42 XI. BIXINE^E.— XII. PITTOSPORE^. 



lonidium, Vent. = Hybanthus (Jacq.), F. v. M. 



suffruticosum, Ging. — Spade-flower. (Fig. 21.) 

 aurantiacum, F. v. M . 

 Vernonii, F. v. M. 

 filiforme, F. v. M . 



Order XI. -BIXINE-ffi. 



Tribe I. — Bixe/E. 

 Cochlospermum, K u nth. 



Gillivrcei, Benth. — Yields a useful kapok. 



Gregorii, F.-v.M. — Yields a useful kapok. (Fig. 22.) 



Tribe II. — Flacourtie^e. 

 Scolopia, Schrcb. 



Brownii, F. v. M . — Wood pinkish, close-grained. 

 Xylosma, Forst. 



ovatum, Benth. 



Alliance III.—POLYGALINEM. 



Order XII.— PITTOSPORE^. 



Pittosporum, Banks. — The tree kinds furnish good cabinet woods, 



and the flowers of most are valuable for perfumery. 



Several species contain saponin, 

 rhombi folium, A. Cunn, — A good carving wood, 

 setigerum, Bail. 

 melanospermum, F. v. M. 

 var. ? lateralis, Benth. 

 undulatum, Vent. — Mock Orange: contains prussic acid and 



saponin, 

 venulosum, F. v. M. 

 revolutum, Ait. 



ferrugineum, Ait. =■ P. ovatifolium, F. v. M. 

 Wingii, F. v. M. 

 rubiginosum, A. Cunn. 

 phillyraeoides, DC. — Contains saponin. A slender-stemmed 



small tree yielding a close-grained wood. 

 Hymenosporum, F. v. M. 



flavum, F. v. M. — Wood whitish, close in grain. Flowers 



abundant and very fragrant, suitable for perfumery. 



