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XXXIII. UMBELLIFER7E. 
[Angelica. 
long, pinnate; leaflets 4-8 pairs, sessile, 1-2 in. long, broadly obliquely 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, crenate, sometimes obscurely lobed on one side, closely 
reticulated, glaucous below ; petioles stout, rhachis jointed at tbe insertion of 
tbe leaflets; sheath narrow. Umbels compound, 1-3 in. diam., polygamous; 
rays slender ; involucral leaves very variable, long or short. Flowers white. 
Fruit J- in. long, ovate-oblong. 
Yar. /3. Leaflets more membranous, deeply inciso-serrate. 
Northern Island : moist grassy plains, Wairarapa valley, Colenso. More frequent in the 
Nelson and Canterbury provinces of the Middle Island. Otago, lake district, Hector and 
Buchanan. 
2. A. decipiens. Hook./., n.sp. Root stout, sometimes very thick. 
Stem 6-8 in. high. Leaves numerous, most or all radical, spreading, 4-6 
in. long, linear, pinnate; rhachis stout, jointed at the leaflets; leaflets 6-10 
pairs, ovate-oblong, sessile, \ in. long and broad, flaccid, irregularly pinna- 
tifid ; lobes linear, acute, not awned, 1 -nerved. Steins or peduncles not longer 
than the leaves, rather slender, striate, usually unbranched. Umbels 1-ly 
in. broad; involucral leaves rather membranous ; primary rays 1 in. long, 
secondary ^ in. Flowers minute. Fruit ovate-oblong, -jL- in. long, rounded 
or cordate at the base, lateral wings coriaceous, calyx-lobes distinct ; styles 
long, recurved. 
Middle Island : Terraces near Lake Okau, Mount Cook, Raugitata range, and Black 
Birch Creek, alt. 2-5000 ft., Sinclair, Haast. 
3. A. rosaefolia, Ilook. — Anisotome, FI. N. Z. i. 90. Stem branched, 
snbscandent, or trailing over rocks, etc., several feet long, woody, as thick as 
a goose-quill, branches leafy at the top, below often covered with persistent 
leaf-sheaths. Leaves 2-4 in. long, pinnate ; leaflets 1-1£ in. long, sessile, 
obliquely ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acute, serrate, coriaceous, with evident 
midrib and reticulating veins ; petiole slender, rigid ; sheath bilobed at the top'. 
Umbels terminal, peduncled, very compound ; involucral leaves linear-subulate, 
shorter than the slender rays. Flowers small, white. Fruit in. long, 
ovate-cordate, with broad white lateral wings. — Hook. Ic. PI. t. 581. 
Northern Island : East Cape, Sinclair, Colenso ; Great Barrier Island, Lyall ; Tonga- 
riro, Bidwill. Middle Island : Akaroa, Raoul. 
4. A. geniculata, Ilook. f. — Anisotome , FI. N. Z. i. 90. t. 19. Weak, 
suffruticose, much branched ; branches slender, flexuose, divaricating, form- 
ing tangled masses over rocks and shrubs, intemodes 2-3 in. long. Leaves 
small, alternate, 1-foliolate (young 3-foliolate) ; leaflets |— -§■ in. diam., broadly 
orbicular-ovate, or transversely oblong, rarely oblong or reniform, obscurely 
crenate, glaucous below, with radiating finely reticulate veins ; petiole slender, 
J in. long, with a very small bilobed sheath. Umbels small, terminal, shortly 
peduncled ; rays few, slender, longer than the short involucral leaves. Flowers 
small, white ; petals with an indexed tip. Fruit L in. long, broadly ovoid, 
cordate at the base ; lateral wings broad, white, membranous. 
Northern Island: east coast, Colenso. Middle Island; common in the Canterbury 
and Otago provinces. 
10. DAUCTJS, Linn. 
Erect, branching, often hispid herbs. Leaves decompound. Umbels com- 
