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V. PITTOSPOREAi. 
[ Pittosporum . 
Flowers not seen. Peduncles solitary, terminal} short, curved, pilose, 1-2- 
llowered. Ovary hirsute. Capsule ovoid, acuminate, % in. long, compressed, 
2-valved ; valves with the tips recurved. — P. radicans, li. Cunn. 
Northern Island: thickets at FVangaroa, 11. Cunningham ; Bay of Islauds, J. D. H. ; 
east coast ?, Edgerley. In the N. Z. Flora I regarded this as a variety of P. pimeleoides, from, 
which it differs in the much narrower, acuminate, not whorled leaves ; but more specimens are 
requisite to describe it fully. 
5. P. rigidum, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 22. t. 10. A rigid, much-branched 
shrub; branches tortuous, woody, stout, spreading. Leaves small, shining, in 
young branches sinuate-dentate or pinnatilobed, in the older narrow-obovate, 
cuneate, elliptical or oblong, \ in. long, shortly petioled, very thick and coria- 
ceous, margin recurved. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels short, downy. 
Calyx P Petals dingy-purple, nearly as long as the leaves. Capsules small, 
| in. long, broadly ovoid, acute, compressed, pilose, 2-valved, many- 
seeded. 
Northern Island : mountains, near the Waikare lake and Ruahine mountains, Colenso. 
Middle Island : mountains of Nelson, Bidwill. The calyx is absent in all my specimens. 
6. P. obcordatum, Raoul, Clioix , 25. t. 26 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 23. A shrub 
or small tree, glabrous, with divaricating, rather slender branches , bark pale. 
Leaves small, in. long, remote, or 2 or 3 together, rounded or obcordate, 
sinuate, creriate or quite entire, suddenly contracted into a very short pe- 
tiole, rather coriaceous ; nerves obscure. Flowers £ in. long, solitary or two 
together, on short puberulous peduncles, white. Sepals veiy slender, subu- 
late. Petals narrow-linear. Ovary pubescent. Fruit unknown. 
Middle Island : shady woods, near Akaroa, Raoul. 
7. P. fasciculatum, Hook. f. FI. N. Z. i. 24. A branching bush, 
with glabrous leaves and branches, and inflorescence tomentose. Leaves alter- 
nate, coriaceous, obovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, quite entire, pale 
beneath ; petioles ^ in. long. Flowers densely fascicled, axillary and terminal, 
sometimes collected at the base into a short cyme, together with the linear 
bracts and calyx densely tomentose ; peduncles 1 in. long, Sepals ovate- 
lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong, deep purple, •§ in. long. Capsule on a 
curved pedicel, £-■ f in. long, like that of P. tenuifolium, 2-3-valved. 
Northern Island : Lake Taupo, Colenso. Middle Island : Chalky Bay, Lyall ; Otago, 
Lake district, not common. Hector and Buchanan. Very closely allied to P. tenuifolium, 
but the flowers are densely fascicled, almost villous, and the leaves rather longer and more 
like those of P. Colensoi. Dr. Lyall’s and Hector’s specimens, which are in fruit only, 
have the foliage more like P. tenuifolium. 
8. P. crassifolium. Banks and Sol. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 23. A shrub or 
small tree ; branches erect ; twigs, leaves below, petioles and inflorescence 
densely clothed with a thick white or buff tomentum. Leaves alternate, 
narrow-obovate or linear-obovate or oblong, obtuse, quite entire, 2-3 in. 
long, very coriaceous, margins recurved. Inflorescence terminal, usually a 
peduncled, simple umbel, sometimes reduced to a fascicle or a single flower ; 
bracts broadly ovate, ciliate, imbricate. Flower nearly \ in. long. Sepals 
linear-oblong, with white tomentum. Petals narrow, deep-purple. Capsule 
very variable in size, nearly globose, 2-4-lobed and -valved, downy. 
Northern Island: not uncommon, Banks and So lander, etc. 
