PftTOSPORUM 197 



males up to ten in each cluster, females up to five ; petals strap-shaped, 

 recurved, dark purple. Fruit roundish, dry, -f in. across, containing numerous 

 black seeds. 



Native of the N. Island of New Zealand ; not hardy at Kew except on 

 a wall, where it makes an interesting evergreen, but does not flower freely. 

 It is suitable for the milder counties. 



P. RALPHII, Kirk, another New Zealand species, is closely related to the 

 above. It differs in its larger, oblong leaves more abruptly narrowed towards 

 the stalk, in their margins not being recurved but flat, and in the smaller 

 fruits. 



P. PAUCIFLORUM, Hooker and Arnott. 



An evergreen shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high, with quite smooth young shoots, bearing 

 the leaves in a cluster at the end. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, tapered 

 at both ends, but more gradually towards the base ; 3 to 5 ins. long, to i^ 

 ins. wide ; with entire, membranous margins ; quite smooth on both 

 surfaces ; dark green above, pale beneath ; stalk \ in. or less long. Flowers 

 fragrant, dull yellow, produced singly or in few-flowered racemes in the leaf- 

 axils of the young shoots in May ; corolla \ to \ in. long, cylindrical at the 

 base, dividing at the mouth in five oblong, recurved lobes, \ in. long ; flower- 

 stalks usually i to | in. long, smooth. Fruit a smooth, woody capsule, in. 

 long. 



Native of China, introduced in 1908 from near Ichang to Kew. Wilson 

 had previously found it at 10,000 ft. elevation in Hupeh. It is interesting as 

 an apparently hardy Pittosporum, but is not a shrub of much promise. 



P. .TENUIFOLIUM, Banks. 

 (P. Mayi, of gardens.) 



An evergreen tree up to 30 ft. in height, with a slender trunk and dark 

 coloured, almost black young wood, and forming a dense mass of twiggy shoots. 

 Leaves I to T.\ ins. long, oblong, obovate or elliptic, smooth, of a pale shining 

 green ; the margins entire but wavy. The flowers come in the axils of the 

 leaves, usually singly, but occasionally two or more together, and have dark 

 chocolate-purple petals j to | in. long. The fruit is a capsule ^ in. in diameter, 

 wrinkled when old, the valves thin. 



Native of both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, reaching up 

 to 3000 ft. altitude. It is, perhaps, the hardiest of the Australasian Pittosporums, 

 and in several parts of Ireland is 20 to 30 ft. high. In Miss Willmott's garden 

 at Warley it is 18 ft. high, a stately cone-shaped bush ; and at Aldenham in 

 Herts it has reached 8 or 9 ft. in height. The flowers are borne very abundantly 

 where it thrives, but are not conspicuous ; their chief attraction is an exquisite 

 honey-like fragrance, strongest in the evening, and then apparent yards away 

 from the tree. Often known in gardens as P. Mayi. The black young shoots 

 and pale green leaves make a strong contrast. 



P. TOBIRA, Alton. 

 (Bot. Ma?., t. 1396.) 



An evergreen, bushy shrub of stiff habit, sometimes 20 or more ft. high. 

 Leaves obovate, blunt or rounded at the apex, tapering at the base to 

 a short stalk ; \\ to 4 ins. long, f to \\ ins % wide, leathery and smooth, 

 dark lustrous green, with a pale midrib. Flowers about I in. across, fragrant, 

 produced at the end of the shoot in clusters 2 or 3 ins. across, the petals 



