Aciphylia.| UMBELLIFERZ. 213 
SoutH Istanp: Abundant in mountain districts throughout. 3000-— 
6500 ft. December—January. 
A variable plant. The leaves are sometimes uniformly 1-pinnate with 
rather broad leaflets, at other times 2-pinnate at the base with narrower 
leaflets. The female umbels are usually paniculate, but occasionally the 
panicle is somewhat contracted, showing an approach to that of A. Lyallit. 
10. A. polita, Cheesem.—Stems erect, 3-12in. high, clothed 
at the base with the sheaths of the old leaves. Radical leaves 
numerous, very slender, firm but hardly coriaceous, 2-6 in. long or 
more, 2—3-pinnate; primary divisions 4-6 pairs; ultimate segments 
very narrow-linear, almost capillary, not more than ,4, in. broad, 
mucronate but hardly pungent; petiole as long as the blade, sheath 
broad, membranous, produced at the tip into 2 almost filiform leaf- 
lets. Umbels compound, forming a loose open panicle, female 
slightly more contracted than the male. Bracts with a broad 
sheathing base, tipped with a pinnately divided leaflet. Male 
peduncles 4-14 in. long, female 4—-3in. ; involucral bracts subulate- 
lanceolate. Pedicels short. Flowers white. Fruit narrow-oblong, 
not seen fully ripe, about tin. long.—Ligusticum politum, Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 202. 
SourH Is~taAnp: Nelson—Mount Duppa, Macmahon! Ben Nevis, Mount 
Starveall, and Mount Luna, Gibbs, Bryant, Kingsley ; Mount Arthur Plateau 
and Mount Peel, 7’. #. C.; Mount Lockett, Gibbs!  4000-5500ft. Decem- 
ber—January. 
Very closely allied to A. Monroi, but much more slender, and with less 
coriaceous almost membranous leaves, which are much more finely divided, the 
segments being sometimes nearly capillary. Mr. Kirk referred it to Ligusticwm 
in the ‘‘ Students’ Flora,’’ but it must certainly remain in the neighbourhood of 
A. Monrot. 
11. A. Dobsoni, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 93.—Stout, smooth 
and shining, forming compact yellowish-brown patches 3-6 in. diam. 
Rootstock thick and woody, branched at the top. Leaves all 
radical, very numerous, densely imbricated, excessively thick and 
coriaceous, 14-3in. long; sheaths 4-ldin. or more, #in. broad; 
leaflets 3 at the top of the sheath, about equal, 1-2in. long, 
Zin. broad at the base, linear-subulate or dagger-shaped, rigid, 
concave, transversely jointed, keeled at the back towards the top, 
pungent-pointed. Flowering-stem very stout, almost as thick as 
the little finger, grooved. Umbels 4-8, clustered at the top of the 
stem, forming a capitate inflorescence; peduncles short, thick. 
Fruiting umbels densely packed, forming a rounded head lin. in 
diam. or more. Fruit linear-oblong, }in. long; carpels 4—5-winged, 
but not seen quite ripe.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 210. 
SoutH Is~anp: On shingle-slopes, rare. Canterbury — Mount Dobson, 
Dobson and Haast, T. F. C.; mountains above Lake Ohau, Buchanan! Otago 
—Near Lake Hawea, Haast; Mount Sc. Bathans, Petrie! 5000-6500 ft. 
A most remarkable plant, nowhere plentiful, and seldom seen in flower or 
fruit. 
