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Schefflera. | ARALIACEAE. 639 
generally 5-6, valvate in the bud. Stamens the same number as the 
petals; anthers ovate or elliptical. Dise large, with undulate margins. 
Ovary 5-10-celled, seldom more. Styles the same number as the cells, 
connate below. Fruit subglobose or broadly ovoid, 5-10-celled ; exocarp 
fleshy ; seeds 1 in each cell. 
As defined in the “ Pflanzenfamilien,” this is a genus of over 150 species, abundant 
in the tropics of both hemispheres. The single New Zealand species (which is the 
type of the genus) is endemic. 
1. S. digitata Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 46.—A small tree 10-25 it. high, 
with stout spreading branches. Leaves on sheathing petioles 4—9 in. long, 
digitately 7-10-foliolate ; leaflets 3-7 in., petiolate, oblong- or obovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, thin and membranous, finely and sharply serrate, in 
young plants often irregularly lobulate or pinnatifid. Panicles axillary 
or from the branches below the leaves, 8-12 in. long; branches numerous, 
long, spreading at right angles. Flowers small, ereenish, }-1in. diam., 
4-8-flowered umbels arranged in a racemose manner along the branches 
of the panicle ; peduncles Fin. long; pedicels fin. Fruit clobose, ;5-3 1. 
diam., juicy, grooved when dry.—Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. #1. (1864) 103 ; 
T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 220; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 232. 
S. Cunninghamii Mig. in Linnaea, xviii (1844) 89. Aralia Schefilera Spreng. 
Pl. Pugill. i (1813-15) 28; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 288 ; A, Cunn. 
Precur. (1839) n. 513; Raoul Choia (1846) 46; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 
(1853) 95, t. 22. 
NorrH anp Soutn Isuanps, Stewart Istanp: Abundant in woods from the 
North Cape southwards. Altitudinal range from sea-level to 3000 ft. Pate; Patete. 
February—March. 
5. PSEUDOPANAX OC. Koch. 1834. 
Glabrous shrubs or small trees. Leaves extremely variable, simple or 
digitately compound, those of young plants often widely different from 
those of mature trees; leaflets coriaceous, entire or more or less toothed 
or serrate. Flowers dioecious, in racemose or paniculate umbels. Calyx- 
limb entire or toothed. Petals 5, valvate. Stamens 5; anthers ovate 
or oblong. Ovary 5-celled ; styles the same number, very short, connate 
into a short cone or column. Fruit fleshy, subglobose, ribbed when dry, 
5-celled ; seeds 1 in each cell. 
As characterized above, the genus contains 8 or 9 species, 2 or 3 of which are found 
in South America, and the remaining 6 in New Zealand. It is mainly distinguished 
from Panax by the 5-celled ovary and 5 styles, the latter being very short and connate 
into a minute cone or column. It would form a much more natural group if it were 
limited to P. crassifolium, P. ferox, and P. chathamicum, together with Nothopanax 
lineare, which in several respects is closely allied to P. crassifolium, and which occasion- 
ally has a 5-celled ovary. 
* Leaves of young plants not markedly different from those of old ones. 
Bronzy or yellow-green. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets sharply 
toothed, veined .. Te, mt re ve .. ol. P. discolor, 
Dark-green. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets entire or sinuate-serrate, 
- veins obscure +s oe oh = i, 
Dark-green. Leaves mostly 1-foliolate, with a few 3-foliolate ones 
intermixed a we ” yy. P,? 2 o Pi -Gilliesi. 
2, P. Lessonii. 
