210 XXSIV. UMBELLIFEEAE. [Aciphylla. 



shorter than the pedicels or ; apical umhels with almost sessile flowers. 



Carpels 5-winged or rarely 4-winged, with intermediate ridges ; vittae 1 under 



each furrow, 4 on the commissural face ; stylopodia much thickened but 



scarcely conical ; styles very short aud stout. 



SOUTH Island : Obago : Mount Alta, Buchanan ! Hector Mountains ; on a hill opposite 

 Mount Aspiring, Petrie ! 5,000ft. to 6,000ft. 



A very distinct species, never polished or shining. Buchanan's description is imperfect and 

 his drawing somewhat misleading, being partly a restoration. I am indebted to Mr. Petrie for my 

 specimens, but have not seen male flowers. 



8. A. Traillii, T. Kirk m Trans. N.Z.I, xvi. (1883) 371. Tufted, erect. 

 Scape 3in.— 6in. high. Leaves rather flaccid when fresh, coriaceous, pungent 

 when dry, 3in.— 4in. long, simple or 3- rarely 5-foliolate ; leaflets linear, y^ain. 

 broad, with a stout marginal nerve ; petiole short, denticulate at the mouth. 

 Male umbels on short peduncles or almost sessile, distant or crowded ; bracts 

 spinous, simple or 3-partite ; pedicels very short ; calyx-teeth obsolete. Female 

 umbels 5—10, crowded ; bracts shorter, with a broad tumid sheath enclosing the 

 umbel ; umbel of a single ray or with from 1-3 flowers at the base of the short 

 peduncle ; involucral leaves minute. Fruit sessile or nearly so. Carpels (im- 

 mature) apparently with 5 narrow wings ; styles very short. 



SOUTH Island : Otago : Mount Ida Ranges, Petrie ! STEWART Island : Mounts Anglem 

 and Rakiahua, 2,000ft.-3,000ft., T. K. Dec, Jan. 



Nearly allied to A. Lyallii. Petrie's specimens have the umbels almost sessile, usually form- 

 ing a compact spioiform inflorescence. 



9. A. Monroi, Hook. /., Handbk. 93. Scape erect, 6in.-18in. high, less 

 rigid than A. Lyallii, smooth and shining. Leaves 3in.— Sin. long, pinnate ; 

 leaflets in 2-6 pairs, iin.— 2in. long, ygin. — -^-in. broad, linear, subacute or 

 pungent ; midrib obscure ; sheath with 2 short spines at the mouth. Male 

 umbels panicled as in A. Lyallii, spreading, each in the axil of a flaccid 3—5- 

 partite linear-oblong bract. Female umbels 2—5, compound, paniculate, sub- 

 terminal ; rays 4—8 ; pedicels exceeding the carpels ; involucral bracts narrow- 

 linear, obtuse or acute. Fruit oblong. Carpels 5-ribbed or one 3-ribbed ; 

 vittae obscure. 



SOUTH Island: mountain districts of Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, and 

 Otago. 3,000ft. to 6,500ft. Dec, Jan. 



The most plentiful of all the mountain species except A. Colensoi. 



10. A. Dobsoni, Hook, f., Handbk. 93. A robust plant, forming com- 

 pact patches 3in.— 4in. high, yellow-brown. Leaves all radical, denselv imbri- 

 cated, excessively thick and coriaceous, lin.-2^in. long, consisting of a sheath 

 carrying 3 short linear jointed subequal pungent segments, keeled at the back, 

 iin.-im. long. "Flowering-stem as thick as the little finger, terete, striate, 

 bearing at the top 2 small leaves like the radical, and 5 pedunculate densely 

 capitate globular umbels. Peduncles unequal, Tin.-Hin. long, stout, grooved. 

 Umbels (or heads) lin. in diameter, compound, both peduncles and pedicels 

 very short and thick. Fruits densely packed, mixed with short subulate invo- 



