22 LXVIII, UMBELLIFERE (HIERN). [ Peucedanum. 
at the ends of the barren branches, about 1} ft. long, bearing at least 
9 leaflets; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, attenuate at both ends, shortly 
stalked, 3-5 in. long by 1—2 in. wide, irregularly denticulate; teeth 
sometimes mucronate ; middle and lateral veins clear, raised on both 
sides; net-veins crowded, areolar, pellucid, depressed on both sides; 
lateral leaflets often oblique at the base, sometimes decurrent on one 
side, and rarely with one deep lateral lobe; petioles long, subterete, 
clasping at the base with a short sheath. Peduncles of the umbels 
with bract at the base, about 4 together arranged in a subumbellate 
manner at the ends of the branches, the central one 1-1} in. long, 
shortest and thickest, the lateral ones 4—6 in. long. Umbels with 
numerous primary and secondary rays; primary fruiting ray of central 
umbels 14-2 in. long; secondary 43,—2 in. long; lateral umbels smaller, 
usually barren; bracts of involucre and involucels linear-lanceolate or 
subulate, short, deciduous. Flowers white. Styles in fertile flowers 
long, slender. Fruit obovate-oblong, 2 in. long by } in. wide, cor- 
date-truncate at base, widely subcordate at apex, broadly winged, the 
part not winged thickening upwards and terminating in a flat firm 
disk; 3 primary ridges prominent, slender. Vitte several between 
primary ridges, 4 in the commissural face of each mericarp.—Stegano- 
tenia araliacea, Hochst. in Flora 1844, app. 4. . 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Fruits in April. 
Abyssinian name, Endur Guchila. 
8. P. fraxinifolium, Hiern. A glabrous tree with terete stem and 
branches. Leaves pinnate, crowded near the ends of the barren 
branches, 8-12 in. long, bearing usually 9 leaflets ; petioles less than 
half the whole length of the leaves; leaflets ovate-acuminate, often 
cordate at base, subsessile or shortly stalked, irregularly serrato-setose ; 
lateral ones oblique and subfalcate; venation as in P. araliaceum, but 
less conspicuous and depressed on upper side. Umbels at ends of 
branches arranged on peduncles, 6-8 together in a subumbellate 
manner, about 9 in. long, which usually bear 2 umbels, one about 1 in. 
distant above the other; primary fruiting rays 1-1} in. long’, secon- 
dary 7-7 in. long. Styles very short in flower, long and slender 
in fruit. Bracts of involucre and involucel lanceolate, deciduous. 
Fruit obovato-oblong, widely cordate at apex, subcordate at base, 
broadly winged, thickening upwards and terminating in a flat firm 
disk, } in. long by 4-4 in. wide; 3 primary ridges prominent, slender. 
Vitte several, between the primary ridges, 6 (?) in the commissural 
face of each mericarp. Disk and anthers yellow. Var. 8. petiolulata. 
Leaflets not 2 in. long, stalked, lower petiolules 3-1 in. long. Fruit 
narmowers—Steganotaenta araliacea, Hochst. var. a, A. Rich. Hi. Abyss. 
1. 028. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Amba Sea, fl. May, 6000-7000 ft. alt.. Schim er! (a form 
with 7oticlate leaves, and leaflets caudate acuminate, setose, shortly peticlulate). Madi 
yoods, fi. in. Decem C ! . OH 7 Q ” 
Speke'and Grong ere ‘ pe ee ae ant! 639 Steganotenia, sp. a forest tree, 
