Ingusticum. | UMBELLIFERZ. 217 
4. L. intermedium, Hook.f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 94.—Stems rather 
stout, 6-24in. high, abounding in viscid milky juice. Leaves 
6-20in. long; petiole long, stout, sheathing at the base, with 
narrow membranous wings; blade coriaceous, oblong to ovate- 
oblong, 2—3-pinnate; primary divisions 5-8 pairs, 2-4in. long; 
leaflets 4-14 in. long, rather broad, ovate-triangular, cuneate at the 
base, sessile or shortly stalked, unequally cut to the middle or 
below it into broad-linear obtuse or subacute lobes. Umbels few 
or many, 14-2in. diam., compound, polygamous or dicecious ; 
involucral bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers white. Fruit $—% in. 
long, linear-oblong; carpels with 5 narrow wings, or one with 5 
and the other with 4 wings.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 201. Anisotome 
intermedia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 89. 
Var. oblongifolium, Kirk, |.c.—lLeaves narrower, linear-oblong, seldom 
more than 2in. broad; segments more numerous, crowded, narrow- linear, 
subacute. 
Sourn Isuanp: Sounds of the south-west coast of Otago, from Martin’s 
Bay to Preservation Inlet and Puysegur Point, Lyall, Buchanan! Kirk! 
G. M. Thomson! South-east coast at Catlin’s River and the Nuggets, Petrie! 
Srewart Istanp: Not uncommon, Petrie! Kirk! Var. oblongifolwm: Inland 
base of the Ruggedy Range, Kirk ! December—January. 
5. L. Lyallii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 95.— Usually taller 
and stouter than L. intermedium. Stem 14-24 ft. high, 1-2 in. 
diam. at the base, purplish, obscurely grooved. Leaves 1-2 ft. 
long, linear-oblong, 2-3-pinnate; primary divisions 6-10 pairs, 
1-4 in. long, linear-oblong; leaflets crowded, lin. long, oblong- 
cuneate, cut to the base into linear obtuse lobes j,in. broad. 
Umbels numerous at the top of the stem, compound, many- 
flowered ; involucral bracts linear. Fruit 4-}in. long, linear- 
oblong, longer than its pedicel; carpels much as in L. interme- 
diwm.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 201. Anisotome Lyallii, Hook. f. FI. 
Nov. Zel. i. 88. 
Soutu Istanp: Sounds of the south-west coast, Lyall, Hector and Bu- 
chanan! G. M. Thomson ! December-January. 
This only differs from L. intermediwm in the slightly larger size and more 
finely divided leaves, and might well be regarded as a variety. 
6. L. Haastii, Ff. Muell. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil. 95.— 
Dark-green, very aromatic. Root stout, tapering, as thick as the 
finger. Stems 1-2 ft. high, rather stout, purplish, grooved. Radi- 
cal leaves 6—20 in. long; petioles long, grooved, sheathing at the 
base ; blade linear-oblong to ovate-oblong, membranous, 2—4-pin- 
nate ; primary divisions 8-12 pairs, the lower smaller and remote ; 
leaflets $-3in. long, deeply cut into numerous crowded linear 
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lobes 4-4in. long, »~,-;;in. wide, with short or long hair-like 
points. Cauline leaves or bracts much smaller, with very broad 
inflated sheathing petioles. Umbels dicecious, usually numerous, 
