Colensoane. N. O. Aralincess = 
TABS. DLXXXIII, DLXXXIV. 
ARALIA CRASSIFOLIA. Sol. 
Arbor, foliis polymorphis coriaceis dentatis obtusis nunc sim- 
plicibus cuneato-oblongis nunc lineari-oblongis elongato- 
attenuatis nunc bi-trifoliatis, floribus racemosis, racemis 
simplicibus compositisque umbellatis. 
Aralia crassifolia. Sol. in A. Cunn. Bot. of N. Zeal. in Ann. 
Nat. Mist. v. 2, p. 214. 
Aralia heterophylla. A. Cunn. Mst. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island, Sir Jos. Banks. Shaded 
woods on the shores of the Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &e, 
R. and A. Cunningham, Mr. Colenso. Waihaké, Dr. Sinclair. 
Hokianga, Edgerley. Chatham Island, Dr. Dieffenbach. 
A tree, according to Mr. A. Cunningham, from 20 to 30 feet 
high, with alternate leaves of a thick firm and coriaceous texture, : 
but extremely variable in form. Our flowering specimens have 
them 6-8 inches long, oblong-cuneate, obtuse, variously sinuato- — 
dentate, tapering into a short thick footstalk. Other leaves 
are sent with the specimens, taken probably from another part 
of the plant (indeed they are all of this kind on our young Tnoing 
plants), narrow, and very much elongated, from 10 inches » 
2 feet long, brownish purple, blotched with green: other ee | 
again, which Mr, Cunningham says are from the adult plant, | 
are bi- trifoliolate, with leaflets long and narrow, like the leaves — 
last described. Flowers numerous. Limb of the calyx almost : 
none. Petals ovato-cordate, coriaceous. Stamens 5. Style 
short. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruit the size of a small pea. 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same fully expanded. f. 3. Racem@ — 
of fruit, nat. size. f. 4. Single fruit. f. 5. The same cut through sg 
transversely. /.6. Seed :—all but f. 3 magnified. : 
