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2. PITTOSPORUM GRACILE Paiicher, mss. 
Folia lanceolata, petiolata, glabra (junioribus fcrrugineo-puberulis), supra 
vernicosa, sæpius in pseudo-vérticillos approximata. Flores atro-purpurei (ex 
Pancher) ad apicem ramorum congesti, umbellatî, vèl polius subcorymbosi ; 
pedunculis elongatis, gracilibus, simplicibus seu ramosis, adscendentibus et 
apice plerumque reflexis, ferrugineo-tomenlosis; sepalis lanceolatis, acutis, 
pubescentibus. Ovarium placentis parietalibus 3. Fructus elliptico-trigonus, 
basi contractus, apice apiculatus, longe pedunculatus. 
Frutex ramosus, ramis divergentibus, patenlibus. Hab. in Novae Caledoniæ 
montibus (Pancher, 1860, n° 680) ; prope Kanala (Vieillard, n is 92,117, 
118) ; in insula Pinorum (l)eplanche, n is 457, 457 bis). 
3. Pittosporum rhytidocarpum Asa Gray Unit. Stat . explor. Exped. 
Bot. p. 228, tab. 18. 
Folia elliptica, lanceolata vel spathulato-obovata, plus minusve undulata, in 
petiolum attenuata, glabra (junioribus subtus lomentosis). Flores albi, fra- 
grantes, breviter pedunculati, apice ramorum vel in axilia foliorum interdum 
dclapsorum in fasciculos multifloros dense congesti; sepalis ovalis, acutis, 
peduncuîisque villosis. Ovarium placentis parietalibus 2. Fructus lignosus, 
bivalvis, anfraclibus irregulariter ruminatus et valvarum dorso præcipue 
lamella prominente cristatus, tomento brevi, ferrugineo plus minusve indutus. 
Pittosporum suberosum Pancli. mss. 
Frutex diffusus, dichotome ramosus. Hab., frequens, in silvis Novæ Cale¬ 
doniæ, prope Balade et Port-de-France , et in insula Pinorum (Pancher, 
n is 435, 682, 683; Vieillard, n is 71, 72, 77, 81, 86, 87; Deplanche, 
n is 455, 456). 
4. Pittosporum turbinatum. 
Folia inæqualia, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, margine revoluta plus 
minusve undulata, in petiolum sat longum attenuata, glabra. Flores albi, 
breviter pedunculati et subsessiles, ad apicem ramorum in fasciculos pauci- 
floros sicut umbellatim disposai ; sepalis ovatis, obtusis, glabris. Ovarium 
placentis parietalibus 2. Fructus immaturus piriformis. 
Arbor ramosa. Hab. in Novæ Caledoniæ montibus, circa Port-de-France 
(Baudouin, 1864). 
5. Pittosporum Deplanchei. 
Folia auguste lanceolato-spathulata, basi sensim attenuata, subsessilia, 
margine revoluta, obtuse laxeque subcrenala, mucrone brevi superata, glabra 
(junioribus ramulisque dense ferrugineo-tomentosis), bine illinc sicut verti- 
cillatim conferta, ramo nudo internodia spuria efformanle et squamas linea- 
res, deciduas, exlus ferrugineo-villosas gerente. Flores ad apicem ramorum 
congesti, foliorum novorum verticillo superiore sicut involucrati, pedunculati 
