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liace.e.) P. 186. — A well-known fruit, which has been 

 greatly improved in Europe by cultivation. The plant 

 is a triennial, and requires great care. It is grown with 

 success out of doors in the northern part of Australia, in 

 favourable situations. The Victorian and New South Wales 

 markets are plentifully supplied from the South Sea Islands, 

 the Clarence River, New South Wales ; and Queensland. 



Pine Cone. — ' See Pine.' 



Pithecolobium. — (Natural Order, Leguminos^e.) See 

 chapter 'Australian Vegetation,' p. 91. 



Pittosporum. — (Natural Order, Pittospore/e.) Pp. 20, 

 21, 194. — A large genus of handsome, evergreen trees and 

 shrubs, generally glabrous. The greater number are found in 

 Australia and New Zealand. Most of the Australian kinds 

 are large, leafy shrubs, or slender trees. They are generally 

 found growing on river banks, and in moist, shady ravines, 

 in upland districts. The timber of Pittosporum bicolor, 

 a native of the mountains of Victoria, is very handsome, 

 and is commercially known as Cheesewood. The Victorian 

 Laurel (Pittosporum undulatum) is perhaps the finest of 

 all. It is also found in Southern New South Wales. It 

 grows to a considerable height (between 35 and 40 

 feet) in Victoria ; furnishes excellent timber ; and a valuable 

 perfume is distilled from its flowers. This and most of the 

 New Zealand species form fine ornamental hedges ; hence 

 the name ' Hedge Laurel ' has been given to them. The 

 Diamond-leaf Laurel of Queensland (Pittosporum rhojnbi- 

 folium) is a handsome tree, producing large corymbs of 

 jasmine-scented flowers, and afterwards masses of yellow 

 fruit in great profusion. A fragrant water has lately been 

 distilled from its flowers at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens 



