114 * XII. PiTTOSPOUE.i:. [Piltosporinn, 



N. S: Wales? E. extratropical Australia, ILuegeJ, (I have.not seen (lie specimens.) 

 Victoria. Tree-feni gullies, from AYilson's Pruiuoiilory to the Delatite river, Dandeiiong 



ranges, and Mount Disappointment ; also ranges towards Cape Otway and Apollo Bay, and 



Mount Tambo, ascending to subalpine elevations, F. Mueller, 



Tasmania. R. Brmcn ; throughout tlie island, abundant in damp ravines, ascending to 



40Q0 ft., /. n. Hooker, 



Doubtful species. 



parviflorum 



^ Pntlerl. in TL Preiss. I 189. A glabrous erect 

 shrub of 2 ft. Leaves obovate, 4 to 5 lilies long, flat or concave, entire. 

 Peduncles terminal, solitary or 2 together, scarcely 1 line long. Flowers 

 scarcely 1 line long. Calyx already fallen from the specimens described. 

 Petals 5, linear-lanceolate, termiuated by a dot-like gland. Stamens not 

 seen. .Ovary 3-celled, the placentas meeting in the centre, but not united; 

 style filiform; ovules 6 to 10 in each cell, liipe fruit not seen. 



V/. Australia. Stony sterile places, York and Wicklow districts, Prm*, w. 1290. 

 I have not seen the specimen, hut frotn the description given I much doubt its belongmg to 

 the genus or even to the Order. 



S. HYMENOSPORUM, F. Muell. 



Petals connivent or cohering in a t\ibe to above the middle. Anthers 

 ovate-oblong. Ovary incompletely 2-celled; style short. Capsule ovate, 

 compressed, with thick coriaceous valves. Seeds numerous, horizontally im- 

 bricated, flat, reniform, surrounded by a membranous wing. — -A shrub or tree, 

 witli the habit of PiUosporim, from which it only difl'ers in its large flowers 

 and in its seeds. 



Tlie genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 



1. H. flavnm, F, Muell. Fragm, ii. 77. A handsome evergreen shnib 

 OT tree, glabrous, except a loose pubescence on the inflorescence, and some- 

 times on the under side of the leaves. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblanccolate, 

 acuminate, entire, from 3 to 5 or even 6 in. long, narrowed into a petiole of 



in. or more, the upper ones often almost verticillate. Panicle terminal, 

 loose, cory'mbose, often G to 8 in. diameter, with small linear or lanceolate 





bracts. ^ "Flowers large, yellow. Sepals obbng-lanceolate, 3 to 4 lines Ion 

 Petals silky-tomentose outside, the erect base or broad claws nearly 1 in^, the 

 spreading lamina nearly \ in. long. Ovary linear, silky-tomentose, with 

 numerous ovules. Capsule stipitate, much flattened, fullv 1 in. long and nearly 

 as broad. Seeds, including the wing, fully 4 lines' broad. — Pittosporum 

 Jlavum^ Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4799. 



Queensland. Wn\^ Bay district, Bidwill; Moreton Bav and Brisbane river, F, Mueller ; 

 Ipswich, Verneti 



• W- S. "^Valea. Paterson's River and Hunter's River, R. Brown; Port Stephens,^. 

 Cimnhgham; Macleay river, BeeUer ; Clarence river, Wilcox ; Lake Maccjuacic, i^^^^" 

 hardt. 



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3. BITRSAKIA, Cav. 



Petals narrow, spreading from near the base. Anthers ovoid. Ovary in- 

 completely 2-celled; style short. Capsule shortly stipitate, flat, broadly or- 

 bicular, opening round the edge, with thinly coriaceous flat valves. Seeds 1 



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