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Leaves alternate. Flowers solitary or 2-nate, axillary. 
Leaves 1-2 in., oblong, entire. Peduncles as long as calyx, pubes- 
cent 1. P. tenuifolium. 
Leaves 1-2 in., oblong, entire. Peduncles very short, glabrous . 2. P. Colensoi. 
Leaves 1-1 J- in., linear-obovate, serrate, bluut, very coriaceous . . 3 . P. patulum. 
Leaves 1 in., narrow, linear-lanceolate, entire 4. P. rejtexum. 
Leaves ^ in., linear- or obovate-oblong, very coriaceous 5. P. rigidum. 
Leaves x in., broadly rounded-obovate or obcordate 6 . P. obcordatum. 
Leaves alternate. Flowers fascicled or corymbose or panicled. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal dense fascicles . 7. P . fasciculatum. 
Leaves tomentose below. Flowers in terminal umbels 8. P. crassifolium. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers in terminal umbels 9. P. umbellatum. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers in terminal branched panicles . . . . 10. P. eugenioides. 
Leaves whorled. 
Leaves 1-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate 11. P . cornifolium. 
Leaves J-l in., linear-oblong . 12. P. pimeleoides. 
1/ P. tenuifolium, Banks and Sol. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 21. A busli or 
small tree, 20-40 ft. high, with slender trunk ; young shoots and leaves 
often pubescent. Leaves 1-2 in. long, broadly oblong or elliptic-obovate, 
obtuse, acute or acuminate, quite entire, undulate, rather membranous, gla- 
brous or pubescent on the midrib ; petiole short. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
on curved pubescent peduncles as long or longer than the calyx, variable in 
size, | in. long. Sepals very variable in form and shape, from broadly 
ovate to linear-oblong, silky or glabrous. Petals dark-purple. Ovary pubes- 
cent. Capsule size of a small nut, usually 3-valved, broadly obovoid, downy 
when young, glabrous and rugose w’hen old .—Trichilia monopliylla, A. Rich. 
Flora, t. 34 bis. 
Abundant throughout the east coasts of the islands, as far south as Otago, Banks and 
Solander, etc. “ Wood worthless for any purpose,” Buchanan. 
2. P. Colensoi, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 22. A small tree, very closely 
allied to P. tenuifolium, if not a variety of it, but the leaves are smaller, more 
acute and coriaceous, and not undulated ; the peduncles shorter than the 
sepals, both of which are always glabrous ; and the scarious bracts at the base 
of the peduncle are very persistent. The fruit also is smaller and rounder. 
Northern Island : east coast and interior, Dieffenbach, Colsnso. More specimens 
are much wanted to clear up this species, of which some specimens have almost the undulate, 
obtuse leaves of P. tenuifolium. Dr. Lyall’s Chalky Bay specimens, in fruit only, referred 
here in the FI. N. Z., I now think are more probably P . fasciculatum. 
3. P. patulum, Hook. /., n. sp. Branches stout, glabrous ; branchlets 
puberulous. Leaves patent or recurved, 1-1| in. long, in. broad, very 
narrow, linear-oblong, narrowed at the base, obtuse, crenate-serrate, very 
coriaceous and shining Fruit globose or broader than long, woody, in. 
diam., compressed, on a short, stout, axillary peduncle. 
Middle Island : Wairau mountains, alt. 5000 ft., Sinclair. I have but one, and that a 
fruiting specimen, of this most distinct-looking species. 
4. P. reflexum, R. Cunn. — P . pimelioides y, FI. N. Z. i. 25. A small, 
slender, much-branched shrub, 2-3 ft. high, with almost filiform, silky-pu- 
bescent twigs. Leaves numerous, patent or recurved, very slender, linear- 
lanceolate, acuminate, membranous, quite entire, in. long, i in. broad. 
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