Anffelica.] xxxiv. umbellifeeae. 211 



lucral leaves^ linear- oblong, iin. long. Calyx-teeth rather large, unequal. Car- 

 pels usually with 5 narrow wings." 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury ; Mount Dobson, Dobson and Haast, Cheeseman I Mountains 

 above Lake Hawea, Haast ! Mountain above Lake Ohau, Buchanan I Otago : Mount St. Bathans, 

 Petrie I 6,000ft. 



I have not seen the flowers or fruit of this rare and singular plant. The leaf-segments develop 

 strong nerves parallel vyith the midrib ; these are intersected by lateral veins dividing the surface 

 into narrow rectilinear interspaces. 



11. A. simplex, Petrie in Trans. N.Z.I, xxii. (1889) 440. Habit of the 

 preceding, and differing only in the leaves, which are less coriaceous, entire, 

 liin.— 2in. long, dilated at the base and closely imbricating, narrowed upwards, 

 deeply concave, usually with a distinct midrib and thickened margins ; tips 

 free, spreading, obtuse, but with a strong mucro ; the upper surface divided into 

 rectilinear interspaces. Flowers asin the preceding. Fruits not seen. 



SOUTH Island : Otago: Mount Pisa, Mount Cardrona, and the Hector Mountains, 5,000tt. to 

 6,000ffc., Petrie ! Feb. 



A singular plant, probably not specifically distinct from A. Dobsoni. 



12. A. Dieflfenbachii. Erect, 2ft.-3ft. high, glabrous, grey. Stem 

 robust, lin. or more in diameter, furrowed. Leaves all radical, flaccid, lift.— 

 2ft. long, 4in.— 7in. broad, 3— 4-pinnatisect, broadly oblong or oblong in outline, 

 cuneate at base ; leaflets in 4-5 pairs, ascending ; segments 2in.— 3iu. long, 

 1 line broad, striate, mucronate ; petiole exceeding the blade, the sheath auricled 

 at the mouth. Umbels compound, solitary in the axils of dilated sheathing 

 pinnatisect bracts ; sheath auricled at the mouth, acute in the male, obtuse in 

 the female. Male: peduncle 2in.— 4in. long or more; rays numerous, verticil- 

 late or terminal, very slender ; calyx-teeth inconspicuous, acute. Female : 

 peduncle stout, 3in.— 5in. long, sometimes with a solitary ray at the base ; 

 rays about 6 ; pedicels 8—12, shorter than the fruit ; involucral leaves linear, 

 subulate, acute. Fruit broadly oblong, not cordate at the base, much com- 

 pressed, fin. long, fin. broad. Styles very short. Carpels with 3 closely-parallel 

 ridges and 3 broad cartilaginous wings, or 1 carpel with 2 wings ; vittae 1 under 

 each furrow and 2 on the commissural face. Seed furrowed. — Gingidium 

 Diejfenbachii, F. MuelL, Veg. Chath. Isds. 17, t. 1. Ligusticum Dieffenbachii, 

 Hook, f., Handbk. 729. Angelica Dieffenbachii, Index Kew. i. 133. 



CHATHAM Islands, H. Travers ! Cox ! Extremely rare. 



This is a somewhat aberrant member of Aciphylla, differing in the flaccid habit and the 

 structure of the fruit, while it diverges still further from Ligiisticum and Angelica, to which it has 

 been referred. It will probably form the type of a new genus. My friend Mr. Cox has kindly 

 favoured me with the only fruiting specimen that has been collected. 



10. ANGELICA, Linn. 



Calyx-teeth minute or unequal. Petals incurved at the apex. Fruit 

 usually cordate at the base, compressed dorsally ; 3 primary ridges slender 

 but prominent, the lateral 2 forming broad membranous wings. Stylopodia 

 depressed; styles slender. Erect biennial or perennial herbs, rarely sub- 



