322 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Colenso thus translates it : — 



'■ My little neck satchel of sweet scented moss, 

 My little neck satchel of fragrant fern, 

 My little neck satchel of odoriferous gum. 

 My sweet smelling neck locket of sharp pointed taramea." 



The gum of the taramea was collected at early dawn ; and 

 with it were mixed the fronds of moki-moki, (the fern Dooclia 

 caiidata), and of the piri-piri, (certain species of Hepaticae) , 

 the fragrant resin of the tawhiri, (Pittosporum tenuifolium) , 

 the oil of the miro, {Podocarpus ferruginea) , and the flowers 

 of pa-totm-a (species of Leucopogon and Gaultheria). The 

 mixture was subjected to heat for some days ; and then 

 strained through a sieve made of the plumes of the toi-toi 

 {Arundo consjncua). It was afterwards placed in carved boxes, 

 where the mats of the chiefs were kept, or was used as a 

 satchel by girls, in the way described by Colenso. 



Aciphylla Monroi {Monro's Sjjaniard). 



A small, flaccid species, 6 in. -18 in. high. Leaves 3 in. -5 in. long, shining, 

 pinnate. Scape slender, soft. Umbels in an open branched panicle, in the axils 

 of flaccid, 3-5 parted bracts. Flowers yellowish. Fruit ^ in. long. Carpels 

 6-ribbed, or one 3-ribbed. South Island : alpine or sub-alpine districts. Fl. 

 Dec. -March. 



Genus Angelica. 



Erect or climbing herbs. Leaves pinnate or 2-3-piunate. Flowers in 

 umbels, white. Fruit compressed. Primary ribs 3 : wings 2. A small genus of 

 about 25 species. (Thus named on account of its supposed healing properties). 

 5 sp. 



Angelica gen icu lata {The Jointed Angelica). 



Stems 2 ft. -4 ft. long, forming tangled masses, scrambling over other shrubs. 

 Leaves when young, 3-lobed ; entire in the mature state, ovate, slightly crenate. 

 Flowers white, in terminal or axillary umbels. Carpels 3-4 ribbed, 2-winged ; oil 

 canals present. Both islands. Fl. Dec. -Feb. 



Angelica Gingidium {The Native Aniseed). 



A herbaceous plant, with radical pinnate leaves, oblong in outline. Flowers 

 white, umbels compressed, 1 in. -3 in. in diameter. Both islands. Fl. Nov.-Dec. 



The whole plant is highly aromatic. It is greedily eaten by 



sheep, and, though originally very abundant, is often almost 



exterminated by them in accessible places. The plant is 



known to shepherds and runholders as Aniseed. 



