496 MR. S. TROYTE DUNN ON 
8. Cryptoteniopsis mollis, Dunn. Carum molle, Franch. in 
Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. VIII. vi. (1894) p. 120.—Yunnay, 
Delavay, 4095! 
9. C. asplenioides, Boissieu, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. II. ii. 
(1902) p. 807.—SzEcuuEN: Tchenkeoutin, Farges. 
Cnanthe rivularis, Dunn; a . lineari, Wall., foliis longe- 
petiolatis, brevi-vaginatis, tenuius dissectis differt. 
Herba erecta, preter inflorescentiam scaberulam glabra, 
2-pedalis. Rhizoma repens, gracile, caulem radicesque fibrosas 
nodis emittens. Caulis fistulosus, simplex vel pauciramosus. 
Folia pinnata, rarius bipinnata, ex vagina brevi petiolata, 
inferiorum segmentis ovatis acute inciso-serratis, superiorum 
linearibus paucis. Umbelle 6-7-radiate, pollicares ; bractee 0. 
Umbellule multiflore ; bracteole multe, lineares, breves. Calyces 
dentes breves, lanceolatw, decidue. Petala alba, obovata, 
acumine inflexo. Fructus globosus, 1 lin. diam. ; juga primaria 
dorsalia incrassata valleculas tegentia, lateralia multo majora. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, in moist places, often in swall rills, 
A. Henry, 10822. 
Cnanthe sinensis, Dunn; ab @. rivulari, Dunn, fructu 
facile distincta. . 
Herba uliginosa, preter inflorescentiam minute scabridam, 
glabra, 1-3-pedalis, basi procumbens, radicans. Caulis fistulosus 
simplex vel rarius pauciramosus. Folia caulium longiorum 
fertilium ex vagina brevi petiolata, pinnata, inferiorum pions 
pluribus lineari-lanceolatis pinnatifidis, superiorum  paucis 
linearibus. Umbelle 4-6-radiate, 1-14 poll. diam. ; bractea 0 
vel brevis vel rarius umbellam superans. Umbellule multiflore ; 
bracteole multe, lineares, flores vix equantes. Calycis dentes 
breves, lanceolate, persistentes. Petala alba, obovata, acumine 
inflexo. Fructus oblongus, cylindricus, 2} lin. longus: Jug@ 
primaria dorsalia incrassata, valleculis angustis separata, lateralia 
majora. 
Hureu : Ichang, rice-fields, A. Henry, 1663, 4089 ; SZECHUEN: 
Min River, Faber, 874. ; 
Common in the Ichang prefecture and known locally as shw- 
ch‘in ts‘ai, or Water-celery. 
Peucedanum medicum, Dunn; a P. terebinthaceo, Fiseb., 
fructu majore, commissura plurivittata distincta. 
