Acrphylla. | UMBELLIFERAE. 665: 
11. A. Monroi Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 330.—Stems 4-14 in. high, 
densely clothed below with the remains of the old leaves, smooth and 
shining. Radical leaves numerous, 3-9in. long, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, pinnate or bipinnate at the base, leaflets 4-8 pairs; ultimate 
divisions 1-11in, long, #5-}in. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
pungent, rigid and conaceous, striate; margins thickened, cartilaginous ; 
sheaths long and narrow, membranous, with 2 subulate leaflets at the top. 
Flowering stems 6-9in. long or more, branched above, bearing numerous 
compound umbels forming an open panicl. Bracts spreading ; sheaths 
often broad and membranous, tipped by a pinnately divided leaflet. 
Peduncles of the male umbels 1-2in. long, females about 4 the length ; 
rays numerous, slender, spreading; involucral bracts linear. Fruit din. 
long, linear-oblong; carpels 5-winged or rarely 4-winged. Vittae 1-2 in 
the interspaces, 2-4 on the commissural face.—Handb. N.Z.. Fl. (1864) 93 
(in part); T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 210; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
212; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 63. 
Sourn Istanp: Apparently abundant in mountain districts from Nelson and 
Marlborough southwards to Otago. 3000-6000 ft. December—February. 
The original description of this species, published in the second volume of the 
‘Flora Novae-Zelandiae ” (p. 330), is much more correct than the later one given in 
the Handbook, which, I am informed by Mr. Hemsley, included several plants not 
really belonging to the species. Munro’s type was discovered in 1853 in the Awatere 
Valley, Marlborough, on thé “summit of Macrae’s Run, alt. 4500ft.” With the 
assistance of Mr. Hemsley, I have figured it in the “Illustrations of the New Zealand 
Flora’ (t. 63). It will be noticed that the leaves are sparingly bipinnate at the 
base, which I find to be characteristic of the great majority of the specimens gathered. 
by myself in various localities in Nelson and Canterbury, although sometimes. 
depauperated states from high altitudes are simply pinnate. 
12. A. polita Cheesem. in Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 213—Stems erect, 
3-12in. high, clothed at the base with the sheaths of the old leaves. 
Radical leaves numerous, very slender, firm but hardly coriaceous. 
2-6 in. long or more, 2-3-pinnate ; primary divisions 4-6 pairs; ultimate 
segments very narrow-linear, almost capillary, not more than z4;in. broad, 
mucronate but hardly pungent; petiole as long as the blade, sheath 
broad, membranous, produced at the tip into 2 almost filiform leaflets. 
Umbels compound, forming a loose open panicle, female slightly more 
contracted than the male. Bracts with a broad sheathing base, tipped. 
with a pinnately divided leaflet. Male peduncles $-1}in. long, female 
4-3in.; involucral bracts subulate-lanceolate. Pedicels short. Flowers 
white. Fruit narrow-oblong, not seen fully ripe, about $in. long.— 
Ligusticum politum 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 202. 
Sourn Istanp: Nelson—Mount Duppa, J. H. Macmahon! Ben Nevis, Mount: 
Rintoul, Mount Starveall, and Mount Lima, F. G. Gibbs! Bryant, Kingsley! Mount. 
Arthur Plateau and Mount Peel, 7’. F. C.; Mount Lockett, F. G. Gobbs / 3000- 
5500 ft. December—January. 
Very closely allied to A. Monroi, but much more slender, and with less coriaceous. 
almost membranous leaves, which are much more finely divided, the segments being. 
sometimes nearly capillary. Mr. Kirk referred it to Ligusticum in the “‘ Students’ 
Flora,” but it must certainly remain in the neighbourhood of A. Monrov. 
13. A. divisa Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. liv (1923) 568.—Stems 
6-18in. high, densely clothed below with the remains of the old leaves, 
smooth and shining, perfectly glabrous in all its parts. Leaves very 
numerous, variable in size, 4-15 in. in total length; lamina 2—4in., obovate 
