creuate or quite entire, suddenly contracted into a very short petiole, rather coriaceous ; 

 nerves obscure. Plowers \ in. long, solitary or tAvo together, on short jiuberulous 

 peduncles, white ; sepals Aery slender ; 25etals narrow-linear ; OA'ary pubescent. Fruit 

 unknoAAU. This species is found in the Middle Island in shady AA'Oods, near Akaroa in 

 the CanterburA^ district, and is the only white-floAvered si)ecies. 



7. P. FASCICULATUM {Hook., F.) The Fascicled Pittosporum. 



A In-auchiug shrub AAith glabrous leai^es and branches, and inflorescence tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate, coriaceous, obovate-oblong, acute, quite entire, pale beneath ; petioles 

 ^ in. long. Flowers densely fascicled, axillary and terminal. Sepals oA'ate lanceolate. 

 Petals linear-oblong, deep purple, ^ in. long. Capsule on a curved pedicel, h-'i in. long, 

 like that of P. tenuifolium, 2-3-A'alved. Found in the Northern Island at Lake Taupo, 

 in the Middle Island at Chalky Bay, and in the Otago district, but not common, This 

 species is closely allied to P. tenuifoViam ; but the flowers are densely fascicled, and the 

 leaA^es are rather longer, and more like those of P. Colensoi. 



8. PITTOSPORUM CRASSIFOLIUM {Banks S,- Sol.) The Thick-leaved Pittosporum. 



Specific Chahactee. — A shrub, or small tree ; branches 

 erect ; twigs, leaves below, petioles and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with a thick white tonientum. Leaves alternate, 

 narrow-obovate, or oblong-obtuse, quite entire, 2-3 in. long, very 

 coriaceous, margins reeiuwed. Inflorescence terminal, usually 

 a peduncled, simple umbel, sometimes reduced to a fascicle, 



or a single flower ; bracts broadly ovate, ciliate, imbricate. 

 Flowers nearly J in. long. Sepals linear-oblong, with white 

 tomentum. Petals narrow, deep purple. Capside very 

 variable in size, nearly globose, 2^-lobed and valved, downy. — 

 Handloolc of ]S'ew Zealand Flora, p. 20. 



Description, etc. — Fig. 2, Plate No. 8. — The " KARO." — This si^ecies is common 

 on the coast line throughout the Northern Island, and attains a height of from thirty to 

 forty feet, with a trunk from one to two feet in diameter. The wood is Avhite and comjiact, 

 but worthless for all purposes Avhere durability is I'equired. It is used in turnery, and is 

 difficult of combustion. The foliage is of a dark green, but the young leaves are lighter 

 in colour, and covered at the back with a thick Avhite cottony coat, Avhich adds much to 

 the beauty of the tree, and forms a varied and beautiful background to the very pretty 

 umbelled crimson flowers, Avhich mingle with it. This tree has been introduced suc- 

 cessfully into many gardens, and affords a most interesting and excellent addition to 

 the plantation around the homestead. In common Avith some of the other Pittosporads, 

 it is knoAvn to the settlers as one of the " Tur2)entine " trees; which are probably so 

 called on account of the gluten, in AAhicli the seeds in the capsule are immersed, omitting 

 a peculiar odour, when expressed. The bark of this species is black. 



