Pittosporum. | PITTOSPORACEAE. 487 
Usually epiphytical. Leaves whorled, elliptic-lanceolate, 13-24 in. ake 3 
Capsules din. diam. ~ “e = 2 .. 20. P. cornifolium. ~ 
Small undershrub, 1-4 ft. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, 3-13 in. 
long. Sepals and petals narrow-linear. Capsule $in. diam., : 
beaked a es 7 = . 21. P. pimeleoides. * 
O. Flowers in terminal compound umbels or corymbs. 
Tree with white bark, Leaves elliptic, 24in, Flowers yellow. yr 
Capsules small, in. diam. it 3 ~ .. 22. P. eugenioides. ' 
Tree 12-18 ft. high. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, sharply serrate, 
2-4in. long. Flowers white, fragrant. Capsules }in. long, 
oblong-ovoid, apiculate, 2-valved .. AA "3 .. 28. P. Dalla. + 
1. P. tenuifolium Bonks and Sol. ex Gaertn. Fruct. 1 (1788-1807) 286, 
t. 59, f. 7.—A small tree 15-30 ft. in height, with a slender trunk and dark 
almost black bark; young leaves and branchlets usually pubescent, becom- 
ing glabrous when mature. Leaves alternate, 1-24in. long, oblong-ovate 
or elliptic-obovate, obtuse acute or shortly acuminate, quite entire, mem- 
branous or slightly coriaceous, margins undulate ; petiole short. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, }4in. long; peduncles about as long as the 
calyx, pubescent, straight or curved. Sepals oblong to ovate, obtuse or 
subacute, silky or glabrous. Petals dark-purple. Ovary silky. Capsule 
Lin. diam., 3-valved, broadly obovoid or subglobose, downy when young, 
closely allied to the preceding, Dut larger anu iure LovUsL, WILL SUOULEL 
branches. Leaves 2-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate elliptic-oblong or obovate- 
oblong, acute, coriaceous, margins usually flat ; petiole short, stout. Flowers 
axillary and solitary, rarely fascicled ; peduncles short, erect or decurved, 
glabrous or pubescent ; bracts not so caducous as in P. tenuifolium. Sepals 
jhynadilkr ahlane alahrane ar ethaseant Canenlo olahoaso: valves thick and 
Z. Fl. (1906) 53. 
Pittosporum colensoi, Hk.f. P. Huttonianum 
See (Carse) T.N.Z.I. 
vol. 60 9D 5 [2-5- aa and the Patetere 
ober—November. 
by numerous inter- 
in favour of such a 
iter branches, much 
larger sharply pointed anu more CUrravcuUs-aveper grou nev swres, has a very distinct 
aspect from P. tenuifolium ; so that, notwithstanding the intermediates, | am inclined 
to regard the differences between the usual states of the two plants as being too pro- 
nounced for varietal distinction alone, and I think that Kuirk’s P. Huttonianum var. 
viridifolium is simply a large-leaved form of P. Colensoi. 
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