j\. PE oP x Ap Reser TNA. S4* 727. 
Anisotome. | UMBELLIFERAE. 675 
Tue SNARES: Rare and local, JT. Kirk / Cockayne ! 
This must be considered one of the rarest plants of the Dominion. Mr. Kirk states 
that it was only seen in one place, at an altitude of about 350 ft.; and only one plant 
was noticed during the expedition of 1907. It is closely allied to 4. intermedia, ot 
which it is doubtless a recent derivate form. Its chief differential characters, according 
to Kirk, are the total absence of the viscid milky juice so evident in A. intermedia ; 
in the upper part of the sheath at the base of the petiole being free, forming a hooded 
ligule ; in the more acute segments of the leaves: and in the smaller umbels and shorter 
fruits. I have seen specimens of the foliage only, 
4. A. intermedia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 89.—Stems rather 
stout, 6-24in. high, abounding in viscid milky juite. Leaves 6-20 in. 
long ; petiole long, stout, sheathing at the base, with narrow membranous 
wings; blade coriaceous, oblong to ovate-oblong, 2-3-pinnate ; primary 
divisions 5-8 pairs, 2-4 in. long; leaflets 4-1} in. long, rather broad, ovate- 
triangular, cuneate at the base, sessile or shortly stalked, unequally cut to 
the middle or below it into broad-linear obtuse or subacute lobes. Umbels 
few or many, 14-2 in. diam., compound, polygamous or dioecious ; involucral 
bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers white. Fruit }-4 in. long, linear-oblong ; 
carpels with 5 narrow wings, or one with 5 and the other with 4 wings.— 
Ligusticum intermedium Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 94; T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 201; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 217. TT “USI DKS 
Var. oblongifolium 7’. Kirk l.c. — Leaves narrower, linear-oblong, seldom more 
than 2in. broad; segments more numerous, crowded, narrow-linear, subacute. 
Sourn Istanp: Sounds of the south-west coast of Otago, from Martin’s Bay and 
Big Bay to Preservation Inlet and Puysegur Point, Lyall, Buchanan! T. Kirk ! 
Thomson ! south-east coast at Catlin’s River and The Nuggets, Petrie/ Waikawa, 
Cockayne ; Breaksea Island, Codfish Island, and Long Island, Poppelwell/ South and 
western coasts of Srewart IstaNnD, not uncommon, 7. Kirk! Cockayne. THE 
SoLANDERS: Cockayne. Var. oblongifolium : Inland base of the Ruggedy Range, 
T. Kirk! 
5. A. Lyallii Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 88.— Usually taller and 
stouter than A. intermedia. Stem 14-24 ft. high, 1-2in. diam. at the 
base, purplish, obscurely grooved. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, linear-oblong, 2-3- 
pinnate; primary divisions 6-10 pairs, 1-4 in. long, linear-oblong ; leaflets 
crowded, lin. long, oblong-cuneate, cut to the base into linear obtuse 
lobes 4, in. broad. Umbels numerous at the top of the stem, compound, 
many-flowered ; involucral bracts linear. Fruit $-$in. long, linear-oblong, 
longer than its pedicel; carpels much as in A. intermedia. — Ligusticum 
Lyallii Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 95; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
201: Cheesem. Man. N.Z, Fi. (1906) 217. Ub tag 
Souru IstaAnp: Sounds of the south-west coast, Lyall, Hector and Buchanan ! 
Thomson | December—January. 
This only differs from A. intermedia in the slightly larger size and more finely divided 
leaves, and might well be regarded as a variety. 
Nom, ax Herel) a uv 
6. A. HaastiifCockayne and R. M. Laing in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1911) 
366.—Dark-ereen, very aromatic. Root stout, tapering, as thick as the 
finger. Stems 1-2 ft. high, rather stout, purplish, grooved. Radical leaves 
6-20 in. long; petioles long, grooved, sheathing at the base; blade linear- 
oblong to ovate-oblong, membranous, 2-4-pinnate; primary divisions 
8-12 pairs, the lower smaller and remote; leaflets $-?in. long, deeply cut 
into numerous crowded linear lobes }-$in. long, 34-35 in. wide, with short 
or long hair-like points, Cauline leaves or bracts much smaller, with very 
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