Pittosporum.] xv. PITTOSPORE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 199 



NILGHIRI MTS.,. above 5000 ft. 



A small tree. leaves 1-4 by ^-2 in., acute or obtuse, shining above, thinly coria- 

 ceous, base tapering. Corymbs several together; pedicels J| in., spreading; brac- 

 teoles minute, subulate. Style glabrous. Capsule subglobose, subcompressed, 2-valved, 

 6-seeded. Very closely allied to states of the African P. Senacia, Putt. 



5. P. Ceylaiiicum, Wight III. 173; leaves narrow-obovate, flowers in 

 terminal peduncled or compound corymbs, sepals ovate acute subciliate, 

 ovary pubescent. Thwaites Enum. 68 (excl. most syn.). 



CEYLON ; in the Oova district, alt. 3-5000 ft. 



A small tree ; branches leafy, glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by f-l| in., obtuse or subacute, 

 base tapering; petiole \-^ in. Peduncles several, 2-3 in., glabrous; bracteoles small, 

 ovate, at the base of the pedicels. Flowers ^ in., greenish-white. Style glabrous. 

 Capsule subglobose, compressed, 2-valved. An imperfectly known species which turns 

 black in drying. 



6. P. floribundum, W. & A. Prodr. 154 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate, margins waved, flowers small pubescent in 

 much-branched terminal compound corymbs, sepals ovate, ovary pubescent. 

 Route III 77 ; Watt. Cat. 8127 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 44. ? P. densi- 

 florum, Putterl. Monog. 9. Senacia nepalerisis, DC. Prodr. i. 347. Celastrus 

 verticillata, Roxb. FL Ind. 624, Ed. Wall. ii. 391. 



Subtropical HIMALAYA, from Sikkim to Garwhal, ascending to 5000 ft. KHASIA 

 HILLS and MISHMI ; WESTERN PENINSULA, Concan to the Nilghiri Mts. 



A small tree ; branches often umbelied. Leaves 2-8 by 1-3 in., glabrous shining, 

 pale below, coriaceous. Corymbs sometimes leafy below ; branches 1-3 in., spreading, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Flowers -numerous, yellow. Sepals obtuse or acute, subeiliate. 

 Style glabrous. Capsules pisiform-, glabrous, about 6-seeded. Nilghiri specimens are 

 usually broader and shorter leaved than Himalayan. The African P. Mannii, H. f., is 

 nearly allied, But has a glabrous ovary. 



ft Young branches pubescent or tomentose. Ovary tomentose in all. 



7. P. dasycaulon, Miguel in Herb. Hohenack. 775 ; leaves lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate glabrous or midrib beneath downy, flowers in dense 

 much-branched terminal compound tomentose corymbs, sepals ovate acute. 



WESTEKN PENINSULA; hills of Canara (pi. Hohenack.} ; Belgaum, Ritchie; Concan, 

 Gibson. 



A shrub or small tree; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves 2^-4 by 1-14 in., 

 pale green when dry, thin, coriaceous, margin subundnlate ; young petioles tomentose. 

 Flowers white. Sepals ciliate. Anthers bright yellow. Capsule large, compressed, 

 densely tomentose before dehiscence, about 6-seeded. Flowers much larger than in 

 P. floribundum ; closely allied to P. abyssinicum, Hochst. 



8. P. eriocarpum, Royle III. 77 ; leaves ovate obovate or broad lan- 

 ceolate obtuse or acute, young floccose on both surfaces, flowers in many 

 compound many-flowered often umbellate corymbs, sepals lanceolate densely 

 tomentose. Wall. Cat. 8129, 8131, 9074. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; m Garwhal and Kumaon, alt. 3-7000 ft. 



A small tree; branches subverticillate, spreading; young tomentose. Leaves very 

 variable, 3-8 by 14-2.2 in., adult pubescent beneath. Peduncles 1-2 in., bracteoles- 

 subulate. Flowers ^ in. long, pale yellow. Ovary tomentose ; style short, glabrous. 

 Capsules rather large, tomentose, many-seeded, valves woody. 



9. P. ferrugiiieum, Ait. ; DC. Prodr. i. 346 ; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, young rusty pubescent, flowers very 

 small in many terminal subsim/ple corymbose racemes, sepals narrow very 



