294 REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACES. 
given was admitted by him, unaltered, in his ‘Flora of Dutch India ; but 
in the Supplement of that work he amplified it so far as to admit a 
Hederacea with 5-7 styles, which he named W. fricochleatum. In ` 
another more recent publication (Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. vol. i.), he 
rejects the genus altogether, and refers all the species once more to the 
old Linnean genus Panaz. 1 think Nothopanax ought to be upheld, 
and be restricted to the dicarpous (by excess tricarpous) species. The 
5-carpous plant Miquel referred to it I consider to Polyscias pinnata, 
Forster. With Panax, as I understand the genus, Nothopanax has but 
distant relationship. The genus now comprises. twenty-one species, 
but it is quite possible that some of them will have to be rejected when 
better specimens can be examined. I more than half suspect that N. 
(?) obtusum, of which I have not seen a specimen, may belong to my 
new genus Heteropanaz, which is founded upon the East Indian Panag 
fragrans, Roxb. What I have seen in herbaria under the name of 
Panag pinnatum, Lam., is certainly a species of Arthrophyllum, a ge- 
-nus easily known by its 1-celled ovary; and Miquel’s description of 
“ Panax pinnatum,” given in the Annales above quoted, must refer to a 
. different plant, perhaps a genuine Nothopanax. I have also my suspi- 
cion about JV. cochleatum (known to me only from books). It has 
simple leaves, whilst all the other species of the genus have compound 
ones. Most of the species have a very strong smell of aniseed and 
-celery,—hence the name of “ Celery-tree ” is given to N. elegans, Seem., 
-by the Queensland colonists. 
* Folia decomposite tripinnata. 
- 1. N. fruticosum, Mig. in Bonpl. 1856, p. 139; Fl. Ned. Ind. l. c. 
p- 165.— Panaz fruticosum, Linn. Spec. p. 1515 ; Wight, Icon. t. 573. 
(Seemann !), Wallis Island (Sir E. Home !), Viti Islands (Seemann ! 
n.204). Much cultivated about houses by all Malayan and Polynesian 
ces. 
2. AN. (7) obtusum, Miq. in Bonpl. 1856, p.139; FL Ned. Ind. l. c. 
p. 166.— Panas obtusum, Bl. Bijdr. p. 890; Miq. Ann. Lugd. Bat. 
vol, i. p. 15.— Western Java (Blume!). Perhaps a species of Hetero- 
panas. 
3. N. elegans, Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 114.— Panax elegans, Fraser, mss. 5 
