212 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



Prodr. iv. p. 102. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 278.— Apium prostratum. 

 Schult. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 430. Labill. n. Holl. i. p. 76. t. 103. Venten. Malm. 

 t. 81. 



Rau-oroUy incol., D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Astrolabe Harbour, on granite rocks. — 

 1827, D'Urville. (Northern Island,) sea coast near Wangaroa. — 1833, 

 Rich. Cunningham. 



504. P. Jiliforme, caule prostrato filiformi, foliis longe petiolatis 3-folio- 

 latis, foliolis cuneatis apice inciso-dentatis, umbellis sessilibus 3 — 4 radiis. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 278. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Cook's Strait, in swamps.— 1827, D'Ur- 

 ville. (Northern Island.) On rocks, washed by salt water, Wangaroa, — 1833, 

 R. Cunningham. 



3. Ligusticum, L. Koch, Umb. 



505. L. Aciphylla, caule vaginato, foliis flabelliformibus multifido-com- 

 positis, laciniis linearibus rigidis integerrimis nervosis pungentibus, meri- 

 carpiis 3-costatis. Spreng. in Sch. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 554. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 159. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 274. — Aciphylla squarrosa. Forst. Gen. 

 t. G8. Laserpitium aciphyllum. L. Suppl. Forst. Prodr. n. 139. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Shores of Queen Charlotte's Sound. — 

 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. Ex Icone certe non est Laserpitium ! An proprium genus ? DC. 



506. L. Gingidium, caule striato, petiolis vaginantibus laxis, foliis pinna- 

 tisectis, segmentis suboblique cordatis oblongo-ovatis obtusis crenatis ner- 

 vosis. DC. Prodr. iv. p. 159. Sch. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 552. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 276. Gingidium montanum. Forst. Gen. t. 21. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Mountains, near Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound.— 1773, G. Forster. 



4. Peucedanum, Koch, DC. 



507. P. ? geniculatum, glabrum ramoso-prostratum, caule tereti striato, 

 foliis alternis basi cuneatis integerrimis apice semiorbicularibus crenatis, 

 petiolo basi breve et obtuse auriculato, umbella pedunculata 2 — 3-radiata, 

 involucro 2 — 3-phyllo, umbellulis multifloris apice inflexo-cordatis. Forst. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. p. 182. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 272.— Bowlesia genicu- 

 lata. Sch. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 364. Spreng. Umb. p. 14. t. 5./. 11. 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. " Certe non est Boulesia, ob calycem edentatum, petala inflexo-ob- 

 cordata, umbellatum radiatum. Non videtur Peucedanum, sed genus fructu 

 ignoto me omninolatet." — DC. loc. cit. 



5. Apium, L. 



508. A. graveolens. L. Forst. Prodr. n. 141. DC. Prodr. iv. p. 101. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 277. 



New Zealand.— 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. II est extremement probable que cette espece a ete inlroduite par 

 les Europeens. A. Rich. Yet Forster found it wild in 1773. 



