Anisotome. | UMBELLIFERAE. 679 
Soutn Isnanp: Nelson—Shingle-slopes on Mount Robert (overlooking Lake 
Rotoiti), alt. 4000 ft., FP. G. Gibbs / 
I have been much puzzled with this plant, which has the habit and foliage of 
A. carnosula, but differs markedly in the much smaller linear and entire involucral 
bracts, and in smaller simple or compound umbels often being developed in the axils of 
the cauline leaves. In A. carnosula the bracts are similar to the leaves—that is, are 
ternately multifid, and the primary ones far overtop the umbel, There is never more 
than a single terminal compound umbel, and the stems are usually very short. 
14. A, UG. Veg. N.Z. (1921) 169.—Slender, greyish-green, 
6-12in. high or more. Stems erect or inclined, branched above, grooved. 
Radical leaves 2-6in. long, linear-oblong in outline, pinnate or rarely 
2-pinnate ; leaflets 4-7 pairs, cut down to the rhachis into narrow- 
linear acute lobes, which are again toothed or incised at the tips, rarely 
entire. Cauline leaves smaller, with fewer leaflets and narrower lobes. 
Umbels small, simple in the very imperfect specimens seen, on slender 
peduncles, 6—-]2-flowered ; involucral bracts linear, with a broad base, 
usually shorter than the unequal pedicels. Ripe fruit not seen.—Ligusticum 
eats T. Nes yon Fl, (1899) 203 ; Cheesem,. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
220. 
‘liffs near Burke’s Pass, J. B. Armstrong / 
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Otago (?)—B chauai : 
A very imperfectly Known species. As stated in the first edition of this work, 
there is a fragmentary specimen in Mr. Kirk’s herbarium, and another (without 
locality) in Mr. Buchanan’s. The material is far too incomplete to form the basis of 
a satisfactory diagnosis; and that given above will doubtless require amendment 
when a good series of specimens is obtained. 
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15. A. pilifera Cockayne and R. M. Laing in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1911) 
366.—Stout, erect, glaucous-green, very aromatic. Root thick and taper- 
ing. Stem 8-24in. high or more, sparingly branched above, smooth, 
striate, purplish below. Leaves 4—16in. long, very thick and coriaceous ; 
petioles stout, sheathing, sheath long ee narrow ;_ blade linear or linear- 
oblong, pinnate ; leaflets 8-12 pairs, 4-1 in. long, sessile, closely placed 
and often overlapping, deltoid-ovate or "deltoid -onbiowlan: coarsely toothed 
or 2-3-lobed or pinnatifid; lobes or segments again toothed, tipped with 
a stout bristle. Umbels 2-4, on stout peduncles towards the top of the 
stem, 2-3in. diam., compound, dioecious; rays ?-ldin. long, unequal ; 
involueral bracts linear or lanceolate. Flowers white, rather small. Fruit 
din. long, ovate-oblong; carpels usually 3-winged.—Ligusticum piliferum 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 96; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 204 ; 
Cheesem. Man, N.Z. Fl. (1906) 220; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 67. FRR > 
Var. pinnatifida 7’. Kirk /.c.—Leaflets longer and narrower, not so coriaceous, 
pinnatifidly cut into narrower lobes, 
SoutH Istanp: A common mountain-plant from the Mount Arthur Plateau and 
Mount Stokes to the south-west of Otago. 2500-5000 ft. December—February. 
A very distinct species, not closely allied to any other. Its stout fleshy stems, 
bold foliage, and large umbels of white flowers make it a very conspicuous and showy 
plant. and a great ornament to the rocky slopes and ledges on which it is usually 
found. / 
16. A. petraea/Cheesem? n. comb.—Very aromatic, 2-5in. high. Root 
stout, long and tapering, clothed at the top with the bases of the old 
leaves, Leaves numerous, all radical, spreading, 1-4 in. long, subcoriaceous 
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