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273 (1930). 



Syn. Tobira Adanson, Fam. PI. II, 449 (1763). 



Evonymns pro parte. Murray, Syst. Veget. ed. 14, 238 (1784) ; 

 Persoon, Syst. Veget. ed. 15, 249 (1797) ; Willdenow, Sp. 

 PI. I, pt. 2, 1130 (1799) ; Persoon, Syn. PL I, 243 (1805). 

 Euo7iymus pro parte. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. II, pt. I, 300 & 407 

 (1791). 

 Frutices vel arbores, sempervirentes. Folia alterna ssepe in apice 

 ramulorum congesta petiolata vulgo integra, exstipullata. Inflorescentia 

 terminalis vel lateralis bracteata. Flores corymbosi, corymboso-pani- 

 culati, raeemosi, vel capitati, vel solitarii. Sepala 5 libera vel basi 

 coalita. Petala 5 imbricata. Stamina 5 hypog'yna ; filamenta angusta ; 

 antherae versatiles 2-loculares introrsae. Ovarium sessile vel breviter 

 stipitatum, uniloculare, placentis parietalibus 2-5. Styli elongati. 

 Stigma discoideum vel 2-5 lobulatum. Capsula valvis 2-5 lig'nosis, vel 

 indehiscens. Semina laevia viscosa. 



Species circ. 170 in Asia orientali, Malesia, India, Australia, N. 

 Zealandia, N. Guinea, Polynesia, Hawii, Madagascar & Africa incolae. 

 In Korea tantum species unica est indigena. 



The classification of this genus remains still in the condition of 

 Linnaean age, and a new critical classification is necessitated. 



Pittosporum Tobira Aiton 

 (Tab. VIII) 

 Pittosporum Tobira Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, II, 27 (1811) ; Sims in 

 Curtis, Bot. Mag. XXXIV, t. 1396 (1811) ; Donn, Hort. Cantab. 7 ed. 

 63 (1812) ; Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 46 (1818) ; Roemer & Schul- 

 tes, Syst. Veget. V, 430 (1819) ; Link, Enum. PL Hort. Berol. I, 233 

 n. 2235 (1821); Trattinick, Ausw. Gartenpfl. II, t. 167 (1821) ; Steu- 

 del, Nomen. Bot. ed. 1, I. 628 (1821) ; A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. I, 

 346 (1824) ; Sprengel, Syst. Veget. I, 791 (1825) ; Sweet, Hort. Brit. 

 2 ed. 48 (1830) ; G. Don, Gen. Hist. Dichl. PL I, 373 (1831) ; Spach, 

 Hist. Veget. II, 417 (1834) ; Dietrich, Neu. Nachtrag Voll. Lex. 

 VII, 44 (1837) ; Loudon, Arb. & Frutic. Brit. I, 358 f. 82 (1838) ; 

 Steudel, Nomen. Bot. 2 ed. II, 347 (1841) ; Siebold & Zuccarini in 

 Abh. Muench. Akad. IV, 2, 152 (1845) ; Kirchner, Arb. Muse. 177 



