Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. Meee493 RBGE New Zealand Australia Expedition Umbelliferae x, co) © co) 177) 4 — co Do 7 J fo} ae (3) Aciphylla procumbens (F.Muell.) Benth. Australia: Tasmania: Track Leading from Esperance Tarn to Hartz Peak. Exposed heath and boulder fields. 1100 m. A. procumbens also known from Snowy Mtn Range and Mt Picton. Altitudinal distribution on Hartz Peak limited to top 50m; very restricted. 43°14'17"S, 146°45'41"E Tufted perennial herb; prostrate in humus pockets among boulders; mat forming and spreading to 50cm; tufts connected by underground stems (usually covered with old leaf remains, roots emerging below branch junction - not true rhizomes); sap milky sticky. Leaves lime green, soft, not spine tipped, twice divided. Female infructesce to 10cm, seeds green ripening purple vera ae eae oot ye in separate locat ions - n tee silence ans an clump originating from one ENZAT No. 828 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN 16 Mar 199g ; EDINBURGH AMMONIA M.Rixon, P.Thomas, V.Tregidda, M.P. Wat Foes son —00092437