Pittosponm.] XII. PITTOSPORE^. 69 



2. P. setigerum (bristle-bearing), Bail. A small glabrous tree. Branchlets 

 furrowed, with the bark often reddish. Leaves coriaceous, the reticulate veins 

 close and raised, 2-|- to 4in. long, f to lin. wide, tapering from above the middle 

 to a rather long slender petiole, the apex terminating in a prominent bristle. 

 Flowers, judging from the dried ones, seemingly light-yellow in a broad-spreading 

 terminal panicle longer than the leaves. Pedicels slender. Sepals broadly ovate, 

 minute. Petals free, patent, about 2^ lines long, obtuse, veins obscure. Stamens 

 shortly exceeding the petals. Ovary on a short glabrous stipes, densely covered 

 with a white tomentum. Capsule globose, 4 lines diameter, exuding an amber- 

 coloured resin or gum. Seeds black, angular, from 2 to 6 in each capsule. 



Hab.: Walsh River, T. Barclay-Millar. 



3. P. melanospermum (black seed), F. v. M. Fraiim. i. 70 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Amtr. i. 111. A small tree, quite glabrous, or with a scanty minute glandular 

 pubescence on the inflorescence. Leaves from obovate to oblong or even 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate, mucronate or obtuse, 2 to 4in. long, entire and flat 

 or slightly undulate on the margin, narrowed into a petiole of 4 to 5 lines, 

 coriaceous, but not shining, of a pale hue and prominently veined. Corymbs 

 compound, terminal, many-flowered, but shorter than the last leaves. Flowers 

 small, the sepals subulate or lanceolate-subulate, the petals 8 or scarcely 4 lines 

 long, spreading from about the middle. Ovary shortly stipitate, with 10 to 12 

 ovules to each placenta. Capsule obliquely globular or pear-shaped, somewhat 

 compressed, with few or sometimes a single black seed. 



Hab.: Tropical parts of the colony. 



Var.(?) lateralis. Corymbs usually lateral. York Sound, A. Cunningham ;■ Whitsunday 

 Island, Henne. 



4. P, undulatum (leaves wavy), VeV't. Hart. Cels. t. 76 ; Xeiith. Fl. Austr. i. 

 111. Mock orange. A tree, attaining in favourable situations 40ft., or accord- 

 ing to M'Arthur 60 to 90ft., although ,in barren exposed localities it remains a 

 shrub, quite glabrous, except a slight appressed pubescence on the young shoots 

 and inflorescence. Leaves from oval-oblong to lanceolate, mostly B to 6in. long 

 and acuminate, flat or undulate on the margin, narrowed into a petiole of i to 

 fin., coriaceous and shining, with the veins little conspicuous, the upper ones 

 often almost whorled. Peduncles several, in terminal clusters, much shorter 

 than the leaves, mostly bearing a simple cyme or umbel of 3 or 4 rather large 

 white flowers, and one or two often 1 -flowered. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 often connate at the base. Petals 5 to 6 lines long, spreading from the middle. 

 Ovary almost sessile, hairy, the 2 placentas united at the base, each bearing 

 numerous ovules. Capsule nearly globular, rarely attaining |in., smooth, with 

 thick coriaceous valves and numerous seeds. — DC. Prod. i. 346 ; Andr. Bot. Eep. 

 t. 388 ; Bot. Reg. t. 16 ; F. v. M. PI. Vict. i. 71 and 224. 



Hab.: A common tree upon the ranges of southern Queensland. 



Wood of a light colour, close in grain, and tough. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 9. 



The barl? contains a dye. 



5. P. revolutum (petals rolled back), Ait. Hort. Keto. ed. 2 ii. 27 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 111. A tall shrub, the young shoots tomentose. Leaves ovate- 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, shortly acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, scarcely undulate, 

 narrowed into a petiole, usually very short, but sometimes near Jin., coriaceous, 

 glabrous above when full grown, clothed underneath with a loose rusty tomentum 

 easily rubbed off, the upper ones often almost whorled. ^ Peduncles terminal, few 

 or solitary, usually decurved, bearing sometimes a single rathet large flower, 

 but more frequently a short dense ovate or corymbose raceme. Sepals lanceolate- 

 subulate. Petals nearly Jin. long, oftpn united to above the middle, shortly 

 spreading or recurved at the top. Ovary very hirsute, with very numerous oVules 

 to each placenta ; stigma peltate. Capsule J to fin. long, the hard almost woody 



