48 V. PITTOSPOEEAE. [^Pittosporum. 



a long claw. Filaments and ovary silky- pubescent. Capsules 3-valved on 

 spreading peduncles. 



NORTH Island : Auckland : Kaitaia and Mongonui, Buchanan ! Taranaki : near Mount 

 Egmont, Hector. Near Wellington, T. K. Oct. 



Closely related to P. temiifolium, from which it is best distinguished by the longer corolla-tube 

 and stamens, the small acute bracts, long peduncles, small capsules, and spreading leaves. 



3. P. Huttonianum, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, ii. (1869) 92. A laxly- 

 branched shrub or small tree, 12ft.— 25ft. high. Bark black. Branchlets slender, 

 and with the young leaves clothed with white floccose tomentum. Leaves 

 broadly oblong or elliptical-oblong, rarely broadly obovate, obtuse or acute, 

 rarely acuminate, 3in.— 5in. long, coriaceous ; petioles slender. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary or rarely in terminal cymes. Peduncles erect, longer than the sepals. 

 Sepals oblong or lanceolate, acute, downy, often spreading. Fruiting peduncles 

 decurved. Capsules large, 3- or rarely 2-valved, globose or almost pyriform, 

 fully iin. in diameter, downy or rarely glabrous. 



NORTH Island : Auckland : Great and Little Barrier Islands, Cape Colville Peninsula, &c., 

 T. K., Cheeseman ! Oct. 



Mr. Cheeseman's specimens approach the type more closely than the inland and southern 

 form. 



Var. fasciatum. Flowers in terminal cymes. Peduncles white with floccose tomentum. 

 NORTH Island : Kauaeranga Greek, Thames, T. E. 



Var. Ylrldifolium. Branchlets very slender. Leaves oblong-obovate, cuneate below, acute, 

 scarcely acuminate, glabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary. NORTH Island: Auckland: Rotorua, 

 &c., T. K. Taranaki: Urenui, Cheeseman! SOUTH Island: Milford Sound, &c., T. K. 



4. P. intermedium, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, iv. (1871) 266. A small 

 tree with black bark, in habit and foliage resembling large specimens of 

 P. tenuifolium. Young shoots, leaves, and sepals pubescent. Leaves l2in.— 2in. 

 long, broadly obovate, rounded at the apex or shortly acuminate, narrowed into 

 rather long slender petioles, membranous. Flowers terminal or confined to the 

 axils of the uppermost leaves, solitary or in 2— 3-flowered clusters. Pedicel very 

 short. Sepals oblong, acute or obtuse. Petals oblong, spathulate, recurved. 

 Fruiting peduncles always terminal, decurved, usually solitary. Capsule ovate- 

 acuminate, downy, 2-3-valved ; valves 2-lobed. 



NORTH Island : Kawau Island, T. K. Oct. 



Best distinguished from all forms of P. tenuifolium, which it resembles in general appearance, 

 by the decurved terminal fruiting peduncles and larger capsules. 



.5. p. Obcordatum, Raoul in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, ii. (1844) 121. A 

 glabrous shrub or small tree, sometimes 15ft. high, with divaricating branches. 

 Bark pale. Leaves small, distant, rarely 2 or 3 together, rounded or obcordate, 

 entire or crenate, iin. long, abruptly contracted into a very short petiole. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary or germinate, campanulate. Peduncles very short, 

 puberuious. Sepals very short, ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals linear- 

 lanceolate, with spreading tips. Ovary glabrous. Capsule not seen. — Raoul, 

 Choix de Plantes 25, t. 26 ; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 23, and Handbk. 20. 



SOUTH Island : woods near Akaroa, Raoul. Dec. 



This singular plant has not been collected by any living botanist. 



