212 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



Prodr. iv. p. 102. A, Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 278. — Apium pvostratum. 

 SckulL Syst. Veg. vi. p. 430. Lahill. n. JJolL i. p. 76. f. 103. Venten. Malm. 

 t. 81. 



Rau-orou, incol., D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Astrolabe Harbour, on granite rocks. — 

 1827, D'Urville. (Northern Island,) sea coast near Wangaroa. — 1833, 

 Rick. Cunningham. 



504. P.filiforme, caule prostrato filiformi, foliis longe petiolatis 3-folio- 

 latis, foliolis cuneatis apice inciso-dentatis, umbellis sessilibus 3 — 4 radiis. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 278. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Cook's Strait, in swamps. — 1827, D'Ur- 

 ville. (Northern Island.) On rocks, washed by salt water, Wangaroa, — 1833, 

 R. Cunningham. 



3. LiGUSTicuM, L. Koch, Umb. 



505. L, Aciphylla, caule vaginato, foliis flabelliformibus multifido-com- 

 positis, laciniis linearibus rigidis integerrimis nervosis pungentibus, meri- 

 carpiis 3-costatis. Spreng. in Sch. Syst. Veg. \i. p. 554. DC. Prodr. iv. 

 p. 159. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 274. — Aciphj^lla^c[uarrosa. Foist. Gen. 



\-itnV^'^^ t^S. Laserpitium aciphyllum. L. Suppl. Forst. Prodr. n. 139. 

 ^■U- /'^^V- ^^^ Zealand (Middle Island). Shores of Queen Charlotte's Sound. — 

 / 1773, G. Forster. 



Ohs. Ex Icone certe non est Laserpitium ! An proprium genus ? DC. 



506. L. Gingidium, caule striato, petiolis vaginantibus laxis, foliis pinna- 

 tisectis, segmentis suboblique cordatis oblongo-ovatis obtusis crenatis ner- 

 vosis. DC. Prodr. iv. p. 159. Sch. Syst, Veg. vi. p. 552. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 276. Gingidium montanum. Forst. Gen. t. 21. 



New Zealand (Middle Island). Mountains, near Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound.— 1773, G. Forster. 



4. Peucedanum, Koch, DC. 



507. P. 1 geniculatum, glabrum ramoso-prostratum, caule tereti striate, 

 foliis alternis basi cuneatis integerrimis apice semiorbicularibus crenatis, 

 petiolo basi breve et obtuse auriculato, umbella pedunculata 2 — 3-radiata, 

 involucro 2 — 3-phyllo, umbellulis multifloris apice inflexo-cordatis. Forst. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. p. 182. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 272.— Bowlesia genicu- 

 lata. Sch. Syst. Veg. vi. p. 364. Spreng. Umb. p. 14. f. 5./. 11. 



New Zealand (Middle Island).— 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. " Certe non est Boulesia, ob calycem edentatum, petala inflexo-ob- 

 cordata, umbellatum radiatum. Non videtur Peucedanum, sed genus fructu 

 ignoto me omnino latet." — DC. loc. cit. 



5. Apium, L. 



508. A. graveolens. L. Forst. Prodr. n. HI. DC. Prodr. iv. p. 101. 

 A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 277. 



New Zealand. — 1773, G. Forster. 



Obs. II est extremement probable que cette esj)ece a ete introduite par 

 les Europeens. A. Rich. Yet Forster found it wild in 1773. 



