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glabrous on both surfaces; segments sessile, broad ovate, 1-] in. 
long. Stem-leaves usually only from the base of the branches, 
the upper simply pinnate, with distantlinear segments. Primary 
umbels with peduncles nearly an inch long; pedicels 1-1 in. 
Flowers and fruit as in P. bisecta and tenuicaulis.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 2048! 
PIMPINELLA TENUICAULIS, n. sp. 
Perennis, glabra, foliis inferioribus biternatim compositis foliolis ovatis 
argute serratis, umbellis primariis circiter 5-radiatis bracteis 3-4 minutis 
linearibus, umbellulis 4-7-floris bracteolis linearibus, pedicellis quam fructus 
3-4plo longioribus, fructu oblongo glabro jugis parum prominulis, stylis 
brevibus divaricatis. 
A perennial herb, glabrous in all its parts, with much-branched 
erect very slender stems 2-3 ft. long. Lower leaves petioled, 
biternately compound, with ovate serrated leaflets of moderately 
firm texture about 4 in. long. Primary umbels of about 5 rays, 
with 3-4 minute linear bracts. Umbels 4—7-flowered; pedicels 
4—} in. long; bracts several, minute, linear. Fruit oblong, with 
three inconspicuous ribs on the rounded back ; commissural face 
oblong. Petals minute, white. Filiform upper portion of the 
styles not longer than the dilated base, divaricating.—Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1238 ! 
PANAX TRIPINNATUS, D. 8p. 
Glaber, folis magnis deltoideis tripinnatis foliolis obovatis obtusis 
ciliato-denticulatis, inflorescenti ramis elongatis racemosis, ramulis um- 
bellatis, umbellis 4-8-floris, pedicellis brevibus basi articulatis, ovario 
globoso triloculari, calycis limbo minute quinquedentato, stylis subulatis 
recurvatis quam ovarium quadruplo brevioribus. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 1-1} ft. long and 
broad, deltoid, with 3-jugate main divisions, the leaflets in 2-3 
opposite pairs, erecto-patent, sessile or obscurely stalked, deltoid 
at the base, 2-1 in. long, very obtuse, the end one sessile between 
the two top side ones; margin obscurely erenate, with a few subu- 
late cilia; texture moderately firm ; both surfaces dull green, with 
only the midrib visible. Branches of the inflorescence 6-9 in. 
long, with numerous short erecto-patent peduncled simple umbels 
with a small lanceolate bract at the base of each branch; 
pedicels 4 in. long. Fruit 4 in. long and broad, 3-lobed, and 
each of the three lobes conspicuously 3-ribbed, crowned with & 
minute sharply 5-toothed calyx-limb and three filiform recurved 
