218 XXXV. AEALIAOEAE. [Pmase. 



racemose panicles. Pedicels short. Calyx-teeth minute. Styles 3 or 4, con- 

 nate at the base ; tips free, recurved. Ovary 3-4-celled. Fruit spherical, 

 small, 3-4-seeded.— Handbk. 101 ; T. Kirk, Forest Fl. N.Z. t. 44, 45. 



Var. serratum. Leaves of the mature state with serrated or lobulate margins. — T. Kirk, 

 Forest PI. t. 45 A. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the Bav of Islands and Hokianga southwards to 

 STEWAKT Island. Var. serratum, Stewart Island, T. K. Sea-level to 2,000ft. Baukawa. Jan., 

 Feb. 



The leaves afford a delicious perfume, used by the Maoris for scenting oil. Some forms 

 approach P. simplex, but may always be distinguished by the more numerous styles. 



4. P. anomalum, Hook in Land. Journ. Bot. ii. (1843) 422, t. 12. A 

 bushy shrub 6ft.-12ft. high, with crowded branches divaricating at right angles, 

 setose or hispid. Leaves dimorphic : in the young state 3-foliolate ; petioles 

 slender, winged ; leaflets with stipellae at the base, jointed to the petiole, ovate, 

 sharply toothed or crenate : in the mature state rarely pinnatifid. Leaves 

 1-foliolate, with stipellae at the base and apex of the flattened petiole, orbicular 

 or oblong-orbicular, rounded at the tip, subcoriaceous, obscurely crenate ; 

 petiole ^VD.. long. Flowers minute, in small axillary simple umbels or corymbs, 

 2— 10-flowered. Umbels rarely fascicled. Peduncles much shorter than the 

 pedicels. Calyx-teeth acute. Male flowers : stamens 5 ; petals 5. Female : 

 ovary 3-celled ; styles 2, free. Fruit lin.-^in. in diameter, compressed, 

 mottled; styles 2, recurved. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 93; Handbk. 101; Raoul, 

 Enum. 40. 



Var. micropbylluin (sp.), Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. 328, xvii. 240. Branches more slender, 

 spreading irregularly or divaricating, but not at right angles. Leaves solitary or fascicled, lanceolate 

 or obovate, narrowed below, rounded at apex, Rinuate-crenate. Flowers and fruit as in the type. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands: from Whangaroa North to Southland. Ascends to 2,000ft. 

 Wawa-paku. Dec, Jan. 



A singular plant. In some seasons two or three late flowers are produced at the base of the 

 umbels after the fruit is fully formed. The typical plant is found from the Waikato northwards, and 

 passes into the common form by insensible gradations. 



5. P. Colensoi, Hook. /., Fl. N.Z. i. 94, t. 21. A dioecious shrub or 

 small tree, 4ft.— 10ft. high, with stout branches. Leaves on stout petioles, 

 3in.— 9in. long, with a 2-lobed sheath, 3— 5-foliolate ; leaflets sessile or shortly 

 petioled, 2in.— Gin. long, thick and coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or obovate- 

 cuneate, coarsely serrate, shortly abruptly acuminate ; veins usually indistinct. 

 Umbels terminal, similar to P. arboreum, but smaller, and with fewer primary 

 rays. Pedicels more slender. Fruit nearly orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. Styles 2, connate at the base; tips short, stout, recurved. — Handbk. 

 102. 



.Var. montanum. Spreading, slender. Leaves smaller ; leaflets usually oblong-lanceolate, 

 crenate at base, scarcely coriaceous. Umbels of 3-4 primary rays and as many secondary, very lax. 

 Flowers small. Male : calyx-teeth 0. Female with minute obtupo teeth. 



NORTH Island: from the Thames Goldfleld soutliwards to STEWART Island. Descends to 

 sea-level on Stewart Island ; ascends to 4,500£t. in the Ruahine and Tararua Ranges. Var. mon- 

 tanum : SOUTH Island : Nelson to Banks Peninsula. 



Nearly related to P. arboremn, but distinguished by the 3-.5-foliolate leaves, with sessile or 

 subsessile usually obovate leaflets and indistinct veins. 



