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216 broad decurrent bases, unequally 3–5-lobed; lobes acuminate, with acicular points and thickened margins; veins reticulate. Bracts very large, with broad concave bases 2–3 in. diam., and smaller foliaceous tips. Umbels numerous, compound, 2–3 in. diam., diœcious or polygamous; involucral bracts linear, acute. Flowers red. Fruit $1⁄6$ in. long; carpels with 5 ridges, rarely with 4 or 3; vittæ solitary under each furrow.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 200. Anisotome latifolia, ''Hook. Fl. Antarct. i. 16, t. 8. Calosciadium latifoiium, Endl. ex. Walp. Ann.'' ii. 702.

2. L. antipodum, ''Homb. and Jacq. ex Dcne. Bot. Voy. Astrol. et Zél.'' 63, t. 3.—Stems 2–4 ft. 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, 1 in. long, $1⁄15$–$1⁄12$ broad, linear-subulate, pungent-pointed. Bracts smaller and narrower than in L. latifolium. Umbels numerous, compound, 2 in. diam., diœcious or polygamous; involucral bracts narrow-linear. Flowers red. Fruit ¼ in. long, narrow-oblong; carpels one with 5 wings, the other 3-winged.—''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 94; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 200. Anisotome antipoda, ''Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.'' i. 17, t. 9, 10. Calosciadium antipodum, ''Endl. ex Walp. Ann.'' ii. 702.

3. L. acutifolium, ''T. Kirk in Journ. Bot.'' (1891) 237.—Stems 3–5 ft. high, stout, deeply furrowed; rootstock as thick as the wrist. Leaves spreading, 2 ft. long or more, 6–9 in. 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 ligule. Flowers not seen. Fruiting umbels 2–2½ in. diam., dense, compound; rays numerous, about 1 in. long. Fruit 1 in. long, exceeding the pedicels; carpels one 5-winged, the other 3-winged.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 201.