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Ligusticum.] 4. L. intermedium, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 94.—Stems rather stout, 6–24 in. high, abounding in viscid milky juice. 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 ½–1¼ 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, 1½–2 in. diam., compound, polygamous or diœcious; involucral bracts liear-lanceolate. Flowers white. Fruit ¼–⅓ in. long, linear-oblong; carpels with 5 narrow wings, or one with 5 and the other with 4 wings.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 201. Anisotome intermedia, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 89.

5. L. Lyallii, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 95.—Usually taller and stouter than L. intermedium.'' Stem 1½–2½ ft. high, 1–2 in. 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, 1 in. long, oblong-cuneate, cut to the base into linear obtuse lobes $1⁄12$ in. broad. Umbels numerous at the top of the stem, compound, many-flowered; involucral bracts linear. Fruit ¼–⅓ in. long, linear-oblong, longer than its pedicel; carpels much as in L. intermedium.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 201. Anisotome Lyallii, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 88.

6. L. Haastii, ''F. Muell. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 95.—Dark-green, 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-pinuate; primary divisions 8–12 pairs, the lower smaller and remote; leaflets ½–¾ in. long, deeply cut into numerous crowded linear lobes ¼–½ in. long, $1⁄30$–$1⁄25$ in. wide, with short or long hair-like points. Cauline leaves or bracts much smaller, with very broad inflated sheathing petioles. Umbels diœcious, usually numerous,