Ligusticum.] UMBELLIFER. 215 
A genus of from 30 to 40 species, widely distributed throughout the 
Northern Hemisphere, in the Southern Hemisphere confined to New Zealand, 
with the exception of a few species found in South America and one in Aus- 
tralia. All the New Zealand species are endemic. 
A. Leaves 2-8-pinnate or decompound. 
* Tall, stout, leafy, 2-4 ft. high or more. 
Very tall and stout, 3-6ft. Leaves 2-pinnate; leaflets 
ovate-oblong, decurrent at the base; lobes pungent .. 1. L. latifoliwm. 
Robust, 2-4 ft. Leaves 2- Samus ultimate segments 
linear- subulate, pungent : 50 ae -- &. L. antipodum. 
Stems 3-5 ft., without milky juice. Leaves 3-pinnate ; 
leaflets ovate ; lobes acute; petioles with a hooded 
ligule e ae Be =< re -. 3. L. acutifolium. 
Stems 1- 2 tt., with milky juice. Leaves 2-3-pinnate ; 
leaflets ovate, cuneate at the base; lobes broad, obtuse ; 
petioles without a ligule. oe be -. 4. L. intermedium. 
Stems 13-24 ft. Leaves 2-3-pinnate ; leaflets oblong, cut 
into narrow obtuse lobes... aie ate 2. oO» . Lyalin. 
Stems 1-2ft. Leaves 2-4-pinnate; leaflets cut into 
narrow-linear piliferous lobes. Styles slender.. -. 6. L. Haastiz. 
** Small, 4-15in. high, rarely taller. 
Slender, 5-15in. Leaves flaccid, 2-pinnate; leaflets cut 
into filiform hair-pointed lobes. Styles short -. 7. L. brevistyle. 
Stout, 5-15in. Leaves coriaceous, 2—3-pinnate; leaflets 
cut into linear rigid and pungent ‘lobes 8. L. dissectum. 
Very slender, 5-15in. Jeaves membranous, 2— a -ternately 
divided ; leaflets few, flat, linear or filiform, acute -. 9. L. filifolium. 
Stout, 2-6 in. Leaves deltoid, membranous, 2-ternately 
divided ; leaflets cuneate- deltoid, deeply incised 10. L. deltoideum. 
Stout, thick, and fleshy, 3-6 in. Leaves few, 2-3- -ternately 
multifid. Involucral bracts like the leaves, very large, 
overtopping the umbel si ae ae -- ll. L. carnosulum. 
‘Slender, spreading, 6-12in. Leaves 1-2-pinnate ; leaflets 
distant, cut into narrow-linear acute lobes. Umbels 
simple, 6-10-flowered ac a us -. 12. L. patulum. 
B. Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate. 
Stout, 8-24in. Leaflets large, ovate-deltoid, toothed or 
lobed ; lobes piliferous : . 13. L. piliferum, 
Slender, 2-12in. Leaflets small, corbicular or ‘flabellate, 
toothed or incised .. 14. L. aromaticum. 
Small, densely tufted, 1-3 in. “Leaves imbricate ; leaflets 
palmately 3-6- lobed, bristle-pointed . . 15. L. imbricatum. 
Stout, depressed, 3- 4in. Leaflets glaucous, ovate, sharply 
toothed or lobed .. - 16. L. Enysiv. 
Minute, 4-2in. Leaflets 1- 2 pairs, flabellate, ‘entire or 
obscurely crenate - we .. 17. L. flabellatum. 
1. L. latifolium, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 94.—Tall, stout, 
erect, coriaceous, 3-6ft. high or more. Stem frequently 3-4 in. 
diam. at the base, grooved. “Radical leaves 1-2 ft. long, coriaceous, 
deep shining green; petioles long, $-1 in. diam. , broadly sheathing 
at the base; ‘blade ovate in outline, 2-pinnate primary divisions 
2-6 in. long, linear-oblong ; secondary obliquely ovate-oblong with 
