No. 2. Panax longissimum, Hook., fil.

A small tree, 20–25 feet high. Stem, 8–12 inches in diameter; bark, dirty whitish brown; branches usually collected on top of the long bare stem, in an umbellate manner. Leaves in young plants under fifteen years old, 1–5 foliolate, very coriaceous and stiff, reflected downwards, 12–24 inches long, ½–1 inch broad, linear, tapering to a point, and narrowed at bottom into a short, stout, exstipulate petiole, distantly serrate, serratures often cuspidate, very irregular both in distance and size, often large or scarcely visible, green, or dark purplish-green, with sometimes pale green spots on serrations, mid-rib stout, reddish. Leaves of older plants erect, 5–10 inches long, 1–2 inches broad, oblong, or linear acuminate, with small cuspidate serrations, or nearly entire, narrowed at bottom into a short, stout, exstipulate petiole. Umbels unisexual, terminal, thrice compound, wide-spreading, peduncles 2–3 inches long, pedicels 1 inch, bracts small, sometimes racemose above. Flowers rather large. Fruit small, globose,