64 PITTOSFORE.E. 



chartaceo-coriaceous, petioles 5-10 mm. long. Capsules solitary at the axil 

 of the upper leaves, long pedunculate, (peduncles slender 2.', cm. long, 

 nearly pendulous), globose, 7-10 mm. long, mucronate at the apex, abruptly 

 attenuate at the base and reaching the stalks which are 1-2 mm. long, 

 2-3-valved, dehiscent, 4-5-seeded. Seeds irregularly angulate, 4 mm. 

 long, reddish. 



HAB. Taito, Bioritsu, Bmisuikei. 



Near P'dtosporum paucijlonim HOOK, et ARN. ; but differs from it in 

 having nearly solitary and axillary fruits. 



Pittosporum imdulatum VEST. ; DC. Proclr. I. p. 34(5 ; MUELLER, PI. 

 Victoria pp. 71 et 224 ; MATSU.M. et HAYATA Enum. PI. Formos. p. 33. 



HAB. Soobonsha. It in very uncertain that the Formosan plant should 

 really be identical with the named species 



Pittosporum formosanum HAYATA in MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. PI. 

 Formos. p. 32, t. 4 ; HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 34. Branches 

 terete ferrugiiieo-pubescent. Leaves attenuate, petiolate, glabrous, coriaceous, 

 obovate, or oblong-elliptical, acute or shortly cuspidate at the apex, attenuate 

 at the base, entire or slightly crermlate, nearly 8 cm. long, 2-5 cm. broad, 

 petioles circ. 1 cm. long. Panicles terminal 5-6 cm. long, ferrugineo-pubes- 

 cent, densely flowered. Flowers very small, patent, 5 mm. long, 6 mm. in 

 diameter. Sepals 5, distinct, ovate, obtuse, somewhat thick, glabrous 2 mm. 

 long. Petals 5, conmveiit in a tube to the middle in bud, at last patent and 

 distinct from the base, oblong, linear, 5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, truncate on 

 both ends. Stamens 5, filaments dilate, anthers basifixed on the back, shortly 

 apiculate. Ovary sessile, perfectly 2-celled ; style short. Capsules globose, 

 apiculate, 6-7 mm. in diameter, dehiscent by 2- valves ; valves slightly 

 lignifiedL Seeds thick, exalate, smooth, globose, 4 mm. in diameter. Embryo 

 very small, in a small cavity iu the albumen near the liilum ; cotyledons 

 indistinct. 



Comes near P. pauciflorum HOOK, from which it differs in having very 

 much smaller flowers and ascending or spreading, but not pendulous, pe- 



