Schefilera.] ARALIACES. 233 
oblong- or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, thin and membranous, 
finely and sharply serrate, in young plants often irregularly lobu- 
late or pinnatifid. Panicles axillary or from the branches 
below the leaves, 8-12 in. long; branches numerous, long, spread- 
ing at right angles. Flowers small, greenish, }-1in. diam., in 
4-8-flowered umbels arranged in a racemose manner along the 
branches of the panicle; peduncles z1in. long; pedicels 4in. Fruit 
globose, hin. diam., juicy, grooved when dry.—Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 103; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 220. §. Cunninghamii, Mig. in 
Linnea, xviii. (1844) 89. Aralia Schettlera, Spreng. Pl. Pugill. i. 28 - 
A. fich. Fl. Now. Zel. 283: A. Cunn. Precur. n. 513; Raoul, 
Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 95; "t. 29} 
NortH anp Soury Istanps: Abundant in woods from the North Cape to 
Stewart Island, ascending to nearly 3000 ft. Pate; Patete. February— 
March. 
6. PSEUDOPANAX, C. Koch. 
Glabrous shrubs or small trees. Leaves extremely variable, 
simple or digitately compound, those of young plants often widely 
different from those of mature trees ; leaflets coriaceous, entire or 
more or less toothed or serrate. Flowers dicecious, in racemose or 
paniculate umbels. Calyx-limb entire or toothed. Petals 5, valvate. 
Stamens 5; anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 5-celled ; styles the 
same number, very short, connate into a short cone or column. 
Fruit fleshy, subglobose, ribbed when dry, 5-celled; seeds 1 in each 
cell. 
* Leaves of young plants not markedly different from those of old ones. 
Bronzy or yellow-green. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets 
sharply toothed, veined fs 5 dc -- 1. P. discolor, 
Dark-green. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets entire or 
sinuate-serrate, veins obscure 2. P. Lessonii. 
Dark-green. Leaves mostly 1-foliolate, with a few 3-folio- 
late ones intermixed og ee cap 3. P. Gilliesii. 
** Leaves of young plants altogether different from those of old ones. 
Leaves of young trees deflexed, with short distant teeth. 
Fruit small, tin. diam. 56 ae ne -. 4. P. crassifolium. 
Leaves of young trees deflexed, with broad lobulate hooked 
teeth. Fruit large, oblong, tin. long ac -. 5. P. ferox. 
Leaves of young trees never deflexed. Fruit large, globose, 
Zin. diam. on ; : ; 6. P. chathamicum. 
1. P. discolor, Cheesem.—A much-branched shrub 6-15 ft. high. 
Leaves bronzy or yellow-green, 3-5-foliolate, often with 1-foliolate 
leaves intermixed ; petioles slender, 1-3 in. long; leaflets 14-3 in., 
