72 AUSTBALIAN PLANTS. 



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the rachis cliannelled and transversely articulated; umbels many -rayed; 



carpels equal, semiterete. 



Hab. In the higher regions of the Australian Alps; not rare; 



5-7000 feet. 



The strange rigid foliage attracts the notice of all travellers who 



have penetrated into these mountains. 



93. Gingidium simplictfolucm^ F. Muell. ; dioecious; leaves rigid, 

 undivided, elongate-linear, articulated, perfectly blunt, somewhat chan- 

 nelled ; lower umbels few-rayed, supported by an undivided, large, va- 



ginated leaf. 



Wellin 



to the Munyang Mountains- 

 It is certainly very singular that the species of Anisotome or Gingi- 

 dium should be all endemic. Their striking feature is highly developed 

 by gigantic species in Campbell's and Auckland's Islands, reappears by 

 numerous distinct forms in New Zealand, but is wanting in Tasmania. 



XXIV. Araliace^. 



94. Panax angtistifoUuSy F. Muell. ; fruticose, unarmed, glabrous; 

 leaves simply or bipinnate; leaflets spreading, carnulent, in three to 

 seven pairs, oblong-linear, perfectly entire or sometimes again dis- 

 sected, almost veinless, opaque, above dark green, beneath pale ; umbels 

 distant in the panicle, pedunculate, many -flowered ; calyx obsoletely 

 toothed ; styles two, reflexed at the extremity. 



Hab. Dispersed through the mountains from Dandenong and Mount 



Land. 



BuflFalo Ranges 



The berries are bluish-white, like those of the following species, but 

 somewhat smaller. 



95. Panax dendroideSy P. Muell.; arborescent, unarmed, smooth; 

 leaves simply or bipinnate; leaflets in five to seven pairs, lanceolate, 

 acute, entire, opaque, beneath paler, above with prominent veins ; urn- 

 bels many-flowered, forming a divaricate panicle, which is of equal 

 length with the leaves j calyx with five short teeth; styles two, re- 

 flexed from the base. 



Hab. Not rare in the valleys of the southern and eastern ranges of 

 this Colony. 



[To be contifiued,) 



