486 : PITTOSPORACEAE. [ Pittosporum. 
PITTOSPORUM Banks. | 1&4 , 
Trees or shrubs, glabrous or tomentose. Leaves alternate or subverti- 
cillate, usually entire, rarely sinuate-toothed or lobed. Flowers axillary 
or terminal, solitary or in fascicles, umbels, or corymbs. Sepals free or 
connate below. Petals 5, with erect claws, often connivent below ; tips 
recurved. Stamens 5, erect; filaments subulate ; anthers 2-celled, in- 
trorse. Ovary incompletely 2-4-celled; style short. Capsule globose, 
ovoid or obovoid, l-celled ; valves 2-4, hard and woody, bearing the placentas 
along the centre. Seeds immersed in a viscid fluid. 
A genus of between 60 and 70 species, found in Africa, subtropical Asia, Australia, 
the Pacific islands, and New Zealand. All the New Zealand species are endemic, and 
most of them are confined to the North Island. The flowers are frequently polygamous 
or even unisexual. 
A. Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled ; sometimes terminal, but in that case axillary 
flowers are present as well, (Flowers often strictly terminal in P. divaricatum. ) 
Leaves 1-2in., obtuse or acute, thin, margins waved. Flowers 
solitary. Capsules }in. diam., valves thin .. ns 
Leaves 2-3in., acute, coriaceous, margins flat. Flowers usually 
solitary. Capsules }in. diam., valves thick and woody .. 2. P. Colensor. 
Flowers in axillary and terminal fascicles, otherwise as in P. Colensot 3. P. fasciculatum 
1. P. tenwifolium. ~ 
3 new species of the genus Pittosporum 
described by Laing and Gourlay. T eae ee 
Vol, 65, De 46. 
P. erassicaule, (Che) Leing and Gourley. 
P, anomelun, Leing and Gourlay. 
P, tineare, Laing and Gourley. 
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ferruginous tomentum. Capsules broadly ovoid, } in. diam., 
2-valved Lye ; . 10. P. ellepticum. 
Leaves linear or linear-oblong, entire, lobed, or pinnatifid. Umbels 
4-8-flowered. Capsules } in. diam., globose, 2-valved .. Ll. P. patulum. 
Juvenile plant with divaricating branches. Adult leaves linear- | 
or oblong-spathulate. Cansules +-+in, diam. ep os 42: P. Tornen 
Leaves elliptic-ob. 
pinnatifid on you 
Capsules 4in. dis 
Leaves linear-oblon 
Capsules 2 in. lor 
Leaves oblong or o 
flat. Capsules 4 
Leaves linear-obov 
recurved. Capst 
Leaves eliiptic-obe 
flat. Capsules # _~ , | : | 
Leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate, glabrous. Umbels many- 
flowered. Capsules small, }in. diam., tetragonous or 4-lobed, J 
2-valved 2 os +s ar rae .. 18. P. umbellatum. 
Leaves linear-obovate, 2-4in., glabrous. Flowers yellow. Cap- 
sules large, elliptic-oblong, 14 in. long, 2-valved ne .. 19. P. Kirku. 
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