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elliptico-lanceolatisve acuminatis marginibus undulatis superne nitidis subter pallidis, venis plurimis paten- 
tibus pellucidis, pedunculis (masculis gracilibus) terminalibus brachiatis subtrichotome ramosis, pedicellis 
corymbosis multifloris puberulis, sepalis subulatis, petalis linearibus, antheris exsertis, capsulis parvis late 
ellipticis acuminatis 2-valvis, valvis crassis lignosis. A. Cunn. Prodr. P. elegans, Raoul, Choix de Plantes, 
p. 25? 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, in woods; Bay of Islands, Cunningham, etc. Akaroa, Raoul. 
A small tree, smooth everywhere, except the inflorescence. Leaves 2—4 inches long, on petioles 2-3 inch, 
usually elliptical and narrow, often broader and almost obovate; the margins undulated; lateral nerves numerous, 
diverging in parallel curved lines. Bractee at the base of the terminal peduncle, numerous, linear, blunt, ciliated, 
forming a large bud $ inch long in spring. Inflorescence the most conspicuous of New Zealand species, perhaps 
wholly dicecious, very variable in size, pubescent. Peduncle short, with diverging branches, which are again divided, 
and bear umbels of six to eight yellow flowers. Pedicels of the sterile? flowers slender. Sepals one-third the length 
of the flower, subulate. Petals linear, narrow, recurved. Stamens with slender filaments ; the anthers bright yellow 
and exserted. Capsules in large clusters, larger than a pepper-corn, black, smooth or granulated, broadly ovate and 
compressed, contracted below, acuminate at the point, two-valved, with a thickened rim along the line of suture; 
valves very thick and woody; seeds few.—I find some specimens with the flowers much smaller, stamens shorter, 
and pedicels stouter, indicating the species to be spuriously dicecious, the anthers of these latter flowers having 
little pollen; the flowers again with large anthers, long filaments, and slender peduncles and pedicels, though they 
have ovaria, appear to wither without ripening fruit. From M. Raoul’s description, his P. elegans appears to be 
this plant, differing only in the capsules being three-valved occasionally; but in the absence of specimens, I cannot 
speak decisively. Mr. Colenso considers this plant dicecious. 
6. Pittosporum cornifolium, A. Cunn.; polygamo-dioicum, frutex virgatus, glaberrimus, seepissime 
epiphyticus, foliis breve petiolatis obovato-lanceolatis ellipticisve acutis supremis verticillatis, floribus termi- 
nalibus, pedicellis pubescentibus subumbellatis v. pedunculo communi sessilibus fl. 8 gracilibus 9 robustis 
brevioribus, sepalis anguste lineari-subulatis, petalis anguste ligulatis longe acuminatis, capsula coriacea 
compressa obovato-oblonga v. late obcordata 2-valvi, seminibus paucis magnis atris. A. Cunn. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 3161. et Prodr. Fi. N. Zeal. Pittosporoides verticillata, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. 
Has. Northern Island; Bay of Islands, 4. Cunn. East coast, Banks and Solander. Nat. name, 
“ Karo,” Colenso; “ Piri-piri,” Auct. ? (Cultivated in England.) 
A slender shrub, 2—4 feet high, and always growing epiphytically on the trunks and limbs of lofty forest-trees, 
sparingly branched; branches slender, ultimate sometimes pubescent. Leaves 1-2 inches long; upper verticillate, 
broadly lanceolate or elliptical, acute, on short petioles, quite smooth, shining, coriaceous. Flowers on long pedicels 
(male 3-1, female 1—3 inch long), which are a little hairy, and are sessile on the ends of the branches, or attached 
to a common peduncle, sometimes an inch long. Flowers dingy red, 4 line long. Sepals very narrow, subulate, one- 
third shorter than the equally narrow petals, which terminate in two long slender points. Fruit size of a small 
nut, compressed, broadly oblong or somewhat heart-shaped ; valves yellow and wrinkled inside; seeds large, black. 
7. Pittosporum erassifolium, Banks et Sol.; frutex erectus, ramis foliisgue subter velutino-tomentosis 
albidis, foliis breve petiolatis crasse coriaceis obovatis v. lineari-oblongis obtusis marginibus recurvis, 
pedicellis canis tomentosisve terminalibus v. in pedunculum communem aggregatis rarius solitariis, sepalis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis tomentosis, petalis lineari-oblongis, fructibus magnis rarius parvis cano-tomentosis 
trigono-sphericis 3-valvis rarius 2-valvis compressis, valvis lignosis, seminibus mediocribus atris. A. Cunn. 
Prodr. 
Has. Northern Island, not unfrequent, Banks and Solander, Cunningham, etc. Nat. name, “ Tarata,” 
R. Cunningham. 
