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very conspicuous and the most pleasing feature of the tree. The 

 flowers- appear in June and July and the berries persist through 

 the autumn and winter. These berries contain but few fertile 

 seeds, although there is a small spring crop in which the per- 

 centage of viability is greater. This species is also propagated 

 by cuttings. Specimens may be seen at the Gould place, Monte- 

 cito; the Sexton place, Goleta; at Soldiers Home near Los An- 

 geles ; and at the Fowler place, Pasadena. 



12. P. hawaiiense Hilleb. 



A small tree 12 to 15 ft. high, with few branches: leaves of the 

 largest, being 7 to 10 in. long and 2 to 3 in. wide, acute, thick, slightly 

 hairy* beneath when young or even silvery white in one form, entire: 

 flowers in terminal clusters: corolla cream color: ovary tomentose: cap- 

 sule 1 in. long, probably globose, rough. Hawaii. 



Introduced by Dr. Franceschi in 1907. A promising Pitto- 

 sporum but probably tender and not very well known. 



13. P. revolutum Ait. 



A tall shrub, the young branchlets and petioles and the flower-stalks 

 covered with short rusty hairs: leaves 2 to 3 or 4 in. long, 1 to 1^> in. 

 wide, elliptic, narrowed to each end, entire or slightly wavy-margined, 

 glabrous above when mature, rusty-pubescent underneath, crowded to- 

 wards the ends of the branchlets: flower-clusters terminal, rarely a few 

 in the axils of upper leaves: sepals with very slender tips: petals y> in. 

 long or rather more, pale yellow, often united part way to form a cup- 

 shaped corolla, the free tips recurved: ovary very hairy: capsule % to 

 % in. long, with numerous red or brown seeds. Australia. Illustration: 

 Bot. Eeg., iii, pi. 186. 



Grown in England as a greenhouse shrub but flourishes out 

 of doors at Berkeley. Not particularly desirable except in col- 

 lections. 



14. P. eriocarpum Eoyle. 



A large bush or widely spreading bushy tree 10 to 20 ft. high, with 

 light-green foliage and light-gray bark: leaves 4 to 6 in. long, 1% to 

 2% in. wide, elliptic or oblong, narrowed to each end, the margins either 

 minutely wavy or flat, tomentose when young, becoming smooth at least 

 above in age: flowers numerous in an oblong terminal raceme, very 

 fragrant, their stems densely white-tomentose: sepals small, acute: petals 

 yellow, somewhat exceeding % in., forming a tubular corolla, the tips 

 recurved: ovary very hairy: capsule % in. .long, nearly globose, rough 

 but nearly glabrous. Himalayas. Illustration: Bot. Mag., pi. 7473. 



