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with large persistent stipules, and a cordate-orbicular membranous 
lamina 1-1 in. broad, with deltoid teeth and a large open basal 
sinus, pilose mainly on the margin when young, glabrous when 
mature. Peduncles solitary, simple, shorter than the petioles. 
Flowers 2-3, sessile in a globose head, the two opposite outer 
bracts green, oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the flowers. 
Flower 4l in. long; ovary oblong; petals 5, red, deltoid, a third 
as long as the ovary. Fruit orbicular, 43; in. long and broad, 
laterally compressed, obscurely ribbed, crowned by the small 
faleate styles, which are cylindrical down to the base.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 2139! A near ally of the widely spread 
H. asiatica, L. 
PIMPINELLA BISECTA, n. sp. 
Perennis, erecta, copiose ramosa, foliis plerisque basalibus rosulatis 
petiolatis pilosis oblongis pinnatis segmentis adnatis profunde serratis, 
umbellis primariis 3-5-radiatis ebracteatis, umbellulis 3—6-floris bracteolis 
abortivis vel solitariis minutis, pedicellis quam fructus triplo longioribus, 
fructu oblongo glabro jugis parum prominulis, stylis brevissimis divaricatis. 
A. perennial herb, about 2 feet long, with slender much- 
branched glabrous stems. Leaves nearly all (5-6) in a basal 
rosette, 3—4 in. long including the winged petiole, pilose, oblong, 
with several pairs of sessile oblong or lanceolate sharply serrated 
pinne. Stem-leaves none except at the base of the branches, the 
lower simply pinnate with entire linear segments, the upper 
simple lanceolate. Umbels of 3-5 rays without any bracts. 
Umbellules of 3-6 flowers; pedicels finally 4—4 in. long, with 
rarely a single minute linear bract to an umbel. Fruit oblong, 
glabrous, à in. long, with three inconspicuous ribs on the rounded 
back of each mericarp and an oblong commissure.  Filiform por- 
tion of styles divaricate, not longer than their thickened bases.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 929! 
PIMPINELLA EBRACTEATA, n. 8p. 
Perennis, erecta, glabra, parce ramosa, folis basalibus rosulatis del- 
toideis bipinnatis segmentis ovatis obtusis argute serratis, folis superi- 
oribus segmentis acutis, umbellis primariis 5-6-radiatis, umbellulis 6-8- 
floris, bracteis bracteolisque nullis, pedicellis elongatis, fructu oblongo 
glabro jugis parum prominulis, stylis brevissimis divaricatis. 
An erect perennial, with slender stems 1-1} ft. long. Leaves 
mainly in a basal rosette; petiole 1-1} in. long; lamina deltoid, 
bipinnate, 2-3 in. long, moderately firm in texture, green and 
