62 SUBG.-HAJ. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE FLORA OF 



311. Fceniculum vulgare, Gaertn. 



Cultivated as Garum copticum is, and, like it, often an escape, or 

 probably indigenous. 

 854. Prangos pabularia, Lindl. 



Seratigab, at 9000 feet, very common; also Drekalla. July 

 was far too late to collect this plant, as I could scarcely get even 

 a few leaves. I found no fruit. 



821. Ligusticum ? 



Not uncommon from 11,000 to 15,300 feet, Seratigab, Sikaram, 

 &c, in clefts of rocks. Very late in flowering, not in good 

 flower, and no sign of fruit August 4th. The Groorkhas would 

 eat it, and said they knew what it was quite well ; they upset 

 all my arguments on the subject by telling me they had on their 

 hills every plant we saw, besides thousands of others. 

 992. Selinum papyraceum, C. B. Clarke. 



Shendtoi, in moist ground, 9000 feet ; August. 

 953. Pleurospermum (Hymenolaena) corydalifolium, Aitchison et 

 Hemsley, n. sp. Glaberriraum, caule cavo subsimplici, foliis radicalibus 

 amplis longe petiolatis bipinnatisectis, segmentis secundi ordinis pro- 

 funde palmatisectis, segmentis ultimis angustis acutis vel obtusiuscuhs, 

 involucro saepissime bibracteolato, umbella composita 3-7-radiata, brac- 

 teolis plurimis amplis integris quam pedicelli longioribus bracteisque 

 albis, fructus immaturi jugis primariis alatis. 

 Herba erecta, 9 poll, usque ad bipedalis, omnino glaberrima, caule erecto 

 cavo subsimplici tenuiter striato. Folia oblonga vel rhomboidea, bi- 

 pinnatisecta, lamina usque ad 6-pollicari ; segmenta secundi ordinis 

 subrhomboidea, profunde palmatisecta; segmenta ultima angusta, 

 acuta vel obtusiuscula ; petiolus teres, basi tantum dilatatus, foliorum 

 radicalinm usque ad 8-pollicaris ; vaginae foliorum supremorum 

 braeteae et bracteolae albae. UmbellcB compositae, 3-7-radiatae, maxima? 

 2£ poll, diametro ; radii usque ad sesquipollicares, striati ; involucn 

 braeteae saepissime 2, interdum 3, inaequales, oblongae,integrae, 3-9 lineas 

 longae et usque 3 lineas latae, adscendentes ; umbellulae multiflorae ; 

 pedicelli graciles, breves; bracteolae pulchrae, praeter costam viridam 

 albae et iuterdum roseo tinctae (more Astrantice) ovato-ellipticae, integral, 

 pedicellis longiores. Flores albi, majusculi ; calycis dentes majusculi, 

 acuti ; petalaaequalia, orbicularia,apiceinflexa; discus maximus,carnosus, 

 margine undulatus ; styli longiusculi, demum reflexi. Fructus imma- 

 turus ovato-oblongus, subteres, jugis primariis distincte alatis ; vallecula? 

 univittatae ? 



This species is nearest to Hymenolcena Lindleyana, Klotzsch 

 in Eeise Pr. "Waldem., Bot. p. 150, t. 49; Pleurospermum stria- 

 tum, Benth., var. Lindleyana, C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 



