488 PITTOSPORACEAE. | Pittosporum. 
3. P. faseieulatum Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 24.—A small tree 
10-20 ft. high ; bark black; branches spreading, glabrous. Leaves alter- 
nate, 2-4in. long including the petiole, obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong 
or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, narrowed. into a short petiole, glabrous or 
the younger ones alone very slightly pubescent, coriaceous, dark-green 
above, paler beneath. Flowers densely fascicled in the upper axils or 
terminal ; peduncles +1 in. long, densely hoary tomentose, together with 
the linear bracts and ovate-lanceolate sepals. Petals lnear-oblong, dark- 
purple. Capsule 4-2in. long, peduncle about the same length, usually 
decurved.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 20. P. tenuifolium var. fasciculatum 
T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv (1871) 262; Students’ Fl. (1899) 47. 
P. Colensoi var. fasciculatum Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 53. 
Norru anp SoutuH [sinanps: ‘Taupo, Colenso/ volcanic plateau near Tongariro 
and Ruapehu, 7. Kirk, 7. F. C.; Awatere River, Marlborough, H. J. Matthews !/ 
Chalky Sound, Lyall. T. GK hadnr). 2%. 
It is with some hesitation that I replace Hooker’s P. fasciculatum as a species. 
But it appears to me that such a course is inevitable unless both it and P. Colensoi 
are reduced to P. tenutfolium, a view which I am sure would not prove acceptable to 
the majority of New Zealand botanists. As it may be asked how far I am certain of 
the identity of my plant with Hooker’s species, I may say that I hold one of Colenso’s 
specimens of his P. viride, which Hooker selected as the type of P. fasciculatum. (See 
Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) p. 24.) 
4. P. Buechanani Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 725.—A shrub or 
small tree 10-20 ft. high, with slender spreading or ascending branches ; 
young shoots and leaves silky-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 2-5 in. long, 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, rather membranous, acute 
or acuminate; margins flat, not waved; petioles slender. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, slender, 4-$in. long, 1-flowered or rarely 2-flowered, 
glabrous or silky-pubescent. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, 
dark-purple ; claw long. Ovary silky. Capsule less than din. diam., sub- 
globose, 3-valved, on long spreading peduncles.— 7. Kirk Students’ FI. 
(1899) 47; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 54. | ~. 
Nort istanD: Auckland—Kaitaia and Mangonui, Buchanan / Taranaki—Near 
Mount Egmont, Hector! Wellington—In several localities, 7’. Kirk ! 
This appears to be a rare and local species closely allied to P. fasciculatum, and 
chiefiy separated from it by the longer and narrower leaves, long peduncles, narrower 
flowers, and smaller spreading capsules. I have seen no specimens except those quoted 
above, which are very poor and imperfect, and can offer no additional information to 
that given in the first edition of this work. 
5. P. intermedium 7. Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. iv (1872) 266.— 
A small tree, in habit and foliage much resembling large specimens of 
P. tenuifolium ; bark black; young shoots and leaves pubescent. Leaves 
15-2 in. long, obovate or eiliptic-obovate, obtuse or subacute, submem- 
branous or slightly coriaceous, narrowed into rather long petioles ; margins 
flat, not waved. Flowers both terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves, 
solitary or in 2-3-flowered clusters; peduncles short, pubescent. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse or subacute, silky. Capsules usually terminal, large, nearly 
qin. diam., broadly ovoid or ebovoid, downy, 2-3-valved; peduncles 
stout, decurved. — Students’ Fl. (1899) 48; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
(1906) 54. 
