ARALIACEjE. n-i c 



3. ARALIA, Linn. 



The genuine Araliae (from which Dimorphanthus, Miquel, does not 

 differ) are all more or less monoeciously polygamous; the sterile 

 flowers having the pistil imperfect, and their abortive short styles 

 united. The styles of the fertile flowers are also united at the base 

 in A. racemosa, Linn., of which A. edulis, Sieb. & Zucc, the Dimor- 

 phanthus edulis of Miquel, is a strict congener ; as D. elatus, Miquel, 

 seems to be of Aralia spinosa. The A. racemosa has traces of stipules, 

 or stipular appendages, at the base of the petiole, which are not found 

 in the other North American species. 



§ 1. SCHiEFFLERA, Forst. — Arborescens; foliis mamfeste stipulatis digitatis; umbel' 

 lulis composito-racemosis ; stylis 5—10. 



1. Aralia Sch^efflera, Spreng. 



Aralia Schtfflera, Spreng. Pug. Pi. 1, p. 28; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 258; A. Rich. Fl. N. 



Zel. p. 283; Hook. f. Fl. Antarc. p. 95, t. 22. 

 Schasjftera digitata, Forst. Char. Gen. t. 23 ; Lam. 111. Gen. t. 221. 



Hab. New Zealand ; abundant at the Bay of Islands. 



The styles appear to me to be perfectly distinct (although slightly 

 elevated on a broad stylopodium), and so, indeed, they are repre- 

 sented in Dr. Hooker's excellent figure. — To Schcefflera probably 

 belongs Aralia Quinduense, H. B. K., having stipules, which furnish 

 its leading character, but do not exist in Aralia proper, except as 

 mere vestiges in one or two species. As to the styles, they are 

 reduced to five in the following truly allied species. 



2. Aralia Vitiensis, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 89.) 



A. arhorescens, inermis, glabra ; foliis stipidatis longe petiolatis digitatis; 

 foliolis 7-9 longe petiolulatls cuneato-oblongis subito acuminatis sub- 



