\l\l\ A». BRONGNIAR'f ET A. GRIS. 



3. Pittosporum rhytidocàrpum Asa Gray (Unit. Stal. explor., 

 Eœped., Bot., p. 228, t. 18). 



Folia elliptica, lanceolata vel spathulato-obovata, plus minusve 

 undulata, in petiolum attenuata, glabra (junioribus subtus to- 

 mentosis). Flores albi, fragantes, breviter pedunculati, apice 

 ramorum vel in axilla foliorum interdum delapsorum in fasci- 

 culos multifloros dense congesti ; sepalis ovatis, acutis, pedicellis- 

 que viliosis. Ovarium placentis parietalibus 2. Fructus lignosus , 

 bivalvis, anfractibus irregulariter ruminatus et valvarum dorso 

 prsecipue lamella prominente cristatus, tomento brevi ferrugi- 

 neo plus minusve indutus. 



Frutex diffusus, clichotome ramosus. 



Pittosporum suberosam Panch., mss. 



Habitat, frequens, in sylvis Novae Caledoniae, propD Balade et Port-de- 

 France, et in insula Pinorum (Panclier, n is 682, 683, 435; Vieillard, 

 n îs 71, 72, 77, 81, 86, 87; Deplanche, n is 455, 456). 



h. Pittosporum turbinatum. 



Folia inœqualia, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, margine revo- 

 luta plus minusve undulata, in petiolum sat longum attenuata, 

 glabra. Flores albi, breviter pedunculati et subsessiles, ad apicem 

 ramorum in fasciculos paucifloros sicut umbellatim dispositi ; 

 sepalis ovatis, obtusis, glabris. Ovarium placentis parietalibus 2. 

 Fructus immaturus pyriformis. 



Arbor ramosa. 



Hab. in Novae Caledoniae montibus, circa Port-de-France (Baudouin, 



1864). 



5. Pittosporum Deplanchei. 



Folia auguste lanceolato-spathulata, basi sensim attenuata, 

 snbsessilia, margine revoluta, obtuse laxeque subcrenata, mu- 

 crone brevi superata, glabra (junioribus ramulisque dense ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosis), hinc illinc sicut verticilîatim conferta, ramo 

 nudo internodia spuria efformanteet squamaslineares, deciduas, 

 extus ferrugineo villosas gerente. Flores ad apicem ramorum 



