Tas. 8407, 
ACIPHYLLA tarirontia, 
Auckland and Campbell Islands. 
UMBELLIFERAE. Tribe SESELINEAR. 
AOIPHYLLA, Forst.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 912, 
Aciphylla latifolia, Cockayne, Subantarct. Is. pp. 188 et 197, fig. 6; species 
ex affinitate 4. antipodue, a qua differt foliorum segmentis ultimis ovato- 
lanceolatis. , 
Herba robusta, 1-2 m. alta, fere undique glabra, polygamo-dioica vel dioica. 
Caulis basi usque 10-12 cm. diametro, sulcatus, sursum dense ramosus, 
floribundus. Folia crassa, coriacea, radicalia longe petiolata ; 30-60 cm. 
longa, ovata, bipinnatisecta ; segmenta ovato-lanceolata, decurrentia, apice 
spinosa, margine incrassata; venae, saltem in siccis, conspicuae ; foliorum 
inflorescentiae petioli latissimi, vaginati, cymbiformes, apice pancilobati 
vel dentati. Umbeliae compositae, axillares et terminales, stipitatae, 
folia paullo excedentes, multiradiatae, 6-10 cm. diametro. Bracteae 
lineares, acutae, radios validos subaequantes. Bracteolae bracteis similes, — 
flores superantes. Umbellulae multiflorae. Flores purpurei, masculi in 
vivis tantum visi. Calycis dentes conspicai deltoidei, inaequales. Petala 
ovata, medio incrassata, longitudinaliter costata, apice recurva. Carpella 
(in siccis ab ill. Hook. f. lectis) saepius subaequaliter 5-alata, interdum 
3- vel 4-alata; valleculae univittatae, vittis latis; commisura 2-vittata 
vittis angustis.—Anisotome latifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. p. 16, t. 8. 
Ligusticum latifolium, Hook. f. Handb. Fl. Nov. Zeal. p. 94; Cheesem. 
Manual, N.Z. Fl. p. 215, et Subantarct. Is. p. 408.  Calosciadium lati- 
folium, Endl. Gen.—W. Bortina HEMSLEY. 
The handsome Umbellifer which forms the subject of our 
illustration is a native of the Subantarctic Islands of New 
Zealand. This species, Aciphylla latifolia, and two other 
members of the same genus, A. antipoda and A. acutifolia, 
in association more or less with three species of the Umbelli- 
ferous genus Pleurophyllum, constitute jointly the most 
conspicuous feature in the vegetation of the Auckland 
and Chatham Islands. For the introduction of this species 
to England horticulture is indebted to Capt. A. A. Dorrien 
Smith, and the material for our plate, which was sent from 
the garden of Mr. T. A. Dorrien Smith, Treseo Abbey, 
Isles of Scilly, has come from the first plant of this species 
to flower in this country. The plant in question is a male 
specimen, and unfortunately so far female flowers are not 
December, 1911, 
