212 UMBELLIFERE. [Acuphylla. 
broad, narrow-linear, pungent-pointed, rigid and coriaceous when 
dry, striate, margins thickened ; petiole short, sheath narrow, rather 
membranous. Scape slender; bracts long, with broad membran- 
ous sheaths and a long simple or 3-partite pungent leaflet at the 
top. Male umbels distant or crowded, on short peduncles or 
almost sessile; females much smaller, concealed in the tumid 
sheaths of the bracts. Fruit linear-oblong, ,,-4in. long; carpels 
5-ribbed. Vitte 1 or rarely 2 in the interspaces, 2 or 4 on the 
commissural face.—Students’ Fl. 210. 
SourH Isnanp: Otago—Mount Ida and Mount Kyeburn, Petrie! Srew- 
arr Istanp: Mounts Anglem and Rakiahua, Kirk! Goyen! 2000-3500 ft. 
December—January. 
Not far removed from A. Lyallii, but smaller in all its parts, and with the 
leaves simple or 3-foliolate, rarely pinnate. Still more closely allied to A. 
Hectori. 
8. A. Kirkii, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 214, t. 17. 
—Stout, erect, smooth and polished, 6-12in. high. Leaves all 
radical, yellowish-brown, 4—9in. long, $+4in. broad or more, 
simple or forked or 3-foliolate, excessively thick and coriaceous, 
striate, suddenly narrowed into a short spinous point; sheath short 
and narrow, jointed at its junction with the blade. Flowering 
scape stout, naked below, grooved. Bracts coriaceous, spinous, 
simple or 2—-3-partite. Male umbels shortly peduncled; females 
almost sessile in the axils of the bracts, crowded, forming a dense 
spicate inflorescence 2-3in. long. Fruit linear-oblong, 4in. long ; 
carpels 4-5-winged. Vittz 1-2 in the interspaces, 4 on the com- 
missural face.—Airk, Students’ Fl. 209. 
SourH Isntanp: Otago—Mount Alta, Buchanan! Hector Mountains, hill 
near Mount Aspiring, Petrie ! 5000-6000 ft. January. 
A very remarkable plant, of which more complete specimens are required to 
draw up a good description. My only knowledge of the male flowers is derived 
from Mr. Buchanan's plate. 
9. A. Monroi, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 330.—Stems 4-18 in. 
high, densely clothed below with the remains of the old leaves, 
smooth and shining. Radical leaves numerous, 3-9in. long, pin- 
nate or 2-pinnate below; leaflets 2-6 pairs, 4-2 in. long, j,— in. 
wide, linear, pungent, rigid and coriaceous, striate; sheaths long 
and narrow, membranous or flaccid, with two subulate leaflets at 
the top. Umbels compound, forming an open branched panicle 
13-4 in. long. Bracts spreading, sheaths often broad and mem- 
branous, tipped by a pinnately divided leaflet. Peduncles of the 
male umbels 4-2in. long, females about half the length; rays 
numerous, slender, spreading; involucral bracts linear. Fruit 
1in. long, linear-oblong; carpels 5-winged or rarely 4-winged. 
Vittze 1-2 in the interspaces, 2-4 on the commissural face.— 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. 93; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 210. 
