Flora of New Zealand Series

Aralia lyallii var. robusta Kirk in J. Bot., Lond. 29, 1891, 237.

Stilbocarpa robusta (Kirk) Ckn. in Subantarct. Is N.Z. 1, 1909, 209.

S. bollonsii Ckn. ex Watson in Gdnrs' Chron. 45, No. 1149, 1909, 2 (nomen nudum).

Tufted herb up to c. 1 m. tall, lacking stolons. Lvs on pith-filled stout petioles up to 2 dm. × 1 cm., grooved, nearly glab. except at junction with lamina; sheath expanded above into foliaceous ligule. Lamina coriac., bright green above, paler below; ± reniform, with deep and broad sinus; almost glab. above, nearly so below or scabridulous; 20-30-(60) (from sinus) × 30-40-(60) cm.; margins irregularly, rather shallowly lobed, lobes again lobulate; lobules rounded-triangular, strongly mucronate to awned. Peduncles stout, up to ± 15-50 cm. long. Primary rays c. 5, very stout, up to c. 10 cm. long; bracts foliaceous, on petioles c. 5 cm. long, lamina us. deeply 3-lobed. Secondary rays up to c. 15 mm. long. Umbels congested; fls small, pale yellow.

DIST.: The Snares.