166 SURG.-MAJ. J. F. T. ATTCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 
bipinnatifidis -partitisque ?), parte superiore bipinnatifida, infra medium 
bipinnatipartita, segmentis ultimis oblongis, acutis, subduplicato-den- 
tatis, 4-6 poll. longis. Umbelle composite, maxima ad 25-radiatz et 
8 poll. diametro ; radii usque ad 4 poll. longi; bractez nullz ; umbellule 
multiflorz, floribus parvis, albis, graciliter pedicellatis ; bracteole paucze, 
lineares; calycis dentes obvii; petala inzequalia, exteriores late obcor- 
datz ; styli per anthesin suberecti, demum reflexi. Fructus obovato- 
oblongus, 5-6 lineas longus, dorso leviter puberulus, late circumalatus 
( pericarpio infra semina longe producto), ala tenui, alba, glabra ; valle- 
cule univittata ; commissura bivittata, vittis omnibus linearibus, fere 
sequilongis, semini zequilongis. 
Kuram district, sides of fields, near water, at 7000 feet ; July. 
ARALIACE. 
267. Aralia cachemirica, Decne. 
- In the Malána valley, under birch forests, along with Actea &c., 
at an altitude of from 9000 to 10,000 feet. 
GAMOPETALA. 
RUBIACES. 
Aitchisonia, Hemsley, Pederiearum genus novum. Flores dimorphi. 
Calycis limbus fere obsoletus. Corolla elongato-infundibularis, tubo 
gracili intus glabro, fauce nuda; limbi lobi 5, valvati, patentes. 
Stamina 5, ineequalia, 2 fauci inserta, breviter exserta, 3 tubo inclusa, 
quorum l altius affixum est, filamentis brevibus; anther dorso 
affixee, lineari-oblonge, omnia (?) pollinifere. ^ Ovarium didymum, 
apice bilobum, papillosum, 2-loculare, strato exteriore utriculoso, inte- 
riore membranaeeo, ovulum arcte amplectente; stylus filiformis, stig- 
matibus 2, nunc exsertis nune inclusis; ovula in loculis solitaria, e basi 
erecta, anatropa. Fructus 2-coccus, papillosus ; cocci breviter 2-3-cor- 
nuti, utriculosi, strato interiore demum soluto. Semina erecta, oblonga, 
testa membranacea ; embryo in axi albuminis rectus, elongatus, cotyle- 
donibus oblongis, radiculam sequantibus, radicula infera.— Suffruter 
scabridus, contusus feetidus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato- 
lanceolata. Stipule ample, integra, scariosz, persistentes. Flores 
rhaphidibus maximis notati, ad apices ramorum ramulorumque densissime 
eymoso-congesti, singulatim involucellati, sessiles, involucellis cupulatis, 
laceratis, invicem arcte imbricatis, 
260, 272. A. rosea, Hemsley, n. sp. (Plate XIV. figs. 1-5.) Suffrutez 
densissime ramosus, usque ad bipedalis, ramis gracilibus teretibus. Folia 
9-12 lineas longa. Flores rosei, 6-8 lineas longi; corolla fugax. Fructus 
vix 2 lineas longus. 
This genus has the didymous fruit of the Stellate associated 
with opposite leaves and conspicuous interpetiolar persistent sti- 
