The mnjovity o f the species o f this geuus are South Australian and Tasmanian ; a few only are New Zealand
aud South American. In the New Zealand Flora I have pointed out that the structure o f the seed has been mis-
imderstood, and that, being plane or only sHghtly coucave in front (not, as has been described, convolute or deeply
grooved), the genus belongs to the tribe Seselinea. I m ucli doubt whether all the species here desciibed are different
from one another, but as I do not bm w how to divide them better, I have foUowed Jlr. Giimi’s numbers,— ifrri«,
glabrons or ofteu very silky in all parts. Leaves aU radical, decompound, finely cut, Scapes erect, simple or
proliferously branched, bearing one simple umbel o f sessile or pedieelled flowers, suiTouiided with a many-leaved
involucre. Calyx-limb obsolete. P eta ls often hairy, with incuiwed tips. Styles short, recui-ved. Fruit elongate,
ovate, nearly terete, somewhat laterally compressed ; mericarps semiterete, each with five blunt ribs and a single
row of vittæ in the interstices. (Name from opos, a mountain, and Myrrlds, an umbelliferous plant.)
1. Oreomyrrhis eriopoda (H o ok , fil.) ; tota appresse cano- v. sericeo-pilosa, foliis lanceolatis bi-
piunatisec tis, segm en tis lobatis laciniatisve, scapis gracilibus superne retrorsum pilosis, involuc ri foliolis
oblongo-lanceolatis, fructibus e longatis pedice llis v illosis multo brevioribus æquilongisve .— Caldasia eriopoda,
B C . P r o d r . iv. 2 2 9 . {Gunn, 4 9 1 .)
H a b . Common in grassy pastures, e tc ., in various localities, both on the mountains aud plains, Gunn.
— (FL O c t., N o v .)
D i s t e i b . N ew Sou th W a le s and South-easte rn Australia.
VTiole plant 6 -1 8 inches high, covered everywhere except on the fruit with rather silky haii-s, which are
retrorse on the upper part o f the scape, but appi-essed elsewhere. Leaves on slender petioles, lanceolate, bipinuati-
sect, the pinnules finely cut into narrow laciniæ. Scapes proliferously branched in Yictoria specimens and leafy at
the axils. F ru it elongate-ovate, on stout, villous pedicels as long as or much longer than themselves,— Dr.
Mueller sends a state o f this plant from Yictoria with verj' long, narrow-linear fruit, tliree or four times as long as
the pedicels.
2. Oreomjrrrhis brachycarpa (H o ok , fil.) ; sericeo-pilosa, foliis linearibus lineari-lanceolatisve b ipinnatisectis,
fructibus breviter ovatis pedicellis v illosis brevioribus subæquilougisve.— Caldasia brachycarpa.
Nob. in Hook. Ic . P L sub t. ccc. {Gunn, 8 8 2 .)
H a b . E levated parts o f th e Colony, as at Middle sex P lains, S t. Patrick’s Eiver, and Lak e S t. Clair,
Gunn.— {Y \. D e e .)
Intermediate between 0 . argentea and 0 . eriopoda, haring the silky pubescence less shining than in the former,
and more so than in the latter. F ru it much shorter, and leaves smaller and narrower, than in 0 . eriopoda.
3 . Oreomyrrhis argentea (H o ok , fil.); robusta, tota d ense a rgenteo-sericea e t villosa, foliis linearibus
b ipinnatisectis n itid is, involucri foliolis ovatis obtusis, fructibus sericeis ovatis pedicellis villosis brevioribus.
— Caldasia argentea. Nob. in Hook. I c . P L t. ccc. {Gunn, 8 2 3 .)
H a b . Mountainous parts o f the Colony, 3 - 4 0 0 0 feet, Middle sex P la in s, Lak e Ech o , e tc ., Gunn.—
(FL N o v ., D e e .)
A very beautiful, short, robust, alpine speeies, readily distinguished from 0 . brachycarpa, to which it is nearly
allied, by the shining, villous, silky, and silvery foliage, scapes, and pedicels.
4 . Oreomyrrhis sessiliflora (H o ok . fil. in Lond. Journ. B o t. vi. 4 7 1 ) ; laxe pilosa, foliis lanceolatis
linearibusve pinnatisectis, foliolis ovato-oblongis pinnatifldis p ilosis glabratisve, segmentis lanceolatis
linearibusve acuminatis in tegris lobatisve, scapis simplicibus v . subumbellatim proliferis, involucri foliolis
lineari-oblongis basi coadunatis, fructibus brevissime pedicellatis lineari-elongatis glabris sericeisve. {Gunn,
3 2 6 .)
H a b . Summit o f B e n Lomond and o f th e W e ste rn Mountains, elev. 4 - 5 0 0 0 fe et, Gunn.— (FL Jan.)
