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2. Panax sambucifolium, Sieber. 



Panax sambucifolium, Sieber, PL Exsic. N. Holl. 2, no. 256; DC. Prodr. 4, p. 255. 



Hab. New South Wales ; probably gathered in the neighbourhood 

 of Sydney. 



3. Panax Samoense, Sp. Nov. 



P. fruticosum, inerme, gldbrum; foliis simpliciter imparipinnatis ; folio- 

 lis 11-15 ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis 

 membranaceis integerrimis ; umbellis bis terve compositis corymbosis; 

 stylis 2 ; fructibus plano-compressis. 



Hab. Samoan or Navigators' Islands ; on Savaii and Tutuila. 



This is said to form a shrub, from 6 to 12 feet in height, and is 

 glabrous and unarmed. The alternate leaves are apparently all simply 

 pinnate; the stout petiole and rhachis a foot or two in length. 

 Leaflets 11 to 15, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 

 rounded or obscurely cordate at the base, 5 to 8 inches long, on foot- 

 stalks of half an inch long, membranaceous, sparingly feather-veined. 

 Inflorescence terminal, ample, corymbosely umbellate-compound, or 

 decompound; the ultimate umbelets 10-20-flowered ; the pedicels 

 filiform. Flowers dioecious; the male flowers destitute of styles. 

 Fertile flowers with 2 short styles. Fruit flat, apparently even when 

 ripe, 4 lines in diameter, orbicular, slightly emarginate at both ends, 

 perhaps nearly dry. 



4. Panax arboreum, Forst. 



Panax arboreum, Forst. Prodr. Fl. Ins. Austr. p. 75; A. Cunn. Bot. N. Zeal, in 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 2, p. 213; Hook. Land. Jour. Bot. 2,.p. 421, t. 11; Hook. f. Fl. 

 N. Zeal. p. 94. 



Hab. New Zealand; at the Bay of Islands. 



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