numerous, 1–6 in. long, coriaceous or almost membranous; petiole short, stout, broadly sheathing at the base; blade linear, pinnate; leaflets 6–12 pairs, 15–12 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, 18 in. long; carpels 5-winged.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 204. Anisotome aromatica, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 89.
Var. incisum, Kirk, l.c.—Larger and more membranous, 12–20 in. high. Leaflets flabellate or rhomboid, 3-partite almost to the base; segments deeply incised, spreading.
Var. lanuginosum, Kirk, l.c.—Leaf-segments tipped with copious long snow-white hairs, sometimes almost concealing the leaves.
North and South Islands: Abundant in mountain districts from the East Cape to Foveaux Strait. Altitudinal range 1500–6500 ft. November–February. Var. incisum: Broken River, Canterbury, Kirk! Var. lanuginosum: Mountains above Lake Tekapo, T.F.C.; Hector Mountains, Mount Pisa, Mount Cardrona, and other localities in Central Otago, Petrie!
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.
South Island: High peaks from Nelson and Marlborough to Southland, not uncommon. 4000–6500 ft. January–February.
A very remarkable little plant, easily known by its small size, densely tufted habit, imbricated leaves, short peduncles sunk among the leaves, and broad fruit.
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, 15–13 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
