d4 PITTOSPOREZ. [Pittosporum. 
stouter branches, much larger sharply pointed and more coriaceous deeper-green 
flat leaves, has a very distinct aspect from P. tenwifoliwm; so that, notwith- 
standing the intermediates, I am inclined to regard the differences between the 
usual states of the two plants as being too pronounced for varietal distinction 
alone. 
3. P. Buchanani, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 725.—A shrub or 
small tree 10 to 20it. high, with slender spreading or ascending 
branches ; young shoots and leaves silky-pubescent. Leaves alter- 
nate, 2-5in. long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 
rather membranous, acute or acuminate; margins flat, not waved ; 
petioles slender. Peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, 4-2in. long, 
1-flowered or rarely 2-flowered, glabrous or silky-pubescent. Sepals 
ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, dark-purple; clawlong. Ovary 
silky. Capsule less than 4in. diam., subglobose, 3-valved, on long 
spreading peduncles.— Kirk, Students’ Fl. 47. 
Norts Istanp: Auckland—Kaitaia and Mongonui, Buchanan! Taranaki 
—Near Mount Egmont, Hector! Wellington—In several localities, Kirk ! 
This appears to be a rare and local species closely allied to P. tenwifoliwm, 
and chiefly separated from it by the longer and narrower leaves, long peduncles, 
narrower flowers, and smaller spreading capsules. 
4. P. intermedium, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv. (1872) 
266.—A small tree, in habit and foliage much resembling large 
specimens of P. tenwifoluwm; bark black; young shoots and leaves 
pubescent. Leaves 14-2in. long, obovate or elliptic-obovate, ob- 
tuse or subacute, submembranous or slightly coriaceous, narrowed 
into rather long petioles; margins flat, not waved. Flowers both 
terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves, solitary or in 2-3- 
flowered clusters; peduncles short, pubescent. Sepals oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, silky. Capsules usually terminal, large, nearly 
in. diam., broadly ovoid or obovoid, downy, 2-3-valved ; peduncles 
stout, decurved.—Students’ Fl. 48. 
NortH Isuanp: Auckland—Kawau Island, Kirk! October-November. 
A puzzling plant, in habit and foliage not to be distinguished from large 
forms of P. tenwifolium, but the flowers are chiefly terminal and often fascicled, 
and the capsule is much larger, exactly matching that of P. ellipticum. Only 
one tree has been seen, and that was cut down several years ago. P. ellipticum 
is not known on Kawau Island or in the neighbourhood, or I should have felt 
ares to have considered it as a hybrid between that species and P. tenwi- 
olium. 
5). P. Huttonianum, 7’. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. ii. (1870) 92. 
—A sparingly branched shrub or small tree 10-25 ft. high; bark 
black ; young leaves and branches covered with white floccose to- 
mentum, becoming glabrous when mature. Leaves alternate, 3-5 in. 
long, broadly oblong elliptical-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or 
acute, coriaceous, flat; petioles $-3in. long. Flowers either axil- 
lary and solitary or in 2-5-flowered axillary and terminal cymes ; 
peduncles slender, covered with loose white tomentum. Sepals 
