Pittosporum.] V. PITTOSPOEEAE. 51 



lanceolate or narrow-obovate, entire or deeply lobed or pinnatifid, especially in 

 the young state. Flowers terminal in 2-3-flowered umbels or solitary. Sepals 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, fully equalling the corolla-tube. Petals shortly re- 

 curved. Capsules erect, globose, slightly depressed, 2-valved, hirsute when 

 young,' glabrous in the mature state. — Trans. N.Z.I. ed. 2 (1875) 90. 



Var. sinuatum. Leaves broader, elliptic -oblong or nearly obovate, acute, sinuate. 



NOETH Island : Whangaroa North and Great Barrier Island, T. K. 'Kennedy Bay, &o., 

 Cheeseman ! Oct. 



Most readily distinguished by the slender rather spreading twigs, ferruginous pubescence, 

 linear acute sepals, and globose depressed capsule. 



13. P. Ralphii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, iii. (1870) 161. A laxly- 

 branched shrub, 8ft.— 14ft. high, with slender spreading branches. Leaves 

 spreading on long slender petioles, broadly oblong-obovate, Bin.— 5in. long,, 

 lin.— 2in. broad, obtuse or acute, coriaceous, white with appressed tomentum 

 beneath. Flowers in terminal 3— 8-flowered umbels. Sepals ovate-acuminate, 

 tomentose. Petals spreading. Fruiting peduncles slender, not decurved. Cap- 

 sules ovoid, depressed, 3-valved ; valves lobed, downy. — P. crassifolinm, Banks 

 and Sol. MSS. 



NORTH Island : Tolaga Bay, Banks and Solander ! Patea, Dr. Ralph ! Upper part of 

 the Whanganui River, H. C. Field I Petane River, A. Hamilton I Between Cape Kidnappers and 

 Pourererere, T. K. Nov. 



Best distinguished from P. crassifolium by the broad slender leaves, shorter peduncles, and 

 smaller capsules with less woody valves. 



14. P. crassifolium, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 612. A shrub or tree, some- 

 times exceeding 30ft. in height. Bark black. Branches strict, erect. Young 

 shoots, leaves below, peduncles, and sepals white with appressed tomentum. 

 Leaves 2in.— 3in. long, narrow-obovate or oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous ; mar- 

 gins recurved ; petioles short, stout. Inflorescence in terminal 2— 5-flowered 

 umbels, often solitary. Sepals linear-oblong, tomentose. Petals recurved. 

 Fruiting peduncle strongly decurved. Capsule subglobose, 3- rarely 2- or 4-valved ; 

 valves lobed, downy. — Putterl. Syn. Pittosp. 12 ; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 23, and 

 Handbk. 20; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 14. 



NORTH Island : littoral. KERMADEC Islands, Cheeseman. North Cape to Poverty Bay. 

 Most plentiful on the East Coast and outlying islands. Ka?-o. Sept. 



Var. striotum. Leaves narrow-oblong or oblong-obovate. Peduncles strict, IJin. long. Cap- 

 sule smaller. Little Barrier Island, 2'. £^. Eai^b G&pe, Bishop Williams ! 



15. P. Pairchildii, Cheeseman in Trans. N.Z.I, xx. (1887) 147. A 

 shrub, 8ft.-15ft. high, with slender branches. Young shoots, leaves, and 

 peduncles clothed with loose white tomentum. Leaves often crowded, obovate 

 elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, narrowed into a very short 

 petiole, coriaceous but not thick. Flowers terminal in 2-4-flowered fascicles. 

 Pedicels slender, Jin.-fin. long, pendulous. Sepals linear-oblong, acute, tomen- 

 tose, much shorter than the corolla-tube. Petals shortly recurved. Fruiting 

 peduncles decurved, 3-valvcd, fin.-lin. in diameter, shortly obovoid, depressed, 

 broader than long, glabrous. Valves woody, finely corrugated and granulated. 



