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branched, bark greenish or dirty brown. Leaves in young plants under 20 
years of age 1-5 foliolate, very coriaceous and stiff, reflected downwards, 
12-18 inches long, 1 inch broad, linear and enlarged at top, narrowed at 
bottom into short, stout, exstipulate petiole, deeply, distantly sinuate-serrate, 
serratures cuspidate, variegated in colour, purplish below, dark green above, 
with pale green spots on the base or point of each tooth, mid-rib stout, 
reddish. Leaves of old plants erect, 4-6 inches long, 4 inch broad, linear, 
quite entire, with a few sinuate serratures on the obtuse top, or serrated, 
narrowed at bottom into a short, stout, exstipulate petiole. Umbels uni- 
sexual, terminal, twice compound, peduncles of fruiting umbels 3-1 inch 
long, male racemose umbels 1-2 inches long, pedicles very short, bracteate. 
Flowers small, largest in the fruiting umbels. Fruit large, globose when 
fresh, 1 inch diameter, 5-celled. Styles 5, connate into a cone, with their 
summits free and re-curved. 
Common near Dunedin and Nelson. This species is of very slow growth. 
A young plant, 12 inches high, was removed from the bush, Anderson Bay, 
near Dunedin, in 1856, and planted in the North East Valley by myself. 
The stem is now, in 1876, only 10 feet high and 2 inches diameter at base, 
and it has not yet flowered or acquired the upright foliage. 
This species will be distinguished from Panaw longissimum, Hook., fil., 
by the deep sinuations in the leaves of young plants, the small compact 
twice compound umbels, 5-celled large fruit, and racemose male umbels. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XX. 
Fig. 1. Plant, nat. size. Fig. 2. Fruit, nat. size. Fig. 3. Section of fruit enlarged. 
No. 2. Pana« longissimum, Hook., fil. 
A small tree, 20-25 feet high. Stem, 8-19 inches in diameter; bark, 
dirty whitish brown; branches usually collected on top of the long bare 
stem, in an umbellate manner. Leaves in young plants under fifteen years 
old, 1-5 foliolate, very coriaceous and stiff, reflected downwards, 12-24 
inches long, 1-1 inch broad, linear, tapering to a point, and narrowed at 
bottom into a short, stout, exstipulate petiole, distantly serrate, serratures 
often euspidate, very irregular both in distance and size, often large or 
scarcely visible, green, or dark purplish-green, with sometimes pale green 
spots on serrations, mid-rib stout, reddish. Leaves of older plants erect, 
5-10 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, oblong, or linear acuminate, with small 
cuspidate serrations, or nearly entire, narrowed at bottom into a short, 
stout, exstipulate petiole. Umbels unisexual, terminal, thrice compound, 
wide-spreading, peduncles 2-8 inches long, pedicels 1 inch, bracts small, 
sometimes racemose above. Flowers rather large. Fruit small, globose, 
