218 UMBELLIFERZ. [Ligusticum.. 
1-2 in. diam., compound, the lower ones on long peduncles, form- 
ing a terminal open panicle; involucral leaves linear-subulate, 
shorter than the rays. Flowers white. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 4—4in. 
long; carpels 5-winged.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 201. 
SourH IsuanD: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson to. 
Southland, especially within the influence of the western rainfall. 1500 ft. 
to nearly 5000 ft. December-January. 
A handsome and graceful plant, easily recognised by the finely divided 
membranous leaves with hair-pointed lobes. Mr. Petrie sends a variety from 
Mount Tyndall with the lobes almost capillary, with much longer hair-points. 
7. L. brevistyle, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 95.—Stems 6-18in. 
high, slender, grooved. Radical leaves 4-12 in. long; petiole some- 
what rigid, shortly sheathing at the base; limb linear-oblong in 
outline, rarely broader and ovate-oblong, 2-3-pinnate; primary 
divisions 6-10 pairs ; leaflets cut down to the rhachis into 3-5 dis- 
tant very narrow-linear lobes +~-in. long with short acicular tips. 
Umbels few, 1-8, loosely panicled, compound, dicecious ; involucral 
bracts filiform, shorter than the rays. Fruit on very short pedicels, 
oblong, 4-4 in. long; carpels with 5 narrow wings; styles very 
short.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 202. 
SoutH Isnanp: Canterbury—Upper Waitaki and head of Lake Hawea,. 
Haast! Otago—Lake district, Hector and Buchanan! Kurow, Mount Ida, 
Cromwell, and other localities in eastern and central Otago, Petrie! 800- 
3500 ft. December—January. 
Closely related to L. Haastii, but a much smaller and more slender plant, 
with more sparingly divided leaves, smaller fruit, and shorter styles. 
8. L. dissectum, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 202.—Rather stout, 
coriaceous, 5-15in. high. Rootstock thick, covered with the ragged 
bases of the old leaves. Radical leaves 3-12in. long, coriaceous but 
hardly rigid; petiole half the length or more, with a long and 
narrow sheath ; blade ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 2-3-pinnate; 
primary pinne 4-9 pairs, 1-2in. long; secondary closely placed, 
ternately or pinnately cut into numerous linear pungent-pointed 
segments +-lin. long and about ;4,in. wide. Umbels compound, 
few or many in an open branched panicle ; primary rays numerous, 
10-20; involucral bracts linear or lanceolate, acuminate. Fruit 
linear-oblong, 4 in. long ; carpels 5-winged. 
NortH Isntanp: Mount Holdsworth and other high peaks of the Tararua 
Range, Buchanan! T,. P. Arnold! W. Townson ! December—February. 
An imperfectly known species, perhaps more nearly allied to L. piloferum 
than to any other, but differing widely in the much more divided leaves. 
9. L. filifolium, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 95.—Slender, grassy, 
very aromatic. Stems 6—20in. high, smooth, striate, often much 
branched above. Leaves 4-15in. long, thin and often flaccid; 
petioles very long, slender, sheathing at the base, sheaths short and 
broad, membranous; blade very variable in size and shape, ter- 
