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Fruit fleshy, 2-5-celled, 1-seeded. (Name from the Greek, signifying a remedy 

 f(yr everything, in alhision to the Chinese drug Ginseng, obtained from a plant of 

 this family, and believed by the Chinese to possess healing virtue of a miraculous 

 kind. The prefix notho signifies southern). 7 sp. 



Nothopanax lineare {The Narroiv-leaved Nothopanax). 



A shrub, 5 ft. -8 ft. in height. Leaves of two forms : (1) linear, erect 

 or spreading, 6 in. -9 in. long, J in.-g in. broad, leathery, broad, sharp-pointed, 

 with a noticeable midrib ; (2) linear lanceolate, crowded at the tips of the 

 branches, IJ in. -3^ in. long, very leathery, acute or obtuse. Flowers in small 

 terminal umbels. Fruit urn-shaped, 3-5-celled and seeded. South Island : 

 Southern Alps ; rare. Nelson to Southland. Fl. Jan. -Feb. 



Nothopanax simplex {The Simple-leaved Nothopanax). 

 A small tree, 5ft. - 20ft. in height. The most variable of all the species. 

 Leaves : (1) Ovate, serrate, on long foot-stalks ; (2) 5-foliolate, leaflets petioled, 

 linear, lobed, or pinnate-partite ; (3) 3-foliolate ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate ; 

 (4) 1-foliolate, oblong, 2 in. -.5 in. long, serrate, or almost entire. Flowers in 

 short terminal or axillary compoimd mnbels. Fruit compressed ; 1-seeded. 

 Both islands ; Stewart Island ; Auckland Islands. Fl. Nov. -Jan. 



Nothopanax Edgerleyi {Edgerlei/s Nothopanax). 



A tree, 20ft. - 40ft. in height. Leaves of two forms : (1) 3 - 5-foliolate ; 

 leaflets oblong — lanceolate, acute, jjinnatifid or lobed, purple beneath ; (2) 1- 

 foliolate, 3 in. -9 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, membranous, shining. 

 Petioles jointed to the blade, 1 in. -4 in. long. Flowers in axillary compound 

 umbels, racemose. Styles 3 or 4. Fruit small, round, purplish-black, 3-4- 

 seeded. Both islands ; Stewart Island. Fl. -Jan. -Feb. Maori name Baukawa. 

 The leaves are aromatic, and were used by the Maoris in the making of 

 perfumed oils. 



Nothopanax anomalum {The Anomalous Nothopanax). 

 A shrub, 6ft. - 12ft. high, with rough divaricating branches. Leaves of two 

 forms : (1) 3-foliolate, with stipules at the base of a widened petiole, in the 

 mature stage leaflets rarely pinnatifid ; (2) 1-foliolate, with secondary stipules at 

 the base and apex of the flattened petiole. Flowers small, in small axillary 

 mnbels, 2-10-flowered. Styles 2, recurved. Fruit ^ in. -J in. in diameter, 

 conipressed, mottled. Both islands. Fl. Dec. -Jan. Maori name Wawa-paku. 



Nothopanax Colensoi {Colenso's Nothopanax). 



A shrub, 10 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves 3 in. -9 in. long, 3-5 foliolate, with a 

 2-lobed sheath. Leaflets 2 in. -6 in. long, thick and leathery, roughly toothed ; 

 veins indistinct. Flowers in heavily scented terminal umbels. Fruit roundish, 

 compressed, 2-celled and 2-seeded. Styles 2. Both islands : as far north as 

 the Thames. Fl. Julv-Oct. Maori name, Rmtknwa, 



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