488 PITTOSPORACEAE. [ Pattosporum. 
3. P. fasciculatum 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-obiong 
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 }-4in. long, densely hoary tomentose, together with 
the linear bracts and ovate-lanceolate sepals. Petals linear-oblong, dark- 
purple. Capsule $-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. 
Nortu anp Soutu [suanps: Taupo, Colenso / volcanic plateau near Tongariro 
and Ruapehu, 7’. Kirk, 7. F. C.; Awatere River, Marlborough, H. J. Matthews / 
Chalky Sound, Lyall. ~~  *T2 ( 1442) A. 
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. tenuifoliwm, 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. i (1853) p. 24.) | 
4. P. Buehanani Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 725.—A shrub or 
small tree 10-20 ft. igh, with slender spreading or ascending branches ; 
young shoots and leaves silky-pubescent. Leaves alternate, 2-5 in. long, 
oblong or oblong-ianceolate or elliptic-oblong, rather membranous, acute 
or acuminate; margins flat, not waved; petioles slender. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, slender, 4-2in,. long, 1-flowered or rarely 2-flowered, 
glabrous or silky-pubescent. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse. Petals lear) 
dark-purple ; claw long. Ovary silky. Capsule less than 4in. diam., sub- 
globose, 3-valved, on long spreading peduncles. — 7, Kirk Students’ Fi. 
(1899) 47; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 54. aa: 
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flat, not waved. Flowers both terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves, . 
(1906) 54. 
