60 PITTOSPORER. [Pittosporwm. 
smaller and on shorter peduncles. Sepals linear-subulate. Petals 
much longer, subulate-lanceolate, broad at the base and then 
narrowed into long acuminate points. Capsules erect or inclined, 
4in. diam., broadly ovoid or obovoid, 3-valved; valves orange- 
yellow inside. — Precur. n. 616; Raoul, Choiw de Plantes, 48; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 23; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 21; Kirk, Students’ 
Fil, 49. 
NortH Isuanp: From the North Cape to Wellington; abundant in the 
north, often local to the south of Hawke’s Bay. Souru Istanp: Pelorus Sound 
and Titi Island, J. Rutland ! Sea-level to 2800 ft. June—-September. 
This isa common plant in the forests of the Auckland District, growing 
intermixed with other epiphytes on the trunks and branches of the rata 
{Metrosideros robusta) and other large forest trees. 
17. P. pimeleoides, h. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 618. — A 
small slender inuch-branched shrub 1-5 ft. in height; branchlets 
usually numerous, almost filiform, pilose when young. Leaves 
numerous, crowded or whorled, very variable in size and shape, 
4-14 in. long, ;4-+in. broad, linear-lanceolate to linear-oblong, 
acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse, entire or rarely obscurely cre- 
nulate, patent or reflexed, somewhat membranous. Flowers small, 
yellow-red, in terminal 2-8-flowered umbels or solitary, unisexual ; 
males larger, more numerous, and on longer peduncles than the 
females ; peduncles slender, silky-pilose. Sepals subulate, acumi- 
nate. Petals more than twice as long as the sepals, very narrow, 
linear-acuminate. Ovary silky. Capsules on short erect peduncles, 
ovoid, acuminate, almost beaked, 2-valved. — Raoul, Choix de 
Plantes, 48; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 24; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 21; 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 49. P. crenulatum, Putterlich, Syn. Pittosp. 15. 
Var. major.—Branches few, slender. Leaves in distant whorls, elliptical 
or elliptical-obovate, ?-14 in. long, 3in. broad. Capsule rather larger. 
Var. reflexum, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 24.— Leaves smaller, crowded, 
jinear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, ;,-}in. broad.—P. reflexum, R. Cunn. 
l.c. n. 617; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 19. P. radicans, R. Cunn. Lc. n. 619. 
P. Gilliesianum, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. i. (1868) 143. 
Nort Isnanp: North Cape (var. major), 7. F. C.; near Mongonui, Kirk ! 
T. F.C., R. H. Matthews! Whangaroa, R. Cunningham; Kawakawa River, 
Bay of Islands, R. Cunningham, Sir J. D. Hooker, Kirk ! March—May. 
Easily recognised by its small size and slender habit, narrow leaves, ter- 
minal umbels of yellow-red flowers, and small-beaked capsules. The var. 
reflecum was restored as a distinct species in the Handbook, but is certainly 
not entitled to more than varietal rank. Both at Mongonui and Kawakawa it 
grows intermixed with the typical pimeleoides, together with numeious inter- 
mediate forms. 
18. P. eugenioides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 614.—A small branch- 
ing round-headed tree 20-40ft. high, perfectly glabrous except a 
few silky hairs on the branches of the inflorescence; trunk 1-2 it. 
ciam.; bark pale. Leaves alternate or almost whorled, 2—4in. 
