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Has. Middle Island. Port Preservation, Lyall. 
Of this fine plant I have only one specimen, past flower; in many respects it much resembles 4. antipoda, El. 
Antarct., but is not a yard high, and has much less compound leaves. Siem as thick as the middle finger, branched 
above into numerous, many-flowered, compound umbels, 2-4 inches across. Leaves 1-2 feet long, erect, recurved, 
bi-tri-pinnate. Petiole with a broad sheath below, jointed throughout its length, and deeply grooved in the dried 
specimens. Primary pinne 1-4 inches long, coriaceous, smooth, their partial petiole also jointed; secondary 
oblong, deeply cut into linear, blunt, narrow lobes. 
2. Anisotome intermedia, Hook. fil.; caule erecto superne florifero, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis 
(petiolo artieulato basi vaginato) oblongis bipinnatis, pinnis primariis late ovatis secundariis sessilibus ob- 
ovato-cuneatis inciso-lobatis dentatisque segmentis subacutis, involucri universalis et partialis foliolis linea- 
ribus acutis pedunculis brevioribus, fructibus breve pedicellatis lineari-oblongis, stylis elongatis, carpellis 
fertilibus unico 5- altero 4-alato, semine profunde sulcato. 
Has. Middle Island. Port Preservation, Lyall. 
A much smaller plant than the former, 8-10 inches high, but similar in all other respects, except in the less 
divided leaves and less cut pinnules. Leaves 5-8 inches long, including the long jointed petiole, recurved, 13 inch 
broad across the pinnz, which are in four to eight pair, broadly ovate in outline, with a jointed secondary petiole ; 
pinnules obovate or cuneate, 4 inch long, sessile, deeply cut and lobed. Fruiting stem as thick as a crow-quill, 
several times divided, with a broad sheathing leaf at the fork, which bears a small, much reduced lamina. Umbels 
13 inch across, /nvolucral leaves linear, shorter than the primary branches, which are $ inch long. Fruit narrow, 
2 inch long, crowned with the long diverging styles. Carpels both fertile; one five-, the other four-winged; both 
having as many stout vittee in the pericarp, and strong grooves in the seed, as there are spaces between the wings. 
— This is intermediate between 4. Lyallii and A. aromatica. 
$ b. Erect, herbaceous. Leaves all radical, pinnate. 
3. Anisotome Gingidium, Hook. fil.; caulibus e radice paucis v. plurimis erectis superne ramosis, foliis 
longe petiolatis lineari-oblongis pinnatis, pinnis oppositis sessilibus imbricatis inferioribus dissitis late ovato- 
rotundatis obtusis basi obliquis serratis reticulatim venosis, umbellis multifloris, floribus plerisque uni- 
sexualibus, involucro nullo, carpellis eequalibus, jugis lateralibus alatis dorsalibus filiformibus. Ligusticum 
Gingidium, DC. Prodr. A. Cunn. Prodr. L. anisatum, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Gingidium mon- 
tanum, Forst. Gen. 
Has. Northern Island; central and southern parts, Banks and Solander, Colenso, Bidwill. Middle 
Island; common, Forster, Lyall. 
A very strong-scented, tall, stout herb, with one or many branching stems, and many radical leaves, given off 
from a thick fleshy divided root. Leaves 4-10 inches long, pinnate; petiole longer than the leaf, which latter is 
linear-oblong. Pinne six to ten pair, often imbricating, 1-2 inches long, sessile, broadly ovate, blunt, obliquely 
cordate or truncate at the base, serrate with small teeth, without any nerves, but covered with reticulated veins. 
Stems longer than the leaves, deeply striate, branching above, with broadly sheathing short leaves at the fork. Zn- 
volucre 0. Umbels eight- to twelve-rayed ; rays many-flowered, unisexual or hermaphrodite. Flowers shortly pedi- 
cellate, white. Fruit obovate, with broad lateral wings. Carpels equal; lateral ribs winged, broad; dorsal filiform. 
Seed deeply channelled. 
4, Anisotome aromatica, Hook. fil.; dioica, foliis radicalibus recurvis linearibus pinnatis, petiolo vagi- 
nante articulato breviusculo, foliolis sub-8-jugis sessilibus oppositis venosis late cuneato-ovatis crenato-den- 
tatis v. profunde incisis, lobis linearibus acutis aristatis, caule scapiformi erecto parce diviso axillis 1-foliatis, 
umbellis masculis majoribus multifloris, floribus albis, involucri foliolis paucis lineari-subulatis, carpellis 
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