220 UMBELLIFERZ. [Ligusticum. 
Tennyson, T. F.C. ; Mount Torlesse, Haast! Petrie! T. F. C.; mountains by 
the upper and middle Waimakariri, Enys! Petrie! Cockayne! 3000-6000 ft. 
December—February. 
A very remarkable plant, which cannot be confounded with any other 
found in New Zealand. 
12. L. patulum, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fl. 203.—Slender, greyish- 
green, 6-12in. high or more. Stems erect or inclined, branched 
above, grooved. Radical leaves 2-6 in. long, linear-oblong in out- 
line, pinnate or rarely 2-pinnate; leaflets 4-7 pairs, cut down to the 
rhachis into narrow-linear acute lobes, which are again toothed or 
incised at the tips, rarely entire. Cauline leaves smaller, with 
fewer leaflets and narrower lobes. Umbels small, simple in the 
very imperfect specimens seen, on slender peduncles, 6—12-flowered ; 
involucral bracts linear, with a broad base, usually shorter than 
the unequal pedicels. Ripe fruit not seen. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Limestone clifis near Burke’s Pass, J. B. 
Armstrong! Otago (?) Buchanan ! 
There is a fragmentary specimen of this species in Mr. Kirk’s herb- 
arium, and another (without locality) in Mr. Buchanan’s. The material is far 
too incomplete to form the basis of a satisfactory diagnosis; and that given 
above will doubtless require amendment when a good series of specimens is ob- 
tained. 
13. L. piliferum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 96.—Stout, erect, 
glaucous-green, very aromatic. Root thick and tapering. Stem 
8-24 in. high or more, sparingly branched above, smooth, striate, 
purplish below. Leaves 4-16 in. long, very thick and coriaceous ; 
petioles stout, sheathing, sheath long and narrow; blade linear or 
linear-oblong, pinnate; leaflets 6-12 pairs, 4-lin. long, sessile, 
closely placed and often overlapping, deltoid-ovate or deltoid-orbi- 
cular, coarsely toothed or 2—3-lobed or pinnatifid; lobes or seg- 
ments again toothed, tipped with a stout bristle. Umbels 2-4, on 
stout peduncles towards the top of the stem, 2-3 in. diam., com- 
pound, dicecious; rays 3-ldin. long, unequal; involucral bracts 
linear or lanceolate. Flowers white, rather small. Fruit +in. long, 
ovate-oblong ; carpels usually 3- winged.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 204. 
Var. a.—Leaflets broad, very coriaceous, usually deeply 3-lobed ; the lobes 
broad, toothed. 
Var. b, pinnatifidum, Kirk, l.c.—Leaflets longer and narrower, not so 
coriaceous, pinuatifidly cut into narrower lobes. 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson to the 
west of Otago. 2500-4500 ft. December—January. 
14. L. aromaticum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 96.—Very aro- 
matic, variable in size and habit, usually from 4-12 in. high, but 
in alpine situations often much dwarfed, matted and depressed, 
sometimes barely 2in. high. Root stout, often long and tapering. 
Stem simple or sparingly branched above. Leaves all radical, 
