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•^ SiKKnr, alt. 11,000 ft., Chola, L^choong, J D. K ; Singaleleh, alt. 10,000 ft., 

 C M. Clarke, 



Glabrous, 3-8 in. ; root tuberous. Leaves exceedingly like those of P. tenera 

 var. disseda ; segments ^ in.^ Bays 6-12, 1-1^ in., stout; braeteoles small; pedicels 

 ^"t>^' 6-5 i°- Petals elliptic, obtuse, plane, -sfhite or pinkish. Fruit nearly as that 

 of P. ienera. — This closely resembles Vicatia millefolia, but the plane petals exclude 

 it from that genus. 



12, P. bastata, C. B, Clarke) lower cauline leaves cordate or hastate 

 triangular-lanceolate crenate serrate villous beneath, fruit ovate as broad as 

 long.— Pimpinella, sp. 17, Herh. Ind, Or. H. /. 8f T. Umbellifera, No. 875, 

 Griff. Itin, Notes 56. 



'-^ Khasia Mrs. ; Moflong, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith, H,f. ^ P. ; Mairung, alt. 5000 ft., 

 C, B, Clarke, ^ 



Boot fusiform. Stem 3 ft., erect, obscurely pubescent, sparingly leafy, laxly 

 corymbose upwards. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1|- in., nearly glabrous above ; upper cauline 

 sometimes 3-partite idth cordate ovate leaflets, uppermost sometimes reduced with 

 narrow segments. Bracts 0; rays 5-8, 1-1^ in., scabrid, subpubeacent ; braeteoles 0, 

 ^^ ^^2, J in., linear; pedicels 5-10, ^^^ in. Fruit ^-^^ in., brown, subdidymous, 

 acute upwards, dorsally subcompressed, inner face slightly concave; ridges obscure, 

 furrows 2-vittate ; disc prominent, conical ; carpophore 2-fid or 2-partite. Seed 

 ^-terete, dorsally compressed, inner face slightly concave. 



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leaves 



date orbicular serrate slightly pubescent beneath, fruit ovate-oblctng glabi 

 ■^hen young with a few- scattered hairs. W. 4" -4' ^od7\ 369; Wiffht 

 1005; Thwaites Enum. ISl. 



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. ^iMHiRis, alt. €-8000 ft.; Hlffht, &c. Cbylon, alt. 6000 ft., Thwaites. 



' Boot fiisiform, perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., virgate, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 

 f-2 in. diam., glabrous above or nearly so ; upper reduced to sheaths, or 0. Bracts 

 |^» or Ismail linear; rays 6-16, I-l^ in., scabrid-pubescent ; braeteoles 1-3, ^ in., 

 "Dear; pedicels 6-12, \-\ in. Fruit ^^^ in., narrowed upwards, strongly com- 

 pressed, brown, finally glabrous; carpels ^-terete, not dorsally compressed, inner 

 J^es plane; ridges not prominent, furrows 3-vittate; disc prominent, conical. — 

 Th>raites says his Ceylon examples are intermediate between P. LescJienaultii and 

 ^« Gandolleana ; but they are typical P. Lescheiiarcltii with large laterally corn- 

 Pressed fruits, &c. *. ■ 



** Fruit papillose-scabrous or pubescent. (See also No. 13^ P. Leschenaultii). 

 14. P. CandoUeana, W. *§■ A. Prodr. 369 ; lower cauline leaves ovate- 



^praate serrate 

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Subacute, often pubescent above, sometimes 3-partite with petioluled leaflets ; upper 

 often 1-2-pinnatifid, ultimate segments oblong acute. Fruit very scabrid, shortly 



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inner face plane ; ridges prominent, furrows 2-3-vittate ; carpophore stout, entire.— 

 yjdvana DC. Prodr. iv. 122 is nearly allied to this but has the upper leaves re- 

 ^^ced and not'pinnatifid, and the fruits less strongly ribbed. 



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 ^partite leaflets long-petioluled cordate-ovate, fruit terete papillose, subscabrid. 



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