236 ARALIACES. [Pseudopanax. 
spinous. Leaves of mature plants erect, 3-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 
linear-obovate, obtuse or apiculate, gradually narrowed into a short 
stout petiole, very thick and coriaceous, entire or obscurely toothed 
near the tip. Umbels terminal; males of 6-10 slender rays bearing 
numerous racemose flowers; females of much shorter rays ending 
in 2-4-flowered umbellules. Stamens usually 4. Ovary 5-celled ; 
styles 5, short, connate into a column. Fruit broadly oblong, large, 
+ in. diam.—Students’ Fl. 222. Panax ferox, Kirk in Trans. N.Z, 
Inst. x. (1878) app. xxxiv. P. crassifolium, Buch. l.c. 1x. (1877). 
529, t. 20 (not Dene. and Planch.). 
Nort IstanpD: Between Whangape and Hokianga, Kirk! Hast Cape, 
Bishop Williams. SourH Isuanp : Nelson—Wairoa, Hector and Kirk! Moutere 
and Matukituki, Kuk ; Motueka Valley, 7. #7. C. Canterbury—Lake Forsyth, 
Kirk! Otago—Dunedin, Buchanan! Petrie! Otepopo and Lake Wakatipu, 
Petrie ! Sea-level to 1500 ft. 
Easily distinguished from P. crassifoliwm by the large and broad-hooked 
teeth of the defilexed leaves, by the slender racemes of the male flowers, and by 
the large fruit. 
6. P. chathamicum, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 223.—A small tree 
20-25 ft. high ; branches stout. Leaves dimorphic, always simple; 
of young unbranched plants never deflexed, 2-6in. long, #-1+in. 
broad, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, coarsely or finely 
toothed towards the tip, membranous or slightly coriaceous; of 
mature plants 5-8 in. long, linear-obovate or oblanceolate, subacute 
obtuse or truncate at the apex, gradually narrowed into a short 
winged petiole, obscurely sinuate-dentate or with 2-3 coarse teeth 
near the apex. Umbels terminal: male very large, of 6-10 primary 
rays, each with 5-8 slender secondary ones 2-3 in. long, carrying 
crowded racemose flowers often mixed with small umbellules: 
female umbels smaller; rays 3-7, slender, 2-4 in. long, terminating 
in 6-10-flowered umbellules, with or without afew scattered flowers 
below. Stamens usually 4. Ovary 5-celled; styles 5, connate into. 
a short truncate column. Fruit nearly globose, large, 4in. diam., 
5-celled, 5-seeded. 
CHATHAM IsLanps: Enys! Cox! Hoho. February. 
I have seen but few specimens of this, and have consequently availed my- 
self largely of Kirk’s description. The absence of deflexed leaves in the young 
state, the larger and broader leaves of the mature plant, and the large globose 
fruit at once separate it from P. crassifolium and P. ferox. 
OrpER XXXV. CORNACEA. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually entire ; 
stipules wanting. Flowers generally small, regular, hermaphrodite 
or unisexual, in axillary or terminal cymes, panicles, or heads. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb 4-5-toothed or wanting. 
Petals 4-5 or wanting, inserted round the margin of an epigynous 
disc, valvate or imbricate. Stamens inserted with the petals and. 
