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Nothopanaz. | ARALIACEAE. 637 
obovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, sessile or shortly petioled, 
coarsely serrate, thick and coriaceous, smooth and glossy, veins usually 
indistinct. Flowers dioecious. Umbels large, compound, terminal, similar 
to those of P. arboreum but smaller and with fewer primary rays ; secondary 
rays 4-1 in. long, pedicels short. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, slightly connate 
at the base, tips spreading, recurved. Fruit orbicular, § in. diam., much 
compressed, 2-celled, purplish-black.—Panax Colensoi Hook. Bs Fi. Nov. Zel. 
i (1853) 94, t. 21; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 102 ; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
218; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 251. 
Norra anp Sout Iszanps, Stewart Istanp: In hilly or mountainous districts 
from the Little Barrier Island and Cape Colville southwards. Usually from 1500 to 
4500 ft.. but descending to sea-level on Stewart Island. December—February. 
Very closely allied to P. arboreum, but the leaves are 3—5-foliolate (not 5—7-foliolate), 
the leaflets are sessile or nearly so, and the veins are usually indistinct. In most of 
the northern localities the leaves are predominantly 3-5-foliolate, but to the south of 
the central volcanic plateau they are mostly 3-foliolate. . ¥ ‘ 
9. N. echorant y) oi. in Journ. Bot. iv (1866) 296.—A small much- 
branched round-headed tree 12-25 ft. high ; branches stout, brittle. Leaves 
digitately 5-7-foliolate ; petioles stout, 2-10 in. long, with a broad 2-lobed 
sheath at the base; leaflets 3-7in., on petioles 4-lin. long, broad- or 
narrow-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, serrate or sinuate-serrate, 
coriaceous, smooth, veins distinct. Umbels large, terminal, compound, 
dioecious ; primary rays 8-12, radiating, 2-4 in. long ; secondary 10-20, 
4-1 in. long, each bearing a 10-15-flowered umbel ; pedicels short, slender. 
Flowers +in. diam. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, connate at the base, tips 
free, recurved. Fruit broader than long, compressed, }-4 in. diam., purplish- 
black, 2-celled; seeds 1 in each cell—Panax arboreum Forst. f. Prodr. 
(1786) n. 898; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 281 ; A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) 
n. 510; Raoul Choix (1846) 46; Hook. in Lond. Journ. Bot. ii (1843) 421, 
t. 11; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 94; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 102 ; 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 219; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 231. 
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Kermapec Istanps, Nort anp SoutH Istanps: Abundant in lowland districts 
throughout. Sea-level to 2500 ft. Whauwhau-paku. June-July. 
10. N. laetum Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z, Inst. liv (1923) 568.—A small 
much-branched tree or large round-topped shrub 8-20 ft. high, with much 
of the habit and appearance of N. arborewm. Leaves much larger and more 
coriaceous, digitately 5—7-foliolate, primary petioles sheathing at the base, 
stout, dark-purple, 5-8in. long or more; leaflets 6-12in. including the 
petiolule, narrow obovate-oblong, acute or subacute, gradually tapering to 
the base, petiolules and midribs conspicuously dark purplish-red, dark- 
green and glossy above, paler beneath, margins surrounded by a faint 
purplish line, upper 3 shallowly sinuate-serrate or dentate, lower 3 entire, 
often unequal at the base. Inflorescence composed of large terminal 
compound dioecious umbels, very similar to that of N. arboreum.—Panax 
arboreum var. laetum 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 219; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 201. A " Z, | | +o&S:> 2s, 
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Nortn Istanp: Auckland—Hills in the upper valley of the Kauaeranga River, 
Thames, alt. 1000 ft., 7. Kirk! JT. F. C., W. Townson! Taranaki—Upper Waitotara, 
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This differs altogether from N. arboreum in the much larger and more coriaceous 
leaves, which are often a foot in length and have dark purplish-red petioles and mid- 
ribs; and, according to Mr. Townson, in the laxly drooping position of the leaves and 
more finely cut serratures. 
