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4. P. anomalum, ''Hook. in Lond. Journ. Bot.'' ii. (1843) 422, t. 12.—A much-branched shrub 5–12 ft. high; branches spreading at right angles, younger ones usually clothed with small bristly scales. Leaves of young plants 3-foliolate; petioles long, slender, winged; leaflets jointed on to the petiole, stipellate at the base, elliptic-ovate or orbicular-ovate, sometimes lobed, toothed or crenate, usually membranous. Leaves of mature plants 1-foliolate; petiole very short, seldom more than $1⁄8$ long; leaflet ⅓–⅔ in. long, orbicular or oblong-orbicular, rarely narrower and oblong-obovate, rounded at the tip, obscurely crenate, rather coriaceous, usually with minute linear stipellae at the base. Umbels small, simple, axillary, 2–8-flowered; peduncles very short. Flowers minute, greenish. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, free. Fruit $1⁄8$–$1⁄6$ in. diam., orbicular, much compressed, 2-celled, mottled.—''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 93; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 101; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 218.

5. P. Sinclairii, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 103.—A branching shrub or small tree 6–15 ft. high. Leaves 3–5-foliolate; petioles 2–3 in. long, slender, not sheathing at the base; leaflets sessile or very shortly stalked, 1–3 in. long, obovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, dull-green, coriaceous, sharply serrate; veins obscure. Umbels small, unisexual, axillary or terminal, 3–10-flowered or more, on simple or branched peduncles 1–1½ in. long; pedicels short. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, short, recurved. Fruit orbicular, compressed, 2-celled, $1⁄5$–$1⁄3$ in. diam.—Kirk, Students Fl. 219.