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XII. PITTOSPORE^. 



[Piilosporum. 



1. PITTOSPORUM, Banks. 



Trees or shrubs. Petals erect, claws connivent or connate. 

 Ovary incompletely 2- to 3-celled ; ovules 2 or more on placenta. 

 Capsule i-celled, woody, coriaceous; valves placentiferous in 

 middle. Seeds imbedded in red pulp. Species about 50, Asia, 

 Australia and Polynesia. 



Leaves membranous; nerves very inconspicuous . (i) P. femigineum 

 Leaves coriaceous ; nerves prominent, reticulate both 



sides 



(2) P, reticosum 



Fig. 



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-Pittosporum ferrugineum. 



(i) P. ferrugineum Ait. DC. Prodr. i. 346; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 199; King, I.e. 129; Bot. Mag. t. 2075. 



A small tree about 20 ft. tall. Young parts tomentose. Leaves 

 membranous lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate 

 at both ends, edges undulate, dull green backs paler, glabrous; 

 nerves 7 to 8 pairs, yellowish, 2 to 3 in. long, i to 1-5 in. wide, 

 r lowers in short terminal corymbs, yellowish white, -25 in. long, 



