nately divided into narrow-linear flat acute segments ½–1½ in. long and varying in width from filiform to ⅓ in., the broadest sometimes toothed or lobed at the tip. Umbels few, compound, diœcious, on long slender peduncles; rays slender, very unequal, ½–2 in. long; involucral bracts few, short, subulate-lanceolate. Fruit ⅓ in. long, linear-oblong, compressed; carpels thin, 5-winged, lateral wings broader than the dorsal.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 203.
South Island: Mountain districts from Cook Strait to the south of Canterbury, not uncommon. 1000–4500 ft. December–January.
10. L. deltoideum, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiv. (1882) 299.—Small, stout, dark-green and shining, very aromatic, 2–6 in. high. Rootstock stout, clothed with pale chaffy scales. Leaves numerous, all radical, membranous, 2–4 in. long; petiole half the length, sheathing at the base; blade broadly deltoid in outline, ternately or 2-pinnately divided; leaflets 15–13 in. long, cuneate-deltoid, deeply 3–5-lobed; lobes flat, very narrow linear-subulate, acute or acuminate. Flowering-stems short, seldom exceeding the leaves. Umbels small, ½–1 in. diam., compound; rays 4-8, slender, very unequal; involucral bracts short, linear-subulate. Flowers white or pink. Ripe fruit not seen.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 203.
South Island: Grassy slopes on Mount Arthur, Nelson, altiturie 4000–5500 ft., T.F.C.; Mount Stokes, Marlborough, Macmahon! December–January.
Close to L. filifolium, but distinguished by the smaller size, more numerous leaves with copious divisions, differently shaped leaflets, and short flowering stems, which rarely exceed the leaves.
11. L. carnosulum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 96.—Small, 3–6 in. high, thick and fleshy, glaucous-green. Root stout, often as thick as the little finger, tortuous among shingle. Stems usually short, tapering downwards. Leaves 1–3 near the top of the stem or from the root, very thick and fleshy; petiole ½–2 in. long, with a short broad sheath; blade 1–3 in. diam., 2–3-ternately multifid, ultimate segments ¼–⅔ in. long, 115–110 in. broad, very narrow linear, acute or subacute, curved, obscurely jointed on the rhachis. Umbel solitary, compound, large for the size of the plant. 1½–4 in. diam.; involucral bracts about 5, 2–3-ternately divided like the leaves, overtopping the umbel; rays numerous, rigid, almost woody in fruit, ½–1 in. long. Secondary umbels small, concealed among the bracts of the involucels, which far exceed the small white or pink almost sessile flowers. Calyx-teeth acute, prominent. Styles rigid, subulate. Fruit oblong, ¼ in. long; carpels incurved, with 5 low obtuse ridges, commissural face rounded; vittse 1 under each furrow and 2 on the commissure.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 203.
