Pittosporee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 21 
stipules forming a little brush round the base of the peduncle. Leaves numerous, forming a dense circular mass. 
Petioles 2 lines long; lamina orbicular, 1 line across. Scapes filiform, an inch long. Flowers solitary, very small. — 
Van Diemen’s Land and the southern coast of New Holland are the only other known habitats of this plant. 
6. Drosera auriculata, Back.; bulbosa, caule erecto elongato glaberrimo simplici v. diviso, foliis radi- 
calibus paucis stellatis, caulinis alternis gracile petiolatis lunatis longe ciliato-glanduliferis axillaribus 
geminis, racemo simplici laxo 6-8-floro, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis integris v. subciliatis oblongis 
obtusis, petalis sepalis 3-plo majoribus obovato-obcordatis, stylis 3 infra medium penicillatis, seminibus 
scobiformibus. Backhouse, MSS. in Hb. Hook. Planch. l.c. p. 995. D. petiolaris, Sieb. in part. non 
Brown. D. peltata, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, especially on the east coast; not uncommon, Banks and Solander, 
etc. Fl. December. 
A slender, erect plant, with smooth wiry stem, 1 footto 18 inches high, and a bulbous root deep in the ground. 
Radical leaves few, spreading all round ; cauline distant, alternate ; all on slender petioles, 4 inch long, peltate, half- 
moon-shaped, the margins fringed with long glandular hairs. Racemes 2-4 inches long, 6-8-flowered. Flowers 
distant, on stout peduncles 3 lines long, white or lilac, 4-1 inch across.—This pretty plant is a native of New 
Holland, from Sydney to Bass’s Straits, and of Tasmania. It is very nearly allied to the D. peltata, Sm., of the 
same countries. 
Nar. On». VI. PITTOSPOREA, Br. 
Gen. I. PITTOSPORUM, Banks. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici. Sepala 5, rarius nulla? Petala 5, unguibus in tubum 
conniventibus, lamina plerumque recurva. Stamina 5, petalis alterna. Ovarium sessile, incomplete 9—5-lo- 
culare; stylo filiformi; stigmate capitato, lobato. Capsula subglobosa, compressa, 9—5-locularis, valvis 
2-5 medio seminiferis. Semina plurima, viscida, sepe in globum compacta, angulata. Zimbryo minimus, 
basi albuminis duri orthotropus. 
Evergreen shrubs or trees, with entire leaves, chiefly abundant in Australia and New Zealand, forming in the 
latter country a larger proportion of the flora than in any other; found sparingly in India and its Archipelago. 
Flowers solitary and axillary, or in irregular corymbs. Sepals and petals 5, the latter almost united into a tube 
below, their apices recurved. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals. Ovary 9—5-celled, with a straight style and capitate 
stigma. Capsules coriaceous or woody, with several seeds in each cell, attached to the centre of the valves, and 
usually collected into a mass by a viscid exudation.—The New Zealand species are all peculiar to those islands. 
(Name from serra, pitch, and omopos, a seed; in allusion to the gummy secretion about the seeds.) 
* Flowers solitary, rarely two together, axillary or terminal. 
1. Pittosporum tenuifolium, Banks et Sol.; arboreum, ramulis ultimis cinereis, foliis (1-2 une. longis) 
obovato-oblongis ellipticisve breve petiolatis subacutis obtusisve undulatis superne nitidis subtus pallidis 
reticulatim venosis, bracteis membranaceo-chartaceis ciliatis deciduis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedunculo 
petiolo longiore, sepalis oblongis subacutis glaberrimis cinereisve marginibus ciliatis, petalis lineari-spa- 
thulatis obtusis, capsulis late obovato-pyriformibus cano-villosis demum glabratis compressis v. trigonis 
2-3-valvis, seminibus atris 14 lin. longis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 847. Gaertn. v. l. p. 286. 7. 59. A. Cunn. 
Prodr. Trichilia monophylla, A. Rich. Flora, t. 34 bis. 
Has. Northern Island and Middle Islands; common as far south as Akaroa, Banks and Solander, ete. 
Nat. names, * Mapauriki,” Cunn. ; “ Kohuhu," Col. ; “ Karo” of Middle Island, LyaZ. 
