422 . TWO SPECIES OF PANAX. ~ 
culi divergentes, 2-4 uncias longi, basi incrassati; scpis- 
sime dense aggregati ad apicem rami. Radii numerosi, 1-2 
uncias longi. Umbellule 10-14 flore. Pedicelli 2-3 lineas 
longi. Involucrum involucellumque nulla. Flores parvi, 
hermaphroditi v. polygami (4. Cunn.). Calycis margo ob- 
solete 5-dentatus. Petala 5 crassiuscula, apice subunci- 
nata. Stamina 5, erecta. Filamenta brevia. Anthere sub- 
rotunde. Ovarium calyci adherens, late ovatum com- 
pressum. Styli 2, breves, subdivergentes. Fructus lato- 
orbicularis, carnosus, compressus, didymus, utrinque sulcis 5 
notatus. 
Tab. XI. Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2, fruit; f. 3, transverse section 
of a fruit, magnified. 
PANAX ANOMALUM, ^. sp. 
Fruticosum, ramis divaricatis setoso-squamulatis, foliis parvis 
simplicibus in petiolum articulatis rhombeo-obovatis crena- 
tis, umbellis axillaribus simplicibus subbifloris. (Tas. XII.) 
Has. Northern Island, New Zealand. Mr. Colenso. 
Frutex. Rami insigniter divergentes, scpe refracti, atte- 
nuati, cortice cinereo obtecti, vetustiores scabrati, juniores 
undique setis seu squamis setaceis, brevibus, rigidis, appressis 
tecti. Folia parva, vix unciam longa, alterna, solitaria, nunc 
2 ex eodem puncto, brevi-petiolata, subrotunda, obtusa, mem- 
branacea grosse crenata seu obtusissime dentata, basi acuta, 
et cum petiolo articulata, dentibus minute mucronulatis : ad 
basin petioli, et ad articulum, stipelle 3-4 minute subulate. 
Umbelle axillares, solitarie, rarius bine, parve, subbiflore. 
Pedunculus et pedicelli, seu radii, vix lineam longi. Flores 
non vidi. Fructus lato-orbicularis, didymus, carnosus, com- 
pressum calycis dentibus brevibus stylisque duobus longius- 
culis recurvatis coronatus, utrinque obsolete 5-sulcatus, bi- 
locularis, loculis chartaceis monospermis. 
Among the 45 species of Panaz enumerated in Steudel's 
* Nomenclator Botanicus,” 2 only are described with simple 
leaves: namely, P. simplex of N. Zealand, already alluded 
