674 UMBELLIFERAE. | Anisotome. 
1. A. latifolia Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 16, t. 8—Tall, stout, erect, 
coriaceous, 3-6 ft. high or more. Stem frequently 3-4 in, diam. at the 
base, grooved. Radical leaves y AOR ai long, coriaceous, deep shining Sreen; 
petioles long, 3-1 in. diam., broadly sheathing at the base; blade ovate in 
outline, 2-pinnate ; primary divisions 2-6 in. long, linear-oblong ; secondary 
obliquely ovate-oblong with broad decurrent bases, unequally 3-5-lobed ; 
lobes acuminate, with acicular points and thickened margins ; veins reticu- 
late. Bracts very large, with broad concave bases 2-3 1n. diam., and 
smaller foliaceous tips. Umbels numerous, compound, 2-31. diam., 
dioecious or polygamous; involucral bracts linear, acute. Flowers red. 
Fruit Lin. long; carpels with 5 ridges, rarely with 4 or 3; vittae solitary 
under each furrow.—Calosciadium latifolium Endl. ex Walp. Ann. 11 (1850) 
702. Ligusticum latifolium Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 94; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 200; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 215 ; Subantarct. 
Is. of N.Z, uu (1909) 408. 
Var. angustatum 7'. Kirk l.c.—Ultimate segments of the leaves narrower, +in. 
wide or less, acicular points longer. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL Istanps: Abundant in moist places throughout the 
eroup. December—January. 
grouy 3 
A noble species, said to occasionally reach the height of 6-8 ft. 
2. A. antipoda Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 17, tt. 9, 10.—Stems 2-4 it. 
high, very stout, deeply furrowed. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, coriaceous ; petiole 
as thick as the thumb, sheathing at the base; blade oblong, 2—3-pinnate ; 
ultimate segments very numerous, rigid, crowded, lin. long, :—q in. 
broad, linear-subulate, pungent-pointed. Bracts smaller and narrower 
than in A. latifolia. Umbels numerous, compound, 2 in. diam., dioecious 
or polygamous; involucral bracts narrow-linear. Flowers red. Fruit 
tin. long, narrow-oblong ; carpels one with 5 wings, the other 3-winged.— 
Calosciadium antipodum Endl. ex Walp. Ann. ii (1850) 702. Ligusticum 
antipodum Homb. and Jacq. ex Dene. Bot. Voy. Astrol. et Zel. (1853) 63, 
t. 3; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 94; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) . 
te Cheesem. Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 216; Subantarct. Is. of N.Z. 1 (1909) 
O08. 
AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS, ANTIPODES IsLAND: Abundant throughout 
the group, Hooker, T, Kirk! and all subsequent collectors. December-January. 
_ _ Almost as fine a plant as the preceding, which is its nearest ally, and from which 
it is easily separated by the finely divided leaves with numerous linear segments. 
| (Kascte (ok: Da. 1€ 40g) 14% 
_ 93. A, acutifolia Cockayne N.Z. Plants and their Story) (1919): 130. 
Stems 53-5 ft. high, stout, deeply furrowed ; rootstock as thick as the 
wrist. Leaves spreading, 2ft. long or more, 6-9in. broad, oblong or 
ovate-oblong, 3-pinnate ; segments broad, acute, sharply toothed ; petiole 
stout, finely grooved, the upper part of the sheath free, forming a 
igule. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-umbels 2-24 in. diam., dense, com- 
pound ; rays numerous, about lin. long. Fruit din. long, exceeding the 
pedicels ; carpels one d-winged, the other 3-winged.—Ligusticum acuti- 
folum YL. Kirk in Journ. Bot. (1891) 237; Students’ Fil. (1899) 201 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 216. Aciphylla acutifolia Cockayne im 
Subantarct. Is. of N.Z. i (1909) 198 (name only). 
