52 PITTOSPORES. | Pittosporum. 
1-celled ; valves 2-4, hard and woody, bearing the placentas along 
the centre. Seeds immersed in a viscid fluid. 
A genus of between 60 and 70 species, found in Africa, subtropical Asia, 
Australia, the Pacific islands, and New Zealand. All the New Zealand species 
are endemic, and most of them are confined to the North Island. The flowers 
are frequently polygamous or even unisexual. 
A. Flowers axillary and solitary, rarely fascicled, sometimes terminal, but in 
that case axillary flowers are always present as well. 
Leaves 1-2in., obtuse or acute, thin, margins waved. 
Flowers usually ek aban yin. diam., valves 
thin be .. 1. P. tenuifoliwm. 
Leaves 2-3 in., acute, coriaceous, margins flat. Flowers 
usually solitary. Capsule Zin. diam., valves thick and 
woody . 2 P. Colensoi. 
inna in axillary and terminal fascicles, otherwise as in 
P. Colensot . 2a. P. Colensoi, var. 
Leaves 2-5in., oblong-lanceolate, submembranous. Pe- fasciculatum. 
duncles long, 3in., 1-2-flowered. Capsules less than 
Zin. diam. ie ie ae oe .. 3. P. Buchanan. 
Leaves 14-2in., oblong-obovate. Flowers axillary and 
terminal, solitary or fascicled. Capsules mostly ter- 
minal, large, Zin. diam. 4. P. intermedium. 
Leaves large, 3-5 in., broadly oblong, usually covered with 
white floccose tomentum when young. Flowers axillary 
and terminal, solitary or fascicled. Capsules in. diam. 5. P. Huttonianwm- 
Leaves small, $in., obcordate. Flowers axillary, solitary 
or geminate an Se 5 32 .. 6. P. obcordatum. 
B. Flowers strictly terminal, in umbels or fascicles, rarely solitary. 
Small rigid shrub. Leaves small, +-4in., linear-oboyate, 
entire or lobed. Flowers solitary. Capsules small,tin. 7. P. rigidum. 
Leaves linear or linear-oblong, entire lobed or pinnatifid. 
Umbels 4-8-flowered. Capsules 4in., globose, 2-valved 8. P. patulum. 
Leaves linear- or elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2in., often lobed or 
pinnatifid on young trees, clothed with ferruginous 
pubescence. Capsules din., globose, 2-valved.. -. 9. PB. virgatum. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or “elliptic. obovate, 2-4in., clothed 
with ferruginous tomentum. Capsule broadly ovoid, 
2in., 2-valved 2 10. P. ellipticwm. 
Leaves oblong or oblong- obovate, 2 5 in., white beneath, 
margins flat. Capsule 2 Zin., 3-valved 11. P. Ralphit. 
Leaves linear-obovate, 2-3in., white or buff below, thick, 
margins recurved. Capsule tomentose, 3-1} in., 3- valved 12. P. crassifolium. 
Leaves elliptic-obovate, 2-3in., glabrous =a mature, : 
margins flat. Capsule ?-1in., glabrous, 3-4-valyed .. 13. P. Fairchildit. 
Leaves obovate or lanceolate-oblong, glabrous. Umbels 
many-flowered. Capsules small, }in. diam., tetragonous 
or 4-lobed, 2-valved.. : . 14. P. umbellatum. 
Leaves linear- obovate, 2—4in., glabrous. Flowers yellow. 
Capsules large, elliptic- oblong, 13 in. long, 2-valved .. 15. P. Kirkii. 
Usually epiphytical. Leaves whorled, elliptic-lanceolate, 
14-24in. Capsules din. diam. 3 . 16. P. cornifolium. 
Small undershrub, 1-4 ft. Leaves linear or linear- oblong, 
4-14 in. Sepals and peta!s narrow-linear. Capsule fin. 
diam., beaked a0 at & 5. .. 17. P. pimeleoides. 
