636 ‘ ARALIACEAE. | Nothopanax. 
simple or compound, small but often very numerous, lateral or terminating 
the branchlets, few-flowered ; flowers much as in N. simplex but smaller. 
Fruit-reniform, 4in. diam., much compressed, styles 2. Seeds 2.—Panax 
simplex var. parvum 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1889) 217; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 229. 
NorrH anD Soutu Isuanps, Stewart Istanpd: Wairmarino Forest, near Ohakune, 
H. Phillips Turner ; Mount Arthur Plateau, 7. F. C.; Otira Valley, P etrie /! Upper 
Rakaia, Cockayne ; Franz Josef Glacier, Cockayne ; Clinton Valley, Petrie / Not 
uncommon in Stewart Island, Cockayne ! Sea-level to 3000 ft. 
This was placed by Mr. Kirk as a variety of NV. simplex, but it appears to me to be 
much nearer to NV. anomalum, of which it has the setose branchlets, but from it differs 
in the larger and proportionately narrower leaves. 
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6. N. Macintyrei Cheesem. n. sp.—A much-branched shrub or small 
tree, probably not exceeding 10-15ft. high at the most, perfectly 
glabrous in all its parts. Bark greyish, that of the branchlets often with a 
purplish tinge. Leaves 3-foliclate in all the specimens seen ; petiole 4-14 in. 
long, stout, shortly sheathing at the base ; leaflets shortly stalked, 13-3 in. 
long, elliptie-oblong to ovate-oblong, narrowed to the base, acute at the tip, 
dull-green, coriaceous, sharply serrate ; veins indistinct, but midrib prominent 
on both surfaces. Umbels terminal or near the tips of the branches, uni- 
sexual; primary rays 4-7, radiating, #in. long in fruit; secondary 7-12, 
31m. long; pedicels short, slender. Flowers small, but females alone seen, 
sin. long. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, connate at the base, tips spreading. 
Fruit orbicular, compressed, }in. broad. 
SoutH Istanp: Described from specimens taken from a young tree cultivated in 
Dr. Hunter’s garden at Dunedin, and originally collected by the late Mr. H. J. Matthews 
in some locality in the south of Westland. 
Apparently nearest to N. Sinclairii, but differing in the stouter habit, leaves always 
3-foliolate and much more coriaceous, and in the much more developed inflorescence. 
I have pleasure in associating with it the name of Mr. Macintyre, formerly chief gardener 
' to the late Mr. H. J. Matthews, and for many years a most successful cultivator of 
New Zealand plants. 
Meote 6) TV. Sb: 2°77, 7 
7. N. Sinelairii /Seem. in Journ. Bot. iv (1866) 296.—A branching 
shrub or small tree 6-15 ft. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles 2-3 in. 
long, slender, not sheathing at the base; leaflets sessile or very shortly 
stalked, 1-3in. long, obovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
dull-green, coriaceous, sharply serrate; veins obscure. Umbels small, 
unisexual, axillary or terminal, 3—-10-flowered or more, on simple or branched 
peduncles 1-14 in. long ; pedicels short. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Ovary 
2-celled ; styles 2, short, recurved. Fruit orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, 
gin. diam.—Panax Sinclairii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 103; 
LT. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 219; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 2380. 
NortH Istanp: Thames goldfields, near Tairua, Adams / Te Aroha, Pirongia, 
and Karioi Mountains, 7. F. C. ; Opepe, near Taupo, 7. Kirk / summit of Tauhara 
Mountain, H. J. Matthews! forests near the base of Ruapehu, 7’. F. C., Cockayne, 
Hi. Phillips Turner! Mount Egmont, Buchanan! T. F. C.; Ruahine Mountains, 
Colenso ; East Cape, Sinclair ; Tararua Mountains, Petrie. Altitudinal range 1000- 
3500 ft. January—February. 
Very closely allied to P. simplex, from which it is chiefiy separated by the leaves 
being 3-5-foliolate, (ve 1-foliolate. 
Herde &.) | | 
8. N. Colens 43 eem. mm Journ, Bot. iv (1866) 296.—A glabrous shrub or 
small tree 5-15 ft. high; branches stout, spreading. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; 
petioles 2-91n. long, with a stout 2-lobed sheathing base ; leaflets 2-6 in., 
