PLATE 62.—ACIPHYLLA TOWNSONI. 
Famity UMBELLIFER.] [Genus ACIPHYLLA, Forst. 
Aciphylla Townsoni, Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 1138. 
This is a comparatively recent addition to the New Zealand flora, having 
been first gathered by Mr. Townson, in the autumn of 1901, on Mount Buckland, 
the northern termination of the Paparoa Range, and situated only a short distance 
to the south of the mouth of the Buller River. Since then Mr. Townson has 
collected it on Mount Kelvin, Mount Faraday, and some others of the peaks of 
the Paparoa Range, usually between the altitudes of 3,000 ft. and 4,500 ft. He 
has also met with it on the Lyell Mountains, to the north of the Buller Valley; 
but, curiously enough, has never been able to find it on Mount Rochfort and the 
other coastal peaks immediately to the north. The species was published by 
myself in the Appendix to the Manual, and I had much pleasure in associating 
Mr. Townson’s name with it. For many years he had diligently investigated the 
vegetation of the Westport district, making numerous interesting discoveries, 
and obtaining much novel information respecting the geographical range of the 
species. 
As a species A. Townsoni falls naturally into the neighbourhood of A. Lyallit, 
and is not very far removed from the variety crenulata of that species. But it is 
amply distinct in the much more slender and more flaccid habit, and in the 
extremely narrow leaf-segments, which do not exceed sj M. In diameter, and in 
some forms are even narrower. No other species of Aciphylla, in fact, has 
such narrow leaves. The flowers and fruit appear to be of the same type as 
A, Lyalliv. 
PuavE 62. dAciphylla Townsoni, drawn from specimens collected on Mount Buckland, near West- 
port, at an altitude of 4,000 ft. Fig. 1, portion of leaf (enlarged) ; 2, male flower, with bracts (x 10) ; 
3, flower, with petals and stamens removed (x 12); 4, petal (x 10); 5 and 6, front and back view 
of anthers (x 12); 7, fruit (x 8); 8, 9, and 10, sections of fruit, showing variation in the number 
of the ribs (x 8). 
