Manual of the New Zealand Flora.

V. Pittosporeæ

V. Pittosporeæ.

56 Pittosporum patulum. — Cobb Valley, to the north of Mount Arthur, F. G. Gibbs!
56 9 bis. P. Dallii, Cheesm. n. sp.—Apparently a small tree; branches stout, whorled, the younger ones glabrous, with reddish bark. Leaves towards the tips of the branchlets, alternate or subwhorled, 2½–4 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate to linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, sharply and coarsely doubly serrate; midrib stout, prominent above; veins finely reticulate; petioles ½–¾ in. long, stout, reddish. Flowers not seen. Capsules numerous, arranged in corymbose cymes terminating the branches, about ½ in. long, elliptic-oblong, apiculate, quite glabrous, 2-valved; valves hard and woody, rough and corrugated. Seeds numerous.
South Island: Nelson—Mountains near Collingwood, Dall!
A remarkably distinct plant, with very different foliage to that of any other New Zealand species. The flowers are quite unknown.