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XXXIII. UMBELLITERiE. 
\_Ligusticum. 
on long slender peduncles; rays slender, very unequal, £-2 in. long; in- 
volucral leaves very short, subulate. Flowers very small, pink. Fruit im- 
mature. 
Middle Island : rocky places, Nelson mountains, Munro ; Dun mountain, 2400-4000 ft., 
Travel's. Various places in the Southern Alps, alt. 2-3000 ft., Sinclair and Haast. 
8. L. (?) carnosulnm, Hook.f., n. sp. Small, stout, dark-green, fleshy, 
4-6 in. high. Stem £ in. thick, tortuous amongst shingle. Leaves crowded 
or whorled about the upper part of the stem, very numerous, often exceed- 
ing the umbels, 2-3-ternately divided ; leaflets as narrow as the rhachis, 
T j— in. broad, | in. long, curved, subacute, fleshy, indistinctly arti- 
culate with the rhachis ; petiole 1-2 in. long, stout and fleshy, scarcely sheath- 
ing at the base. Umbels small, \ in. diam., compound, on very thick 
peduncles which are crowded amongst the leaves, involucral leaves like the 
cauline, exceeding the peduncles. Flowers very small, pinkish (males only 
seen). Fruit unknown. 
Middle Island : shingly places on Mount Torlesse, alt. 6-7000 ft., Haast. A most 
singular plant, quite unlike any other in New Zealand: its tortuous stem, lbafy at the top 
only, and fleshy habit arc both indicative of its habitat amongst loose dry shingle. 
9. L. piliferum, Hook.f., n. sp. Erect, robust, very coriaceous. Stem 
12-20 in. high, £ in. thick, branched above, striated, red-purple. Leaves a 
span to a foot long, linear, pinnate ; leaflets 10-12 pairs, ^-1 in. long, broadly 
deltoid, ovate or orbicular-ovate, sessile, often imbricating, very coriaceous, 
2-3-lobed to the base or subpinnatifid, the margin lobulate ; lobules ending 
in a bristle ; petiole and rhachis very stout, as thick as a goose-quill ; sheath 
narrow, membranous. Umbels on stout branches; rays 1-li in. long; in- 
volucral leaves very numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, membranous. 
Flowers white ; styles slender. Fruit A in. long ; carpels 3-winged, polished. 
Var. a. Leaflets very broad and coriaceous, 3-lobed to the base or ternate, closely imbri- 
cating. 
Var. /3. Leaflets longer, pinnatifidly cut into narrower lobes. 
Middle Islaud : var. a. Hurumiri mountains, alt. 4500-6000 ft., Travers ; Mount 
Torlesse, 4700 ft., and Hopkins river by running water, 3-5000 ft., Haast ; Otago, lake 
district, alpine, Hector and Buchanan. Var. /3. Great Clyde glacier, 3800-4000 ft., Mount 
Darwin and Lake Tekapo, Haast. 
10. L. aromaticum, Banks and Sul. — Anisolome , FI. N. Z. i 99. 
Small, 2-10 in. high, sometimes in alpine places tufted matted and de- 
pressed, bright green, shining, very aromatic. Boots often large and stout ; 
stem sparingly branched above, A in. thick. Leaves numerous, spreading, 
1-6 in. long, linear, pinnate; leaflets 8-12 pairs, A— J in. long, sessile, 
deltoid-ovate or orbicular, more or less toothed and cut, sometimes to the 
base into separate leaflets, or rarely pinnate, the teeth and lobes usually 
piliferous, very coriaceous, reticulated closely with veins ; petiole very stout, 
with a rather broad, short, membranous sheath. Umbels small, 1-1 a in. 
diam.; rays slender; involucral leaves few, linear-subulate. Flowers white; 
styles slender. Fruit linear-oblong, a in. long; carpels equally 5 -winged. 
Mountainous regions in the Northern and Middle Islands, alt. 4-6500 ft., very com- 
mon, Banks and Solandcr, etc. Foliage very variable indeed, the leaflets being entire and 