A more glabrous plant than any o f the preceding, with less compound leaves, and often prostrate scapes that
are umbellately, proliferously branched. The long, almost sessile fruits, distinguish it weU.
5 . Oreomyrrhis ciliata (H o ok . ill. in Lond. Jonrn. B o t. vi. 4 7 1 ) ; laxe p ilo sa v. glabrata, foliis
hnearibus lanc eolato-oblongisve pinnatisectis p in n u lis m ultijugis ovatis lineari-ovatisve laeiniatis inciso-
pinnatifidisve, segmentis ciliatis, scapo superne retrorsum piloso, umbellis simplicibus, in volu cr i foliolis
brevibus ovatis subacutis ciliatis, pedicellis e longatis pilosis, fructibus e longato-ovatis glaberrimis. {Gunn,
H a b . Subalpine places, S t. Patrick’s Biver, Arthur’s Lakes, and Middlesex P lains, Gunn.— {Y \. N o v .)
This, in its usual form, is a smaller species than any o f the preceding, witli narrower, linear, simply-pinnati-
sect, glabrous or appressed-pubescent leaves, the pinnules deeply laciniate, or pinnatifid, with cartilaginous margins.
Scapes simple. Umbels with broad involucral leaflets. F>-uU on long pedicels, elongate-ovate, glabrous.—
Mr. Gunn and Dr. Milligan have each sent a single specimen o f what I take to be a state of this species, from
limestone rocks at the Gordon River, Macquanie Harbour, with much broader, bipinnatisect leaves, covered with
spreading hairs.
N a t . O r d . X X X IX . ARALIACEÆ.
Gen. I . P A N A X , D.
Flores polygami v . dioici, cum pedicello articulati. Calycis limbus brevissimus, 5 -dentatus. P e ta la 5,
margine calycis inserta. S tam in a 5 . Ovarium 2 -4 -lo cu la r e . S ty li 2 - 4 . B acca compressa, orbiculata v.
didyma, 2 -4 -lo cu la r is ; loeuKs 1-spermis.— Fruticuli, frútices v . Iierbæ; foliis p lerum qu e B~ 5 -fo lio la tis ;
p e tiolis foliolisque a r tie u la tis ; umbe llis simplic ibus v . d e fo rm a tis ; p le risq u e unisexualibus, v ir i-
I h e Araliaceæ, which axe most frequent in humid forests, are extremely rare in Australia, in whicli respect
this country contrasts remarkably with New Zealand. The eight or ten Australian species kmown ai-e confined
to the eastern coasts and northern tropical parts o f the Continent. T avo have been found by the indefatigable
Dr. Mueller in Victoria. The genera o f the Order are now under revision by Dccaisne and Planchón,
who propose publishing a monogi-aph o f it. Panax is chai-acterized by its usuaUy unisexual flowers, which
are jointed ou to tlie pedicel, five-toothed calyx, five petals, as many stamens, two to four styles, and the
same numher o f ceUs in the ovary, and its baccate fruit. (Name from nav, eveiything, and cocos, a remedy; on
account of the supposed vktues o f some species.)
1 . Panax Gunnii (H o ok . fil. in Lond. Journ. B o t. v i. 4 6 6 ) ; frutex v . fruticulus, ramis gracilibus,
ramulis petiolis pedunculisque str igoso-hirtis, foliis petiolatis jumoribus d ig ita lis 5 -7 -fo lio la tis, foliolis
plantis junioribus grosse inciso- v . lobato-serratis pinnatifidisve, senioribus sessilibus lanceolatis acuminatis
grosse serratis, pedunculis terminalibus p e tio lis subæquilongis, umbellis multifloris, floribus gracile
pediceUatis parvis, calycis dentibus acutis, petalis late ovatis, stylis 2 brevibus erectis. {Gunn, 1 2 5 4 .)
( T a b . X X X Y I I .)
H a b . Eoad to Maequarrie Harbour, between th e Franklin and Gordon Rivers, in dense forests by
the Acheron River, e tc ., M illig a n , Gunn.— (FL F eb .-A p r il.)
A very smaU, slender, sparingly-branched bush, 2 -S feet high, m tli flexible, terete, almost leafless stems and
branches; the latter, as well as the petioles, pedimcles, and pedicels, covered witli appressed, rather rigid hairs or
setæ that tiini broivn when diy. Leaves very dilferent in the young and old states of the plants, on slender
petioles, digitate ; those on young plants have five to seven sessUe or petiolulate, spreading leaflets, 1 -2 inches long,
leaflets narrow, lanceolate, inciso-serrate or irregularly pinnatifidly lohed, lobes sometimes long and cut or toothed ;