4. Panax Edgerleyi, Hook. fil.; arborca, foliis longe petiolatis simplicibus 1-foliolatis (junioribus
3-foliolatis), foliolis magnis ellipticis lanceolatis lineari-oblongisve acuminatis integerrimis coriaceis lucidis,
umbeUis axillaribus terminalibusqiie, umbellulis S-lO-iloris, ovarii loculis stylisque 3-4.
H a b . Nortliern Island; mountainous parts of the interior, Edgerley, Colenso. Jliddle Island; Nelson,
Bidwill; Port Preservation, Nat. name, “ Rau-Raua," Edgerley.
This fine species is very similar to P. simplex, but may be recognized at once by its larger foliage, of which the
leaflets vary iu breadth and in length from 3 to 9 inches, aud are quite entire, and by the three- to four-celled ovary,
three to four styles, and consequently three- to foiu'-celled and -seeded fruit. Mr. Colenso sends a seedling plant
with flve-foliolate leaves, and deeply sinuato-pinnatifid leaflets, as belonging to this plant, just as Mr. BidwUl does
(apparently the same seedlings) for P. simplex. This is a point left for the investigation of the colonist. P. Edgerleyi
would by some botanists be placed in Aralia, on account of the three- to four-celled ovarium, etc.; but its nearest,
and indeed very near, ally is P. simplex. Mr. Edgerley remarks, that the natives rub then* bodies with the fragrant
leaves, whence the native name.
§ c. Leaves Z-1-foliolate. Petioles with sheathing stipules.
.5. Panax arhorea, Eorst.; arborea, robnsta, foliis longe petiolatis stipulatis 5-7-foliolatis, foliolis
petiolatis late v. anguste oblongis subacutis grosse sinuato-dentatis valde coriaceis, umbellis amplis terminalibus
axillaribusque longe pedunculatis compositis radiatis, umbellulis multifloris, floribus dioicis,
stylis 2. Forst.Brodr. BC. Prodr. A. Rich. Elora. A. Cmin.Prodr. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. 2. p . '
421. t. 11.
H a b . Tliroughout the Islands, abundant, Forster, etc. Nat. names, “ Wawa-Paku,” R. Cunn.;
“ Whan-whau Paku,” Colenso. (Cultivated in England.)
A robust tree, 12-30 feet high. round, as thick as the finger. stout, 4-8 inches long, with a •
broad base, and large adnate sheathing stipules. Leaflets five to seven, veiy^ coriaceous, glossy, 4-6 inches long,
on petioles 4-1 inch, oblong, variable in breadth, deeply sinuato-serrate. Inflorescence unisexual, very spreading,
of eight to twelve radiating peduncles, sometimes collected on a common stout peduncle, all of about equal length,
1-4 inches long, bearing about twelve pedicellate eight- to ten-flowered umbels, collected into a globose head.
Peduncles 2-4 lines long. Styles and cells of the ovaiy two.—The young inflorescence is, when in bud, enclosed in
thick, brown, imbricating, gummy scales; and similar ones form a covering or involucre to the partial umbels. All
are veiy deciduous.
6. Panax Colensoi, Hook, fil.; arborea, robnsta, foliis longe petiolatis stipulatis 3-7-foliolatis, foliolis
sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis subacutis grosse sinuato-dentatis valde coriaceis, umbellis terminalibus lateralibusque
pauciradiatis, floribus dioicis, stylis 2. T a b . XXI.
H a b . Northern Island. Ruahine mountains, and Tararua, Colenso. Southern Island, Herb.
A. Richard.
A shrub 6-15 feet high. In most respects this closely resembles the P. arhorea, but the leaflets are sessile ou
the petiole, and the umbels are fewer-flowered and less effuse. In other respects these two species are so alike that
this requires no further description. Mr. Colenso sends a specimen with the leaflets deeply pinnatifid, and the lobes
dentate, as the young state of this. Its petioles are not stipulate.—P l a t e XXL Pig. 1, young plant; 2, male
umbel; 3, 4, male flowers ; 5, 6, female flowers ; 7, female umbel; 8, fruit:—all hut fig. 1, 2, and 7 magnified.
Gen. II . ARALIA, L.
Flores monoici v. polygami. Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, limbus obsoletus v. dentatus. Petala 5,
valvata. Stamina 5, filamentis brevibus. Ovarium .5-IO-loculare; stylis 5-10, liberis v. coadunatis.
Bacca 3-10-locularis.
