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Middle Island : grassy plains, Rangitata river, Sinclair ; moist ground, near the sources 
of the Kowai, alt. 2-3000 ft., Haast. This approaches the var. /3 of P. trifoliolata, hut the 
whole plant is much more robust and the umbels are many-flowered ; it differs from 
P. Roughii in its small size, creeping stems, and habit, hut considering how variable alpine 
plants are, it may prove a var. of it. It is nearly allied to the Falkland Island P. Ranun- 
culus, Hook. f. ( Azorella Ranunculus, D’Urv.). 
6. P. Roughii, Hook.f., n. sp. Glabrous, coriaceous, shining. Rhizome 
often as stout as the little finger, crowned with numerous leaves, and with 
prostrate slender leafy scions bearing umbels and leaves. Leaves f in. 
diam., orbicular, very coriaceous, 5-foliolate ; leaflets sessile, broadly obcu- 
neate, 5-lobed at the end; lobes rounded, obtuse; petioles 1-2 in. long, very 
stout ; stipules laciniate or toothed. Flowering-scions longer than the leaves, 
bearing 1 sessile and 2 or more peduncled umbels, rising from the axils of 
small, simple or lobed leaves. Peduncles f in. long. Umbels many- 
flowered. Involucres linear, obtuse. Flowers small. Fruit small, T C- in., 
twice as long as the slender pedicels. Carpels rounded at the back. 
Middle Island: mountains, near Nelson, Rough. The habit of this is that of P. Haastii. 
3. CRANTZIA, Nuttall. 
A small, glabrous, creeping herb. Leaves fascicled, terete, fistular, inter- 
nally septate, rarely flattened and linear towards the tip. Umbels simple, 
shortly peduncled. Iuvolucral leaves few, very short. Flowers very minute, 
pedicelled. — Calyx minutely 5 -toothed. Petals not indexed at the tip. Fruit 
ovoid-globose. Fruit terete ; carpels not contracted at their opposed faces, 
spongy, each with 5 thick ribs separated by slender furrows. 
1. C. lineata, Nutt. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 87 ; FI. Antarct. ii. 287. t. 100. 
Rhizome rank-smelling, as thick as a crowquill, 2-6 in. long. Leaves very 
variable, ^—4 in. long, the tip when expanded to a lamina yy— J- in. broad. 
Peduncles much shorter than the leaves. Flowers few in an umbel, spread- 
ing. 
Northern and Middle Islands: not uncommon in wet, sandy, gravelly, and boggy 
places. East coast, Colenso ; Nelson, Bidwill. The only species is a native of the United 
States and Mexico, the Andes of New Granada and Peru, Chili and the Falkland Islands, 
Tasmania, and Victoria. 
4. APIUM, Linn. 
Erect or prostrate, rank-smelling, glabrous herbs. Leaves alternate or ra- 
dical and fascicled, 2-pinnate or 3-foliolate. Umbels shortly peduncled or sub- 
sessile, simple or compound. Involucres 0. — Calyx-limb 0. Petals broad, 
with incurved tips. Fruit subglobose. Carpels with 5, slender or thick, 
spongy ribs, and 1-3 vittae between each rib, contracted at their contiguous 
faces. 
The genus to which the cultivated Celery belongs. The New Zealand species very closely 
resemble the European, but differ in the thick, spongy ribs of the carpels ; one of them, 
which is also a native of Fuegia, in the latter country forms an excellent salad and potherb 
in its wild state. 
Rrauches stout. Leaves pinnate or 2-3-pinnate 1. A. ausirale. 
Branches slender. Leaves 3-foliolale 2. A.JUiforme. 
