228 ARALIACEZ. [Aralia. 
SourH Isnanp: Coal Island, Preservation Inlet, Kirk! Srmewarr Isuanp 
and adjacent islets, Lyall, Petrie! Kirk! Var. robusta: The Snares, Kirk! 
Punui. December—February. 
Has precisely the habit of Stilbocarpa polaris, and in a flowerless state 
may easily be taken for it. The leaves are less fleshy and coriaceous, and want 
the bristles on the upper surface; the petioles are terete; the flowers reddish, 
with narrower petals; the ovary 2-celled, crowned with the very evident 
stylopodia; and the fruit is not hollowed at the apex. 
3. PAN AX, Linn. 
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves simple or more usually 
digitately or pinnately divided. Flowers polygamous or dicecious, 
jointed at the top of the pedicels, umbellate; umbels simple or 
compound, variously arranged. Calyx-limb entire or 5-toothed. 
Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5. Ovary 2- or rarely 3-4-celled; styles 
free or connate at the base, their tips free, usually recurved. Fruit 
compressed or nearly globose, 2—4-celled, exocarp succulent or 
coriaceous ; seeds 1 in each cell. 
Species between 30 and 40, mainly Australasian, Polynesian, and Malayan, 
but extending to central Asia and tropical Africa. The New Zealand species 
are all endemic. 
* Leaves of both old and young plants simple. 
Leaves of young plants narrow-linear, 5-10in. long; of old 
plants linear or lanceolate, 2-3in. .. Ses .. 1. P. lineare. 
** Leaves of old plants simple ; of young ones 3—5-foliolate. 
Leaflets 2-5 in., lanceolate, serrate. Styles2 .. s2 Qe PSUNUDIEd. 
Leaflets 2-8 in., oblong-lanceolate, entire. Styles 3-4 .. 3. P. Edgerleyi. 
Leaflets small, 4-3in., orbicular or obovate. Styles 2 4. P. anomalum. 
*** Leaves of old plants 3-5- or 7-foliolate. 
Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles not sheathing. Umbels 
small. Fruit compressed .. ua uM .. 5. PB. Sinelairi. 
Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; petioles sheathing; leaflets sessile, 
veins indistinct. Umbels large, compound .. .. 6. P. Colensoi. 
Leaves 5-7-foliolate; petioles sheathing; leaflets stalked, 
veins obvious. Umbels very large, compound oe 
1. P. lineare, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 93.—A small sparingly 
branched shrub 5-10 ft. high; branches spreading, stout and woody, 
bearing numerous simple or trifid coriaceous scales mixed with the 
leaves. Leaves of young trees crowded, ascending, simple, 5-10 in. 
long, +4 in. wide, narrow-linear, acute, gradually narrowed into a 
short stout petiole, remotely and obscurely sinuate-serrate, exces- 
sively thick and coriaceous, midrib and margins thickened. Leaves 
of mature trees 2-4 in. long, 4-3 in. wide, linear or linear-lanceolate, 
obtuse or acute, obscurely serrate, very thick and coriaceous, midrib 
and margins thickened ; petiole short, +1 in. long, jointed on to the 
branch. Flowers small, dicecious. Umbels usually terminal, but 
occasionally axillary as well, compound, shorter than the leaves; 
rays 3-7, bracteolate. Ovary 3-5-celled; styles the same number as 
7. P. arboreum. 
