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Ncthopanax fruticosum (L.) Miq. 
Nothopanax fruticosum , less commonly seen than the foregoing 
species, is a shrub three to seven feet in height with decompound 
three pinnate leaves. The leaflets and ultimate segments are usually 
very diverse in form, are pointed and sharply spinulously toothed 
to even lobed ; they are of a uniform yellowish-green color. The in- 
florescense is terminal, the flowers are numerous, and arranged in 
umbels. It is a very variable species and flowers commonly in Hono- 
lulu. It is probably a native of Polynesia. 
In Honolulu it is rarely or never planted as a hedge, and when 
planted singly assumes the form of a large globose bush. Fine speci- 
mens may be seen in the Pleasanton Hotel grounds. 
Other species belonging to this genus are Nothopanax cochleatum 
(Lam.) Miq., an erect shrub up to nine feet or more in height with 
simple suborbicular, somewhat concave saucer-like leaves. It is 
very common in Guam and the Philippines, but rare in Honolulu. 
Specimens occur on the premises of Mr. G. P. Wilder and the Col- 
lege of Hawaii grounds. 
Nothopanax ornatum, probably also A. pinnatum, and on or two 
varieties of K. fruticosum, as variety victoriae Hort., are also in 
cultivation but not at all common. 
Brassaia actinophylla Em 11. 
Plate LXIX. 
Brassaia actinophylla is a handsome tree which attains a height 
of forty feet. The leaves are composed of seven to sixteen leaflets, 
which are stalked, oblong or obovate-oblong in outline, leathery, and 
entire. The flowers are arranged in little dense heads along the 
stout rhachis of racemes several feet in length, and of which there 
are often several together at the end of the branch. The inflorescence 
is red, and the fruits contain about twelve one-seeded laterally com- 
pressed pyrenes, and are dark purplish-black in color. 
The genus Brassaia consists of this single species, which is pe- 
culiar to Australia. It is extensively cultivated in Honolulu and 
grows from cuttings as well as from seed. It makes an admirable 
pot-plant in its young state and is quite ornamental as a tree. It is 
immune to insect attacks, and when in flower is quite a showy object. 
