Liffusticum.~\ 
XXXIII. TTMBELLIFEUjE. 
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i. 17. t. 9 and 10. Stem very robust, 3-4 ft. high, 2-4 in. thick at the base, 
deeply furrowed. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, oblong, 2-3-pinnate ; leaflets excessively 
numerous, all narrow, linear-subulate, rigid, pungent, 1 in. long, T j broad, 
1 -nerved, all pointing upwards and forwards ; rhachis and petiole very stout, as 
thick as the thumb, with a membranous sheathing base. Male umbels nume- 
rous, 2 in. broad, compound, dense ; involucral leaves very narrow. Flowers 
pink. Fruit f in. loug, very narrow-oblong ; carpels one 3- the other 5-winged. 
— Calosciadium antipodum , Eudl. Gen. PI. Suppl. 
Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell's Island, in marshy places, J. I). H. 
4. L. Lyallii, HooJc.f. — Anisotome, FI. N. Z. i. 88. Very stout, 1|— 2 
ft. high, purplish, obscurely grooved. Stem 1-2 in. thick. Leaves linear- 
oblong, 2-3-pinnate; leaflets 8-10 pairs, linear-oblong; pinnules crowded, 1 
in. long, obovate-cuneate, cut to the base into linear, obtuse lobes, T y in. broad 
and 1-nerved; petiole as thick as the little finger, with a narrow sheathing 
base. Fruiting umbels only seen, compound, very many-flowered. Fruit 
5 in. long, longer than its pedicel, linear-oblong. 
Middle Island : Port Preservation, Lyall. A smaller plant than Z. antipodum , with 
more flaccid leaves, much shorter and broader obtuse leaflets, and smaller fruit ; it looks like 
a large state of the following. 
5. L. Haastii, F. Muell. Stem rather stout, 1-2 ft. high, \ in. thick, 
grooved, purplish. Leaves ft. long, oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-3-pin- 
nate ; leaflets f in. long, crowded, flaccid, narrow-cuneate, obovate, deeply 
cut into narrow rather membranous linear lobes, 5 — in. long, in. 
broad, with hair-like points. Umbels numerous, panicled, fruiting 2-3 in. 
diam. ; involucral leaves filiform ; primary rays much larger than the bracts. 
Fruit ovoid-oblong, -g- in. long; carpels usually 5 -winged; styles slender, 
spreading. 
Middle Island : Black Hill, Bangitata range, Ashburnham glacier, and other places in 
the Southern Alps, alt. 3-5000 ft., Sinclair and Haast ; Otago, lake district, alpine, 
Hector and Buchanan. Very similar to L. Lyallii , hut the foliage is much more flaccid, 
the leaflets cut into much narrower lobes, which are all hair-pointed. 
6. L. brevistyle, Hoofc.f., n. sp. Stem 8-12 in. high, slender, striate. 
Leaves 4 -6 in. long, linear-oblong in outline, pinnate or 2-pinnate ; leaflets y-f 
in. long, flaccid, rather sparse, broadly ovate or oblong in outline, pinnatifid 
or cleft to the base into few veiy narrow-linear acuminate acicular-pointed 
spreading lobes, | in. long. Umbels few, loosely panicled, fruiting l|-2 
in. diam. ; involucral leaves filiform, short ; primary rays 1 in. long ; secondary 
shorter than the fruit. Fruit oblong, with narrow ridges, in. long ; calyx- 
lobes obsolete ; style very short. 
Middle Island: gullies and hillsides, Lake Hawea and Waitaki, alt. 1000 ft. Haast; 
Otago, lake district, Hector and Buchanan. Very similar indeed to L. Haastii, but much 
smaller, more slender, and at once distinguished by the small fruit, with narrower ridges and 
very minute style. Perhaps only a slender, lax form of Z. aromaticum. 
7. L.(?) filifolium. Hook./., n. sp. Small, slender, grass-green, 4-12 
in. high. Stem slender, as thick as a sparrow’s quill, grooved, often much 
branched above. Leaves on very slender petioles, broad in outline, of a 
few opposite, very narrow, almost filiform, flaccid flat acute leaflets, yV~ 2 l o 
in. diam., 1^ in. long, as narrow as the flattened rhachis. Umbels small, 
