Panax. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. “ Be 
This elegant erect shrub, was introduced into the Bo- 
tanic Garden near Calcutta from the Moluccas in 1798, 
and in April 1800 blossomed for the first time. There 
were only two plants originally, and both completely 
hermaphrodite. 
Trunk straight, but short, soon dividing into many 
branches ; general height from five to eight feet. Bark 
dark coloured, with many small, ash-coloured, sca- 
brous dots. Leaves alternate, recurved, supra-decom- 
pound ; from ten to fifteen inches long. Pinne and low- 
_er pair of Pinnule opposite; there are generally about 
six pair of the former, but the number of the latter is ve- 
ry unequal. Leaflets lanceolate, often variously laciniate, 
serrate ; serratures ending in subulate, inoffensive points, 
smooth on both sides. Petioles stem-clasping, round, 
smooth, maculated, jointed, and swelled at the joints, 
Inflorescence may, I think it should, be called a termi- 
nal panicle, composed of numerous, small subrotund 
simple umbellets. Involucres most minute, caducous. 
Perianth small, generally five-toothed, permanent.  Pe- 
tals five, linear, first spreading, then reflexed. Fila- 
ments five, alternate with, but shorter than the petals. 
Anthers oblong. Germ inferior, generally two-lobed 
though sometimes three. Styles short, two or three ac- 
cording as there are lobes in the germ. Berry two or 
three-lobed, small, lead-coloured. | The pulp stains pa- 
ae Seeds —— 
‘Iti is readily propagated fein catings “ad hetckon: 
aay 
5. P. conchifolium. R. : 
Shrubby. Leaves simple, round-cordate, — ser- 
: rove concaye, 
- Scutellaria. HRumph. amb. 4, t. 31. ene 
Steipeatiiydenge} very erect, smooth shrub, wantivoueliep 
Moluccas, from thence introduced by wen of Madra: est : 
