Flora of New Zealand Series

Panax sinclairii Hook. f. Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 103.

Nothopanax sinclairii (Hook. f.) Seem. in J. Bot., Lond. 4, 1866, 296.

Type locality: Ruahine Range. Type: K, Colenso, 4104.

Seedlings with simple broadly ovate to oblong serrate lvs, passing quickly into trifoliolate stage, remaining trifoliolate in the completely adult state; lflts elliptic to broad-lanceolate or obovate, acute, coarsely and sharply serrate. Fls and frs similar to simplex var. simplex.

DIST.: N. Lowland to montane forest from lat. 37° southwards.