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ipso dimidio breviorem et stigmate liemigphaerico, medio impresso 0 ] )S0 i 
quadrilobo et subtilissime papilloso terminatum continue transient ? intus . 
miseptis duobus parietalibus in axi contiguis biloculatum, seotis in maVcln 
utrinque loculuin spectante alternatim ovuliferis, ovulis filobrevissimo^ ' 
nexis, subglobosis, horizontalibus , anatropis, parallele biserialibus drcilw 
8-12 in quo vis loculo, plurimis abortivis. Capsula ovoideo-vel’obovito 
compressiuscula , stylo brevi tenninata, sordide Hava, glabra, rugosa onan 
intus biloculata, in valvas duas deliiscens ; valvis crassis, coriaceis VeflexV 
patentibus, intus citrinis, verniceo- nitidis, medio semisepto incomplete* jn 
margine utrinque seininiferis. Semina in quovis loculo 4-0, uniseriata sulHo 
bosa, angulato - compressa, diametro lineali, testa purpurascente, nitida afbu- 
mine carnoso albo, embryone in fundo albuminis juxta umbilicum posito ’ovato 
minim o, basi attenuata micropylen vix conspicuam spectante, mere celluloso 
Differt a Pittosporo acacioide All. Cunningham Mss. 1817. et in Ann 
of Nat. Hist. IV. 10**. (P. angustifolio Locldig. Hot. Cab. t. 1859 [18321) 
quod liabitu illo simillimum , ramulis in hoc, foiiis et pedunculis jam in statu 
juniore glaberrimis, foiiis magis lanceolatis, utrinque concoloribus , londus 
petiolatis, pedunculis petiolo duplo brevioribus, lloribus paulo majoribus et 
capsulis aurantiacis, lato- ellipticis; a Pittosporo phillyraeoide Dec. vero 
cum in hoc folia lanceolata, breviora, duplo latlora, crassioraque. pedun- j 
culi petiolo duplo longiores, crassiores, capsulae majores aurantiacae. 
& Pittosporum plilllyraeoMes DC . . ramis junioribus 
tomei)toso -incanis ; foiiis ellipticis lanceolatisve, I -l J y£ un- , 
cialibus , ad 4 lin. latis, basi in petiolum 2-3 linealem an- 
gustatis, apice etispidato breviter mucronatis, mucromilo 
falcato-reflexo, plains, glaberrimis, pallide Iuteo-viride- 
scentibus, utrinque concoloribus, coriaceis, nervo mediano 
teimi perductis, lateralibus obsoletis, margine obtusiusculo 
integerrimo angustissime subrevoluto, erecto- patentibus; pe- | 
dimculis axiliaribus, solitariis binisve, petiolo duplo longio- 
ribus; capsulis elliptico-vel ovoideo-compressiusculis, au- 
rantiacis, opacis, rugulosis, bi-trivalvibus pleiospermis. — 
DC. Prodr. I. 347. Don Gen. Syst. I. 347. All. Cunning- 
ham in Ann. of Nat. Hist. IV. 109. Putterlick Syn. Pittosp. 16. 
Walp. Repert. J. 254. 
P. oleifolium All. Cunningham Mss. in sched. 1822. 
Habitat in Australiae ora oceidentali in arenosis aridis insulae Dirk Hartog 1802 4 
(Lechenault) ; Hartoge Bay 1804 (Ferd. Bauer) 1822. (All. Cunningham); in areno- 
sis insulae: Horstman’s Abrolbos ubi a Cl. G. Moore Jan. 1840 leetum, eonumniica- 
turn accepit cl. Preiss. Herb. Preiss. No. 1294. 
„Frutex robustus, erectus; ramosus, sexpedalis, liabitu fere facie Ohac“ 
All. (hinningham l. c. Ramuli j uni ores tomentoso - incani. Folia alterna- 
tim dissita, in ramulorum apicibus confertiora, in petiolum subtus eonvexiuseu- 
lum, supra canaliculatum angustata, juxta jieryum medianum vix infra pa- 
rum prominente, superne parum impressa, recentiora utrinque concolorn. 
adulta superne brunnescentia ideoque in pagina inferiore palliuiora apparent. 
1 lores hucusque ignoti. Fructus capsularis, elliptico-vel ovoideo-vel oho- 
vato - compressiusculus, ad 8 tineas longus, 5 lin. latus, ultra 3 lin. diametro 
transversal^, aurantiacus, rugulosus, opacus, in valvas 2-3 deliiscens, valvis 
fere ultra lineain crassis, coriaceo-lignosis, patenti-reflexis, intus aurantiacis. 
verniceo -nitidis , semisepto margine utrinque alternatim seminifero. Semina 
ovata vel sub glob os a, angulato - compressa , diametro lineali, testa purpie 
rascente, nitida, glaberrima. Embryo in fundo albuminis solidi durioris albiili 
prope umbilicum situs, minimus, orthotropus, incompletus, mere cellulosus. 
