Pittosporum eugenioides 
Natwe of New Zealand. 
Nat. Order: PrrrosporE. 
Pittosporum eugenioides, Cunningham, ex Hooker, fil., 
‘Pl, N. Zeal.” i. 23 (1854); Kirk, “ Forest, Fl. N. 
Zeal.” 81, t. 49 (18869). 
Although not so hardy as P. Mayit, P. undulatum or P. 
Colensot, it may be planted in any tolerably sheltered position. 
It flowers early in Spring, and the flowers, which are borne in 
clusters, are a creamy white colour, and fragrant. The leaves, 
which are wavy at the margins, are about five inches long by 
one broad, and of a light grey green colour. It is a strong 
grower, making an annual growth of eighteen inches. It does 
best with a southern exposure in a well-drained soil composed 
of peat loam and rotten manure. It is a native of New 
Zealand, where it grows to a height of forty feet, and is found 
on the banks of streams and the margins of woods, but never 
in dense forests. The Maoris use the bruised leaves and 
flowers mixed with fat to anoint their bodies. I had a very 
fine plant, eight feet high and as much through, killed to the 
ground in the great frost of 1895, so that it can scarcely 
be said to be absolutely hardy. 
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