Pittosporaceae. 
bracts ovate lanceolate 5 to 8 mm; tube of corolla about 8 mm a es up to the upper 
third, nit lobes broadly ovate; stamens as long as the tube, ant sg — te; 
ovary ovoid, densely tomentose style almost twice as long; capsu ate ‘pluish or 
ne eben adrangular, about 3 em or more in diameter, valves woody, ene wrinkled; 
eeds black, smooth or minutely tuberculate 
This species is a small tree, 15 to 18 feet high, with straight ascending 
branches, bark white, smooth; flowers cream-colored. This particular species 
occurs on the island of Hawaii in the forests of Naalehu, Kau, at an elevation 
of from 2300 to 4000 feet or more, where it is quite plentiful. It was also 
collected by the writer on the great plateau of the Kohala mountains of the 
same island at an elevation of 4000 feet, but not at all common. Its distinctive 
characteristics are the capsules, which are bluish-glaucous and deeply wrinkled, 
as well as the very large foliage, which is, however, exceeded in size by Pit- 
tosporum Hosmeri var. longifolia. 
Pittosporum Kauaiense Hbd. 
Hoawa 
pea ad KAUAIENSE Hbd. Fi. Haw. Isl. (1888) Birt Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. 
VI. (1890) 111;—Heller Pl. Haw. Isl. (1897) 8 9. 
Leaves chartaceous with strong prominent nerves, obovate oblong, 12 to 24 em long, 
4 to 8 em wide, shortly seuminate with a aiatinet pe of 2 to 4 ecm “seit dark green, 
glabrous above, covered with whitish or golden yellowish pubescence; inflorescence 
pedicels 4 mm, sepals scarcely 2 mm, acute, villous, corolla cream colored the lobes about 
m with a stro ae.” median abet stamens as long as the tube, style little longer; capsule 
subglobose 16 mm diam., glabrous when mature, covered with brownish wool when 
young, with 4 deep jeusritaaronl rien seeds smooth, shiny. 
This is one of the tallest species of Pittosporum, reaching a height of 30 to 40 
feet, with a trunk of about 10 inches in diameter, which is vested in a smooth 
whitish bark. It is peculiar to the island of Kauai, where it grows in the 
forest of Kopiwai, below Halemanu, 3600 feet, as well as at higher elevation. 
It is not common at Kaholuamano, but was again collected by the writer in Olo- 
kele canyon and in the woods of Makaweli, elevation 2000 feet. The trees from 
the lower locality differ from those of the type locality, Halemanu, in the cap- 
sules, which are wrinkled, but are otherwise the same. The pubescence of the 
underside of the leaves disappears with age. 
Pittosporum confertiflorum Gray. 
Hoawa. 
(Plate 64.) 
oe aah gta dle oy RUM Gray Bot. U. S. E. E. (1854) 232, pl. 19;—H. Mann 
Am. a eu his Fl. Haw, Isl. den er ;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. 
(1888) 26; Bel Cast. Tl. Mar. Pacif at 110;—Pax in Engl. et 
Prantl. Pfizfam, i Sa aie i 1.—P, terminalioides . Gray }. c. p.. 231. 
Branches stout, leafy, woolly when young, leaves thick afar alternate or who orled 
obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate 12 to 20 em | 3 to 6 em wide, contracting into a 
distinct petiole of arf em, pale fulvo-tomentose se <4 ae oceasionally above; in- 
or € ctriaatga Boas d ecauline, the numerous flowers densely pa ke a 
corymbose raceme ’95 mm; pedicels 6 to 12 mm; bracts linear 
ith of about ? 
oblong 16 mm; es a ey covaie densely woolly, obtuse 6 mm; éorolia eream-colored 
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