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.
Var. oblongifolium, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves narrower, linear-oblong, seldom more than 2 in. broad; segments more numerous, crowded, narrow-linear, subacute.
South Island: Sounds of the south-west coast of Otago, from Martin's Bay to Preservation Inlet and Puysegur Point, Lyall, Buchanan! Kirk! G. M. Thomson! South-east coast at Catlin's River and the Nuggets, Petrie! Stewart Island: Not uncommon, Petrie! Kirk! Var. oblongifolium: Inland base of the Ruggedy Range, Kirk! December–January.
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 112 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.
South Island: Sounds of the south-west coast, Lyall, Hector and Buchanan! G. M. Thomson! December–January.
This only differs from L. intermedium in the slightly larger size and more finely divided leaves, and might well be regarded as a variety.
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, 130–125 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,
