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Ligusticum.] numerous, 1–6 in. long, coriaceous or almost membranous; petiole short, stout, broadly sheathing at the base; blade linear, pinnate; leaflets 6–12 pairs, $1⁄5$–$1⁄2$ 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, diœcious, compound, ½–1½ in. diam.; males usually longer and more open than the females; rays slender, unequal, ½–2 in. long; involucral bracts few, small, linear-subulate. Fruit linear-oblong, $1⁄8$ in. long; carpels 5-winged.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 204. Anisotome aromatica, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 89.

15. L. imbricatum, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 97.—Small, much branched, densely tufted, forming large flat or convex patches. Stems stout, 1–3 in. long, densely clothed with numerous closely imbricating coriaceous shining leaves. Leaves ¼–¾ in. long; petioles very short, with large broad membranous sheaths produced upwards into a hooded ligule; blade with a broad flattened rhachis and 4–8 pairs of closely placed often imbricating leaflets; leaflets sessile, palmately 3–6-lobed; lobes terminated by a stout bristle longer than the lobes. Umbels small, simple or compound, sunk among the leaves; involucral bracts few, linear-subulate. Fruit broadly ovoid; carpels 5-winged.—Kirk, Students Fl. 205.

16. L. Enysii, ''T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' ix (1877) 548.—Small, stout, depressed, glaucous-green, seldom more than 4 in. high. Root stout, often very long. Leaves all radical, 1½–3 in. long, spreading or decurved, thick and coriaceous when fresh, linear or linear-oblong, pinnate; leaflets 3–6 pairs, $1⁄5$–$1⁄3$ in. long, sessile, ovate or ovate-orbicular, sharply toothed or lobed; lobes again cut, not piliferous; petioles with very broad short sheaths. Flowering-stems 2–4 in. long, simple or forked, decumbent. Umbels