680 UMBELLIFERAE. [ Anisotome. 
or herbaceous, pinnate; petiole from 3 to 3 ol the length of the ae 
leaf, broadly sheathing at the base; leaflets 4-8 pairs, rarely more, 4-51. 
long, ovate or ovate-deltoid or broadly deltoid in outline, deeply and 
somewhat sharply incised, sometimes almost pimnate at the base; lobes 
obtuse or subacute, never hair-pointed. Flowering stems or peduncles 
many, longer or shorter than the leaves, rather slender, not branched, 
naked or furnished with a small pinnatifid leaflet about the sieiet 1st Umbels 
compound, 2-ldin. diam.; rays 4-8, slender, unequal, 7-?im. long. ; 
involucral bracts small, linear; usually with a dilated base. Flowers 
white ; calyx-lobes rather long, acute; styles very long, recurved. Fruit 
linear-oblong, 4 in. long, not seen quite ripe.—Ligusticum petraeum Cheesem. 
in Trans. N.Z, Inst. li (1919) 92. 
Sour Istanp: Abundant on the north face of Mount Owen, Nelson, alt. 
4000 ft., usually on limestone debris, T. Ff. C. Also on the southern face of the same 
mountain, W. Townson! Broken River, Canterbury Alps, alt. 3500ft., 7. F, Cee 
Takitimu Mountains, Southland, alt. 3500 ft., Petrie/ | ~December—February, 
This has much of the habit and appearance of Angelica decipiens, and the two are 
easily confounded in the absence of fruit. There is also a resemblance to some states 
of L. aromaticum ; but in reality it differs in habit, in the spreading leaves with their 
much more remotely placed pinnae, in the unbranched flowering stems, and particularly 
in the acute calyx-lobes, and the very long recurved styles. I have been acquainted 
with it for many years. | 
17. A. aromatiea Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 89.—Very aromatic, 
variable in size and habit, usually from 4-12in. high, but in alpine 
situations often much dwarfed, matted and depressed, sometimes barely 
2in. high. Root stout, often long and tapering. Stem simple or 
sparingly branched above. Leaves all radical, numerous, 1—6in. long, 
coriaceous or almost membranous; petiole short, stout, broadly sheathing 
at the base ; blade linear, pinnate ; leaflets 6-12 pairs, 44 in. long, deltoid- 
ovate or orbicular or broadly flabellate, more or less toothed or incised, 
sometimes pinnatifid or even again pinnate ; lobes and teeth usually ending 
in a short or long bristle-like point. Umbels small, dioecious, compound, 
3—I$in. diam.; males usually longer and more open than the females ; 
rays slender, unequal, $-2in. long; involucral bracts few, small, linear- 
subulate. Fruit linear-oblong, din. long; carpels 5-winged.—Ligusticum 
aromaticum Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 96; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl, (1899) 204 : 
Cheesem, Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 220. “TT -W- S72 
Var. ineisum 7. Kirk l.c.—Larger and more membranous, 12-20in. high. Leaflets 
flabellate or rhomboid, 3-partite almost to the base: segments deeply incised, 
spreading. ee tee thy. 
_ Var. lanuginosum 7. Kirk l.c. —Leaf-segments tipped with copious long snow- 
white hairs, sometimes almost concealing the leaves. 
NortH AND SoutTH Istanps; Abundant in mountain districts from the East Cape 
to Foveaux Strait. Altitudinal range 1500-6500 ft. November—February. Var. 
imersum : Broken River, Canterbury, T. Kirk! Var. lanuginosum : Mountains above 
Lake Tekapo, T. F. C.; Hector Mountains, Mount Pisa>-Mount Cardrona, and other 
localities in Central Otago, Petrie / | 
An exceedingly variable species, the various forms of which are much in need of 
a leisurely and careful [xeel 5 
oe i imbricata { Cockayne Veg. N.Z. (1921) 226.— Small, much 
branched, densely tufted, forming large flat or convex patches. Stems 
stout, 1-3in. long, densely elothed with numerous closely imbricating 
