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PlMPINELLA LAXIFLORA, n. sp. 



Perennis, glabra, caule gracili foliato, foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis 

 oblongis acutis dentibus latis cuspidatis, umbellis compositis in paniculam 

 magnam laxissimam dispositis, bracteis bracteolisque minutis lanceolatis, 

 pedicellis longissimis, fructu oblongo glabro jugis parum prominulis, 

 calycis limbo obsoleto, stylopodiis conicis, stylis brevissimis falcatis. 



A glabrous perennial, with slender terete sutfruticose stems. 

 Stem-leaves several, contiguous, long-petioled ; leaflets mode- 

 rately firm in texture, acuminate, 2-3 in. long ; side ones nearly 

 sessile, very unequal at the base ; end ones distinctly stalked, 

 deltoid at the base ; umbels 5-6nate ; peduncles very slender, 

 1-2 in. long; pedicels 3-6nate, |-1| in. long. Fruit oblong, 

 T^ in. long, with 5 equal indistinct ribs on each mericarp. Petals 

 not seen. Stylopodia conic ; styles very short, spreading. — Baron 

 290 ! 2887 ! 



Phellolopiiium, genus novum tribus Seselinearum, ordinis 

 Umbelliferarum. 



Calycis dentes obsoleti. Petala oblonga apice inflexa. Stylopodia 

 conica in stylum brevem falcatum attenuata. Fructus oblongus teres ad 

 commissuram baud constrictus, carpellis facie planis, dorso rotundatis, 

 jugis 5 crassis stramineis suberosis subsequalibus, valleculis profundis 

 angustis. VittiB ad valleculas solitaria?. Carpophorum filiforme bifidum. 

 Semen rectum, facie commisurali leviter bisulcato, dorso rotundato jugis 

 5 prominulis pradito.— Herba glabra erecta robusta orgyalis, foliis radi- 

 calibus bipinnatis, foliolis maguis oblongis petiolo basi late ddatato, 

 umbellis compositis copiose paniculatis, bracteis bracteolisque paucis 

 parvis linearibus. 



P. madagascaeiense, Baker, sp. unica. 



An erect robust perennial herb, 5 or 6 feet high, with many- 

 angled hollow stems. Lower leaves bipinnate, deltoid, with a 

 petiole much dilated, and sheathing at the base ; pinna? 5-6- 

 jugate ; leaflets oblong, sharply toothed, 2-3 in. long, the upper 

 sessile, the lower shortly petioled. Compound umbels forming 

 a panicle a foot long, with level-topped divisions; secondary 

 umbels and flowers both about in twelves; bracts and bracteoles 

 few, linear, entire, conspicuous. Petals not well seen; accord- 

 ing to Mr. Baron's note, ovate-lanceolate, greenish-white. Calyx- 

 limb entirely obsolete. Fruit oblong, | in. long, | in. in diam., 

 terete in transverse section, with 5 very thick straw-coloured 



