Flora of New Zealand Series

Panax lessonii var. heterophylla Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 10, 1878, App. xxxv.

Type locality: Whangaroa. Type: W, Kirk Herb., T. Kirk.

Shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall, with slender branches. Lvs unifoliolate; lamina coriac., c. 4-8 cm. long, ovate, acute to acuminate, sharply serrate, on slender petioles up to 4 cm. long; occ. 3-foliolate or irregularly lobed lvs occur, with lflts c. 7-8 cm. long, lanceolate-cuneate. Umbels terminal; primary rays 3-6, c. 8 cm. long, fls racemosely arranged. Ovary 5-loculed, 5-ovuled; style-branches 5, connate, free at tips. Fr. subglobose, c. 6 mm. diam.

DIST.: N. Whangaroa North: Gillies and Kirk, Buchanan. Little Barrier Id: Cheeseman. Forest and coastal scrub.