200 UMBELLIFERZ. [Azorella. 
1. A. Selago, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. ii. 284, t. 99. — Stems 
densely tufted, branched, forming large globular masses 1~4 ft. 
diam. or more, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, imbricate, 1+ in. 
long; petiole half the length, very broad, membranous, closely 
sheathing the stem ; blade much dilated, broader than long, closely 
appressed, concave, coriaceous, 3—d-partite to the middle, upper 
surface furnished with several long stiff bristles; Jobes spreading, 
oblong, acute or apiculate ; margins quite entire, much thickened. 
Umbels almost concealed amongst the uppermost leaves, shortly 
pedunculate, 3-flowered. Involucral leaves linear, subacute. 
Calyx-teeth acute. Fruits ovoid, terminated by the elongated 
styles; carpels slightly compressed, convex on the back, 5-ribbed, 
contracted at the commissure.—Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. elxviii. 20; 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 191 
Macquarik Isuanp: Fraser, Prof. Scott! A. Hamilton! Also in Kerguelen 
Island, the Crozets, Marion and Heard I-lands, and Fuegia. 
2. A. exigua, Benth. and Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. 1. 875. — 
Small, stemless, forming little tufts }-2in. diam. Leaves nu- 
merous, crowded at the top of a short and stout rhizome, +-3in. 
long; petiole long, stout, sheathing at the base; blade minute, 
é-4 In. diam., ovate-orbicular, obscurely 3-lobed or crenate, cordate 
or rounded at the base, coriaceous, minutely papillose above ; 
margins recurved. Scapes shorter than the leaves, 3—-8-flowered ; 
involucral leaves linear, obtuse, rounded at the base. Fruit 4, in. 
long, almost tetragonous; carpels 5-ribbed, rounded at the back. 
—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 191. Pozoa exigua, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. 
Fil. 87. 
SoutH IsuanpD: Otago—Black Peak, Hector and Buchanan! Hector 
He and Mount Cardrona, Petrie ! Altitudinal range from 5000 to 
A very remarkable little plant, quite unlike any other. 
3. A. reniformis, Benth. and Hook. f. l.c. — Bright-green, 
rather fleshy, perfectly glabrous. Rhizome slender, creeping, often 
emitting short stolons. Leaves tufted, 1-2in. diam., orbicular or 
reniform, crenate-lobed, coriaceous or almost membranous; petioles 
rather stout, 1-2in. long, sheathing at the base; stipules acute or 
acuminate, quite entire. Umbels 3-8-flowered, on rather stout 
peduncles much shorter than the leaves; involucral bracts linear, 
obtuse, membranous. Fruit fin. long, linear-oblong, tetragonous, 
rather longer than its pedicel; carpels obscurely 5-ribbed.—Kirk,, 
Students’ Fl. 191. Pozoa reniformis, Hook. f. Fl. Antaret. i. 15, 
t.11; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 88. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL IsLanpDs: Hooker, Kirk ! December—January. 
