Liffusficum.] XXXIV. umbellifeeae. 201 



3. L. acutifolium, T. Kirk in Jo-urn. Bot. (1891) 237. Stems stout, 

 deeply furrowed, 3ft.— 5ft. high. Rootstook as thick as a man's wrist. Leaves 

 spreading, 2ft. long or moi'e, 6in.— 9iii. broad, oblong: or broadly ovate-oblong, 

 3-pinnate, coriaceous ; segments large, acute, sharply toothed ; petiole 1ft. 

 long or more, finely grooved, with the upper part of the sheath ligulate for 

 half its length. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-umbels 2in.— 2iin. in diameter, 

 compound, dense; rays numerous, about lin. long. Fruits ^jjin. long, exceed- 

 ing the pedicels. One carpel 5-ribbed, the other 3-ribbed. Involucral bracts 

 apparently 0, 



The SNARES, T. K. Dec. 



Distinguished from L. intermedium by the more sharply toothed leaves, the ligulate leaf- 

 sheath, the broader fruits, and the absence of milky juice. 



4.. L. intermedium, Hook, f., Handbk. 94. Rather stout, 6in.-24in, 

 high. Leaves 4in.— 18in. long or more, charged with white milky juice, 4in.— 

 6in. broad ; petioles with long narrow sheathing bases ; blade coriaceous, 

 oblong, 2— 3-pinnate ; primary divisions in 5—8 pairs, 2in.— 4in. long; leaflets 

 iin.— liii. long, broad, sessile or shortly petioled, deltoid-ovate, often cuneate at 

 the base, unequally lobed or toothed or cut into crowded linear-obtuse or sub- 

 acute segments ^^in.— jijyin. broad. Umbels polygamous or unisexual, few or 

 many, liin.— 2iin. in diameter, compound. Involucral leaves linear, acute, 

 shorter than the rays ; secondary involucres obtuse, exceeding the winged pedi- 

 cels. Flowers white. Calyx-teeth minute, unequal. Petals slightly inflexed 

 at the tip. Fruits longer or shorter than the pedicels, linear-oblong. One 

 carpel with 5 ridges, the other with 4, and 1 vitta under each furrow. Seed 

 grooved. — Anisotome intermedia, Hook f., Fl. N.Z. i. 94. 



^OUTH Island ; littoral. North shore of Poveaux Strait from the Nuggets to Preservation 

 Inlet, and northward to Martin's Bay. STEWART Island and islands of Poveaux Strait. Dec, 

 Jan. 



Var. oblongifollum. Leaves linear-oblong, 2in. broad, 3-pinnate ; segments narrow-linear, 

 crowded, subacute. Umbels very numerous, almost corymbose. STEWART Island : inland base of 

 the Ruggedy Range. 



5. L. Lyallii, Hook. /., Handbk. 95. Similar to the preceding but 

 stouter, lift.— 2ft. high, purplish, obscurely grooved. Stem lin.— 2in. thick. 

 Leaves linear-oblong, 2 -3-pinnate ; leaflets 8—10 pairs, linear-oblong; pinnules 

 crowded, lin. long, obovate-cuneate, cut to the base into linear-obtuse lobes, 

 j^in. broad, 1-nerved; petiole as thick as the little finger, with a narrow sheath- 

 ing base. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-umbels compound. Fruit iin. long, 

 exceeding its pedicel, linear-oblong. — Anisotome Lyallii, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 88. 



SOUTH Island : Port Preservation, sounds of the West Coast, Hector ex Handbk. 



I have copied the description from the Handbook, as the plant appears to me only a form of 

 L. intermedium, with excessively divided leaves, a character of small importance in the genus ; hut I 

 hesitate to unite it with that species, not having had the opportunity of examining the type speci- 

 men. Some pinnules kindly sent ,by Sir Joseph Hooker agree closely with L. interm,edium from 

 Preservation Inlet. 



6. L. Haastii, F. Muell. ex Hook.f., Handbk. N.Z. Fl. 95. Dioecious. 

 Stem 1ft. -2ft. high, sparingly branched, grooved. Leaves 6in.-18in. long, 



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