undulate. on the 

 margin, narrowed into a petiole of 4 to 5 lines, coriaceous, but not shining, 

 of a pale hue and prominently veined. Corymbs compound, terminal, many- 

 flowered, but shorter than the last leaves. Flowers small, the sepals subulate 

 or lanceolate-subulate, the petals 3 or scarcely 4 lines long, spreading from 

 about the middle, Ovaiy shortly stipitate, with 10 to 12 ovules to each pla- 

 centa. Capsule obliquely globular or pcar-sliaped, somewhat compressed, 

 with few or sometimes a single black seed. 



W. Australia. York Sound, A. Cunningham; low rockv hills between Victoria 

 river and the Gulf of Carpe]itaria, F. Mueller, 



Queensland. Keppel Bay and several points of the N.E. coast, ^. Brown, 



There is one specimen, in the Hookeriaii herbarium^ from A. Cunningham, marked 

 Huntcr*s River ; but it is not in any other of the numerous collections we have from that 

 locality, nor from any other station in N. S. Wales. 



^va,i$) lateralis. Corymbs usually lateral, York Sound, ^. Cunningham ; "Whitsimday 

 Island, Henne, 



3. P, uudxdatTim, Vent, Ilort, Cels, t, 16. A tree^ attaining in faronr- 

 ablc situations 40 ft., or according to M'Artlinr, GO to 90 ft., although in 

 barren exposed localities it remains a shrub, qnite glabrous, except a slight 

 appnessed pubescence on the young shoots and inflorescence. Leaves from 

 oval-oblong to lanceolate, mostly 3 to C in. long and acuminate, flat or nn- 

 dulate on the margin, narrowed into a petiole of | to I in., coriaceous and 

 shining, with the veins little conspicuous ; the upper ones often almost Avhorlcd. 

 Peduncles several, in terminal clusters, much shorter than the leaves, mostly 

 bearing a simple cyme or umbel of 3 or i rather large white flowers, and one 

 or two often 1-flowcrcd. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, often connate at the 

 oase. Petals 5 to 6 lines long, spreading from the middle. Ovary almost 

 sessile, hairy, the 2 placentas united at the base, each bearing numerous 

 ovules. Capsule nearly globular, rarely attaining i in., smootli, with thick 

 coriaceous valves and numerous seeds.— DC. Prod. i. 346 ; Andr. Bot. Rep, 

 t- 383 ; Bot. Pteg. t. IG ; F. Muell. PL Vict. i. 71 and 224. 



N. S. "Wales, Common about Port Jackson, E, Brown, Sieher, n. 221 and others; 

 iiorlluvard to Hastiucs river, Beckler ; southward to Ulawara, M' Arthur, and Twofold 

 ^^7, F, Mueller, 



Victoria. Eanks of rivers in humid forest districts, or rocky places about Wcsteru 

 Port, Euchan, Taiubo, Bioadribb, and Suowy rivers,/'. ^lueller, 



4. P, revolutum. Ait, HoH, Kew. ed. 2, ii. 27. A taU shrub, the 

 young shoots tomentose. Leaves ovate-cUiptical or elliptical-oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, 2 to 4 iu. long, scarcely undulate, narro^-ed into a petiole, usually 

 very short, but sometimes near \ in., coriaceous, glabrous above when full 

 gi'own, clothed undenieath with a loose rusty tomentum easily rubbed off, the 

 i^Pper ones often almost whorlcd. Peduncles terminal, few or sohtary, usually 

 recurved, bearing sometimes a single, rather large flower, but more frequently 

 ^ short dense ovate or corj-mbose raceme. Sepals lanceolate-subulate, ietals 

 nearly \ in. bug, often united to above the middle, shortly spreading or re- 

 curved at the top. Ovary very hirsute, with very numerous oviiles to each 