This genus, in its present state, contains a heterogeneous mass of Araliacece, and is only distinguished from
Panax (as that genus is now defined) in the many-celled ovary and many styles. A thorough revision of the
Natural Order would probably lead to the establishment of several genera upon habit and inflorescence. It is found
in various parts of the Old and New World, and in both temperate and tropical climates. (Name, Canadian for
one of the genus.)
§ a. STILBOCA.RPA. Ilerhaceous. Leaves stipulate. Inflorescence umbellate; styles and stylopodia separate.
1. A r a l i a H o m b . et J a c q .; polygama, herbácea, caule foliisque setis moUibus laxis obsitis,
foliis maxirais simplicibus longe petiolatis orbiculari-reniformibus multilobatis profunde cordatis dentatis
fiabellatim nervosis, umbellis maximis compositis densifioris partialibus multiradiatis globosis, petalis late
oblongis obtusis, fructibus depresso-sphmricis exsuccis atris nitidis 3-4-locularibus. Homh. et Jacq. Voy.
au Pule Sud, t. 2. F l. Antaret. p . 19. Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 744.
H a b . Southern Island, Lyall.
A very magnificent plant, originally found abundantly in Lord Auckland’s Group, where it appears to attain
much greater luxuriance than in New Zealand, forming a rounded, bushy, herbaceous, annual-stemmed plant, with
masses of green foliage and flowers, 4-5 feet high. Stem thick, hollow, stout, much branched, covered, as well as
the leaves, with soft setse. Petioles 1-3 feet long, stout, with a ligulate leafy stipule at the base, as broad as two
fingers, truncate and toothed, and lobed. Leaf orbicular-reniform, 1-3 feet across, witb mauy shallow lobes and
sharp teeth, many-nerved, glossy, coriaceous, deeply cordate at the base. Inflorescence very compound, of many
globose umbels, iiTCgularly involúcrate; involucres leafy. Flowers unisexual, yellow, numerous, dense. Petals
broadly obovate-spathulate, patent. Stylopodia three to four, reniform, distant, placed in a sunk area at tbe top of
the ovary; styles very short, recurved. Berries dry, jet-black, size of a tare, depressed, with a broad hollow disc
above, three- to four-celled; cells coriaceous.—This is certainly of a different genus from Aralia proper, but in
the present confused state of the Natural Order it is not expedient to separate it in this local Flora, on grounds
which an extensive examination of the Order may prove not to be the legitimate ones. Its remote stylopodia and
styles appear the most prominent technical character, together with the habit, stipules, spongy diy black fruit, aud
obovate petals, which seem hardly valvate. I have proposed the name of StHhocarpa, iu allusion to the shinmg
fruit. I have described this as forming, in Lord Auckland’s Group, large 'orbicular masses of green foliage and
waxy flowers, and presenting a very striking appearance. The black beiTies on the withered wliite stalks of a former
year’s plant have a singular effect. The whole plant has a heavy disagreeable smell, but is readily eaten by pigs
and goats.
§ b. SciiyEPFLERa, Forst. Shrubby or arboreous. Leaves stipulate, compound, digitate. Umbels small, in large
compound racemes or panicles. Styles united at the base.
2. Aralia Schcefjlera, S p r.; fruticosa v. arbuscula glaberrima, foliis longe petiolatis stipulatis digitatis
sub-9-foliolatis, foliolis petiolatis lineari-ellipticis oblongis lanceolatisve acuminatis serrulatis lateralibus
parvis, paniculis axillaribus v. caulinis folio lougioribus, ramis primariis basi bracteolatis, umbellis 5-10-
floris breve pedicellatis, floribus puberulis, stylis 10 basi coadunatis, bacca 10-loculari. BC. Prodr.
A. Rich. Fl. A. Cunn. Prodr. A. polygama. Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Sclimfflera digitata, Forst. Gen.
T a b . XXII.
H a b . Throughout the Islands, abundant, Forster, etc. Nat. names, “ Pate,” j?. Cunn; “ Patate,”
Middle Island, Lyall. (Cultivated in England.)
A large, branching, smooth shrub, or small tree. Petioles 3-7 inches long, terete, with a broad, obtuse, adnate,
axillary, sheathing stipule at the base (as iu Panax arhorea). IjCaflets seven to eleven, radiating, petiolate, the larger
•1-7 inches loug, lateral smaller and ou shorter petioles, oblong-lauceolate in general outline, variable in breadth,
acuminate, rather membranous, veined, sharply and finely serrate. Panicles axillary or from the branches, unisexual.