Pittosporum.~\ 
V. PITTOSPOREiE. 
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9. P. umhellatum, Banks and Sol.; — FI. N. Z. i. 24. A small tree, 
20-30 ft. high, everywhere glabrous, except the under sides and petioles of 
the young leaves, peduncles, and calyces, which are covered with silky fulvous 
hairs; branches whorled. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, blight green, 2-3 in. 
long, obovate- or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or acute, quite entire, narrowed 
into petioles \ in. long. Flowers numerous, rather large, nearly ^ in. long, 
in terminal umbels or corymbs. Peduncles slender, 1 in. long. Sepals ovate- 
lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse. Ovary pubescent. Capsule 
rounded, 4-lobed, size of a hazel-nut, 2-valved ; valves woody, granulated on 
the surface. 
Northern Island: common about the Bay of Islands and elsewhere, Banks and 
Solander, etc. 
10. P. eugenioid.es, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 23. A small, branching 
tree, 20-30 feet high, everywhere quite glabrous, except the inflorescence 
and at times the youngest leaves, which may have a few scattered silky hairs ; 
branches often whorled. Leaves 2-4 in. long, usually elliptical, acute, nar- 
rowed into long petioles, rarely broader and obovate, quite entire, undu- 
lated or crisped, rather coriaceous, with numerous fine veins. Flowers 
4— §• in. diam., fragrant, dioecious (more or less), males with large anthers 
and longer filaments, collected in branched, many-flowered corymbs, with 
diverging, slender peduncles and pedicels ; bracteoles setaceous. Sepals very 
variable, ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Petals narrow and spreading, recurved. 
Capsules numerous, small, | in. long, ovoid, acute, glabrous, 2-3-valved. — 
P. elegans, Raoul, Choix, 25 ; P. microcarpum , Putterlich. 
Common on the east coast throughout the islands, as far south as Otago, Banks and So- 
lander, etc. “ Bark white, resinous ; wood white, soft, worthless, even for firewood,” 
Buchanan. 
11. P. cornifolium, A. Cunn.; — FI. N. Z. i. 23. A small slender shrub, 
2-4 ft. high, with forked or whorled branches, everywhere glabrous, except 
the young shoots and inflorescence, w'hich present a few long silky hairs. 
Leaves 1-2 in. long, whorled, obovate or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly petioled, 
quite entire and glabrous, coriaceous. Flowers polygamous, on very slender, 
terminal, 1-2-flowered peduncles, dingy red, in. long; peduncles pilose, 
of the males 1 in., female in. long. Sepals very narrow, subulate. 
Petals as narrow, with slender tips. Capsule -J- in. long, broadly oblong or 
obcordate, compressed ; valves yellow inside, coriaceous. Seeds large. — Bot. 
Mag. t. 3161. 
Northern Island: eastern and southern coasts, common, Banks and Solander, etc.: 
always (?) growing epiphytically on trunks of forest-trees. 
12. P. pimeleoid.es, R. Cunn.; — Fl.N.Z. i. 25. A very slender, branched 
shrub, 3-5 ft. high ; branches, young leaves, and inflorescence loosely pilose. 
Leaves spreading, whorled, 1 in. long, -i— | in. wide, rather membranous, 
linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, quite entire. Flowers small, terminal, solitary 
or few ; peduncles 1-flowered, veiy slender, j— 1 in. long. Sepals subulate. 
Petals very slender, yellow-red. Capsule small, quite like that of P. reflexum. 
— P. crenulatum, Putterlich, Synops. Pittosp. 15. 
Northern Island : on dry hills at the Bay of Islands. I have restored the var. rejlexum 
