Pittosporum.] XII. tlTT^OStOEE.^. 7l 



Leaves almost whorled, oblong-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 5 to lOin. long, 

 entire or slightly sinuate-toothed, narrowed at the base, but almost sessile, 

 herbaceous, glabrous above, softly pubescent underneath. Peduncles stout. 

 Sepals with scattered hairs, the petals 3 times as long as the sepals, cohering 

 for about two-thirds of their length into an almost cylindrical tube, thin summits 

 pointed and much recurved ; filaments twice as long as the anthers. Capsule 

 lArge, rugose, ovate-cordate, deep yellow. 



Hab.: Common on the ranges about Bellenden Ker. 

 Sometimes infested with the fungus Sphcerella mbiginosa. — Cke. 



10. P. phillyraeoides (Phillyrea-like), DC; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 112. A 

 small graceful tree or slender shrub, quite glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 

 usually oblong or linear-lanceolate with a small hooked point, 2 to 4in. long, 

 quite entire, narrowed into a petiole, thick coriaceous and indistinctly veined, but 

 in some forms short and broadly oblong, in others long and narrow. Pedicels 

 axillary, solitary or in sessile or shortly pedunculate clusters or umbels, or the 

 uppermost forming a terminal cluster. Flowers yellow, usually about 4 lines 

 long, often dioecious, the females rather larger and fewer together than the males. 

 Sepals short and very obtuse. Petals united to the middle or still higher, 

 spreading at the top. Ovary pubescent, almost completely 2-celled, with 6 to 8 

 ovules in each cell. Fruit ovate or round-cordate, much compressed, quite 

 smooth, varying from 4 to 9 lines in length, but usually about ^in. Seeds few, 

 dark or orange-red.— Putterl. in PL Preiss. i. 192 ; F. v. M. PI. Vict. i. 72 ; P. 

 angnstifoliwn, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1859 ; P. lonc/ifolmm and P. Roeanwii, Putterl. 

 Syn. Pittosp. 15, 16 ; P. lif/ustrifaUuni , A. Cunn. in Putterl. I.e. 16, and in Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 1, iv. 110 ; Putterl. in PI. Preiss. i. 190; P. oleafolium, A. Cunn. 

 in Putterl. Syn. Pittosp. 17 ; P. acaoioides, A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, 

 iv. 109 ; P. salicinum, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 97 ; P. lanceolatum, A. Cunn. 

 in Mitch. I.e. 272 and 291. 



Hab. : Common on the inland downs. 



Wood of a light colour, close-grained, and very hard. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 11. 



2. HYMENOSPORUM, F. v. M. 

 (Seeds winged.) 



Petals connivent or cohering in a tube to above the middle. Anthers ovate- 

 oblong. Ovary incompletely 2-celled ; style short. Capsule ovate, compressed, 

 with thick coriaceous valves. Seeds numerous, horizontally imbricated, flat, 

 reniform, surrounded by a membranous wing. — A shrub or tree, with the habit of 

 Pittosporum, from which it only differs in its large flowers and in its seeds. 



The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 



1. H. flavum (yellow flowers), J*, c. M. Fragm. ii. 77; Benth. Fl. Aust. 

 i. 114. A haindsome evergreen shrub or tree, glabrous, except a loose pubescence 

 on the inflorescence, and sometimes on the under side of the leaves. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong or oblanceolate, acuminate, entire, from 3 to 5 or even 6in. long, 

 narrowed into a petiole of |^in. or more, the upper ones often almost verticillate. 

 Panicle terminal, loose, corymbose, often 6 to Sin. diameter, with small linear or 

 lanceolate bracts. Flowers large, yellow. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 4 lines 

 long. Petals silky-tomentose outside, the erect base or broad claws nearly lin., 

 the spreading lamina nearly |in. long. Ovary linear, silky-tomentose, with 

 numerous ovules. Capsule stipitate, much flattened, lin. or more long and 

 nearly as broad. Seeds, including the wing, fully 4 lines broad.— Piito.s^jorMwi 

 flavum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4799. 



Hab.: Wide Bay district, Brisbane Biver, Ipswich, and many other localities in the south of 

 the colony. 



Wood whitish, close-grained, and tough. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 12. 



