ARALIACEJS. mq 



2. Hedera Lessoni. 



Panax? Lessoni, DC. Prodr. 4, p. 253. 



Cussonia Lessonii, A. Rich. Fl. N. Zel. p. 285, t. 32; A. Cunn. Bot. N. Zeal. 1. e. 



Aralia Lessoni, Hook. f. Fl. N. Zeal, p. 96. 



HAB- Tippona, New Zealand. 



The short styles are united nearly or quite to the summit ; the five 

 stigmas at length radiate-spreading. 



* * Sandwicenses (foliis plerisque oppositis). 



3. Hedera Gaudichaudi, (Tab. 90.) 



H. arborescens ; foliis plerisque oppositis quinquefoliolatis passim tri- 

 foliolatis longe petiolulatis ovalibus seu elliptlcis cartilagineo-serratis 

 serrulatisve ; umbellulis in paniculam thyrsiformem confertis ; stigma- 

 tibus pyrenisque 3-5, 



Aralia trigyna, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Toy. p. 474, t. 98. 



Panax? Gaudichaudi, DC. Prodr. 4, p. 253; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 84, 



Var. /3. foliolls scepius 3 subovatis vix denticulatis seu integerrimis, 



Panax? ovatum, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 84. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands : Hawaii ; in forests, at the base of Monna 

 Loa and Mouna Kea : Oahu ; on the Kaala Mountains. (First col- 

 lected by Menzies.) Var. /3. Oahu, and the western part of Maui. 



An arborescent or shrubby species, glabrous, unarmed, branched. 

 Leaves opposite in all the specimens, exstipulate, digitate. Leaflets 5, 

 or occasionally 3, oval or elliptical, obtuse or rounded at both ends, 2 

 to 3£ lines long, chartaeeous or coriaceous, not thickened, rather 

 sparsely serrate or serrulate with incurved cartilagineous teeth, thickly 

 feather-veined, reticulated, the lateral ones smaller, all on partial 



