222 UMBELLIFER. [ Ligusticwm. 
compound ; rays 2-5, slender, spreading, unequal, +-3in. long ; 
bracts 2-3, connate almost to the tips into a broad cup-shaped 
involucre. Partial umbels 3-6-flowered. Fruit ovoid, }in. long; 
-earpels with 5 obscure ridges.—Students’ Fl. 205. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Limestone shingle in the Broken River basin, 
Enys! Kirk! T. F.C. Otago—Naseby, Petrie ! 1500-2500 ft. Decem- 
ber-January. 
17. L. flabellatum, 7. Kirk, Students’ Fil. 205. — Minute, 
4-l$in. high. Leaves all radical, +-1 in. long, coriaceous, linear, 
pinnate ; leaflets 1-3 pairs but sometimes reduced to a single one, 
4-4 In. diam., flabellate or orbicular-rhomboid, rounded at the tip, 
sessile, entire or minutely sinuate-crenate; margins recurved ; 
petioles rather stout, with broad sheathing bases. Umbels small, 
‘compound, on short peduncles rarely exceeding the leaves; rays 
3-4; general involucre apparently wanting; partial involuere of 
3 broad connate bracts open on one side. Fruit broadly oblong 
or ovate ; carpels 4- or 5-winged, not seen quite ripe. 
Srrewart Is~tanp: Crevices of syenitic rocks near the South Cape, Kirk ! 
A very curious little plant, nearest to 1. Hnysii, but amply distinct. The 
3-lobed partial involucre is quite unlike that of any other New Zealand species. 
10. ANGELICA, Linn. 
Perennial herbs, often tall and stout, usually erect, rarely 
scrambling or subscandent. Leaves pinnate or 2-3-pinnate. 
Umbels compound, dicecious or polygamous. Calyx-teeth usually 
obsolete, rarely prominent. Petals incurved at the apex. Fruit 
ovate or oblong, more or less dorsally flattened with a broad com- 
missure; carpels 5-ribbed, the 2 lateral ribs very broad, forming a 
wing on each side of the carpel, the 3 dorsal much smaller and 
narrower. Vitte 1 or 2 in each furrow, rarely more. Seed much 
dorsally compressed, plane or concave on the inner face. 
A genus of about 30 species, in the Northern Hemisphere scattered through 
North America, Europe, and western Asia, in the Southern Hemisphere re- 
stricted to the five following species endemic in New Zealand. 
* Herbaceous, erect. Leaves mostly radical. 
Tall, stout, 1-2 ft. Leaves pinnate; leaflets many, 1-2in., 
crenate .. ay Bs ot 5a .. 1. A. Gingidium. 
Slender, 3-6 in. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets many, pinnatifid . decipiens. 
Slender, 3-9in. Leaves 3-foliolate or pinnate ; leaflets 
1-2 pairs, rhombeo-orbicular, crenate ae a 
bo 
bh b 
3. A. trifoliolatum, 
** Suffruticose, subscandent. Leaves cauline. 
Leaves 1-foliolate or 3-foliolate; leaflets small,}-din. .. 4. A. geniculata. 
Leaves pinnate; leaflets 2-5 pairs, large, 1-23 in. .. 5. A. rosefolia. 
1. A. Gingidium, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 97.—-A stout, erect, 
highly aromatic herb, 1-2ft. high. Root thick and fleshy. Stems 
itin. diam. at the base, smooth and striate, sparingly branched 
