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p. 705, but it is very different from it in foliage and the bracts of 

 the involucre. " The large white involucre makes this a most at- 

 tractive plant. It is common from 9000 to 14,000 feet on shelving 

 rocks and in dampish localities, Sikaram, Shendtoi ; August. 

 743, 744. Pleurospermum (Hymenolaena) pulchrum, Aitchison et 

 Hemsley, n. sp. Elatum, glaberrimum, caule solido saepe ramoso, foliis 

 mediocribus bipirmatisectis, segmentis ultimis pinnatifidis acutis, cauli- 

 norum vaginis bracteis numerosis bracteolisque albo vel roseo marginatis, 

 umbellis umbellulisque multiradiatis, bracteis reflexis saepissime tri- 

 fidis, fructu ovato-oblongo a latere leviter compresso, jugis primariis 

 alatis, valleculis univittatis, seminibus liberis sulcatis. 

 Herba erecta, 2-3-pedalis, omnino glaberriraa, caule erecto saepe ramoso 

 solido pro genere gracili tenuiter albo vel purpureo-striato folioso. Folia 

 fere aequaliter triangularia vel rhomboidea, subternatim bipinnatiseeta, 

 lamina 2-3 poll.longa et lata; segmenta secundaria rhomboidea, pinna- 

 tifida ; segmenta ultima acuta ; petiolus gracilis, basi tantum dilatatus, 

 usque 4-pollicaris, sursum gradatim angustior; foliorum caulinorum 

 vaginas bractece et bracteolse albo vel roseo marginatae. Vmbellm com- 

 positae, multiradiatae, maximae 4 poll, diametro ; radii usque ad 2h poll. 

 longi, tenuiter sulcati et furfuracei ; bracteae numerosae, am pise, 6-12 

 lineas longse, reflexae, saepissime trifidae; umbellulae multiflorae; pedicelli 

 graciles, breves ; bracteolae reflexae, lanceolatae, acutae, interdum trifidae, 

 pedicellis paullo longiores. Flores albi vel roseo tincti, majusculi; calycis 

 dentes minuti, acuti; petala aequalia, suborbicularia, apice inflexa; discus 

 maximus, carnosus, margine undulatus; styli longiusculi, demum reflexi. 

 Fructus ovato-oblongus, ad 3 lineas longus, a latere leviter compressus, 

 rugosus, jugis primariis distincte alatis ; valleculas univittatae, vittis 

 tenuissimis ; semina undique libera, facie interiore sulcata. 

 A very distinct species, especially in its tall stature and slender 

 habit. Not common under rocks at from 8000 to 12,000 feet; 

 July and August. 

 834. Ferula Jaeschkeana, Vatke. 



This plant may be said to cover the ground in the thin forests 

 on the road between Drekalla and Karatigah, yet with rare ex- 

 ception did I find it in fruit, owing to my being too late in the 

 season. These forests should be visited in June. It is common 

 enough on all the hills to the north of the Hariab district, at 

 10,000 to 11,000 feet. 

 848, 930, 738, 948. Peucedanum s\>.,= Griffith, 1108. 



Common on stony ground at from 9000 to 12,000 feet, Kaiwas, 

 Drekalla, and Sikaram ; August. 

 760. Heracleum sp. near H. candicans, Wall. 



Near water, sides of fields, common at 7000 feet ; July. 



