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Ord. Nat. PI. 377 (1830) ; Lindlev, Introd. Bot. 138 (1830) ; 



G. Don, Gen. Hist. Dichlamy. PI. I, 372 (1831) ; Wight & Ar- 



nott, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Ind. Orient. I, 153 (1831) ; Spach. 



Hist. Veg-et. II, 413 (1834) ; Meisner, PI. Vase. Gen. I, 66 



(1836); Entjlicher, Gen. PI. 1081 (1840); Bentham & Hooker. 



Gen. PI. I, pt. I, 130 (1862) ; Hooker & Thomson in Hooker, 



Fl. Brit. Ind. I, 197 (1872). 

 Saxifragacies—Pittosporea? Baillon, Hist. PI. Ill, 443 (1872). 

 Frutices vel arbores, erecti vel volubiles, glabri vel tomentosi. Folia 

 altema exstipullata petiolata, integra vel dentata. Flores hermaphroditi 

 vel abortive polygami corymbosi vel paniculati vel solitarii, erecti vel 

 nutantes, pedicellati, regulares vel paulo obliqui. Sepala 5, imbricata, 

 libera vel basi connata. Petala 5 sepalis alterna, alba, flava, vel 

 erubescentia, vel casrulea imbricatia, vulgo basi ungniculata. Stamina 

 5 petalis alterna libera ; filamenta filiformia vel plus minus dilatata ; 

 antherae 2-loculares introrsae versatiles rima longitudinali dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium ex carpidiis 2-5 constitutum uniloculare vel imperfecte 2-5 

 loculare ; placenta parietalia. Ovula 2-serialia anatropa. Fructus lo- 

 culicide rarius septicide dehiscens, vel indehiscens turn durus, vel 

 coriaceus vel drupaceus. Semina », rarius 1, nunc arillata. Al- 

 bumen durum. Embryo minimus circa hilum positus ; radicula infera. 

 Genera 9, species circ. 200 in regionibus tropicis vel subtropicis 

 rarius temperatis incola. In Korea tantum species unica indigena. 



Pittosporum Banks ex sched. Solandri in G.-ertner, Fruct. & 

 Semin. PI. I, 286 t. 59 (1788) ; Schreber, Gen. PI. 150 n. 379 (1789) ; 

 J. St. Hilaire, Exposit. Fam. II, 266 (1805); Persoon, Syn. PI. I, 

 24S (1805); A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. I, 346 (1824); G. Don, Gen. 

 Hist. Dichl. PI. I, 373 (l83l) ; Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Penins. 

 Ind. Orient. I, 153 (1831) ; Spach, Hist. Veget. II, 416 (1834) ; End- 

 licher, Gen. PI. 1082 n. 5661 (1840) ; Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PI. 

 I, pt. I, 131 (1862) ; Hooker & Thomson in Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 



I, 198 (1872) ; Baillon, Hist. PI. Ill, 443 (1872) ; Pax in Engler & 

 Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ill, 2 a, 110 (1891) ; Gagnepain in Le- 

 comte, Fl. General Indo-Chine I, 237 (1909) ; Koorders, Excursions!! 



II, 308 (1912) ; Pritzel in Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam, 2 Aufl. 18 a 



