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^laT)ro*, ellipsoid, longer than broad, or globose, nearly terete, commissure 

 oroad ; carpels ^-terete, dorsally compressed, inner face plane ; lateral prlmaiy 

 , ridges large, triangular, corky ; dorsal and intermediate primary ridges much 

 smaller, sometimes obsolete, or all subequal ; furrows 1-vittate ; carpophore ; 

 disc usually not prominent. Seed terete or dorsally compressed, inner face 

 plane.r-DiSTRiB. Species 26, in the northern hemisphere and S. Africa. ., ^1 



' 1. CB. stolonifera, Wall. Cat. 585-, stoloniferous, stem long-decumbent 

 often floating, leaves 1-2-pinnate secondary pinnse lanceolate or rhomboid-lan- 

 ceolate serrate or lobed scarcely half-way down, peduncles usually elongate, 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 138; Wight Ic. t. 571; Kurz in Jomm. As. Soc. 1877, pt. lu 

 115. (E. javanica, DG Prorfr. iv. 138, Phellandrium stoloniferum, Roxh, 

 HoH. Beng. 21, Fl. Ind. ii. 93. Dasyloma latifolium, Lindl in Royle lU^ 

 232. D. javanicum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 741. D. sub-bipinnatum, iKt?. 

 in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59. Cyssopetalura javanum; Turcz. in BuU._§f'- 

 Kat. Mo8c, 1849, pt. ii. 25. : - : - 



Northern India from Kashmir and the Punjab to Assam and Pegu; alt. 

 0-5000 ft.,, freq^uent; common in the plains of Bengal.— Disteib, Java, China, 

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Glabrous or nearly so, 2-4 ft., rooting freely from many of the lower nodes. 

 Leaves from 3-partite to 2-pinnate; ultimate segments 1-2 by J-1 in., those ot tn^. 

 upper leaves never linear. Sat/s 6-30, ^2 in., stout. Carpels ihj js m., subqua- 

 drate-ellipsoid, sometimes shorter scarcely longer than hroad ; dorsal and interme- 

 diate ridges usually distinct, scarcely prominent. Seed, in horizontal section, nearly 

 eiTcxaa.T.—Basylo7najaponi€a, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59, has the leaner 

 rather more lohed than any Indian examples, but is (ex ifaximowicz. ms.) only 

 variety of ffl. stolonifera. From this (E\ laciniatum, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. i. pt;,/^^' 

 does not appear to differ. - V ," , x 



■ Vah. 1. ihasiana; very large, secondary pinnae large, nerves ^^^^^^^/^^^^l' n ft 



elevated scabrid subpubescent, rays 3 in,— Khasia Mts., near Moflong, alt. 600U ^r 



H. f. ^ r— Calyi-teeth less prominent than in the type ; bracteoles much exce^- 



ing the flowering umbellules.— This may be a distinct species; but the examples w. 



not exhibit fruit. . V~y 



Var. 2. corticata, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 53 (sp.) ; leaves often simply 



-partite, fruit scarcely ^^ in. subglobose.— Banks of the Delhi Canal, E^ewortny^ 



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2. 03. bengrHalensls, Senth. in Gen. PI I 906 ; roots fibrous, stem 

 erect divided often from the base, leaves 2-pinnate secondary pinnae 1»°^®^'|, 

 or ovate often deeply pinnatifid ultimate segments never linear, peduncles "f ^j^J, 

 short often 0. Kurz in Jmim. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 115. Seseli henghaiensisj 

 Roxh. Sort. Beng. 22, Tl. Ind. ii. 94. Dasyloma henghalense, DC. ^7'; '^' 

 140; WigUIc.X.^^. D. glaucum, JDC. jftWr. iv. 140. Biforis benghaleusiSj 



WaXl.Cat.h^. B. glauca, TFiiW. CVii. 587. ' 



Bengai Plain and Assam, common.— Disteib. Formosa. Bonin, I^'^^^^' -JarT 



_ Glabrous or nearly so; 8-16 in.; usually erect on muddy banks, beco^^ 



pmnae \-\ m., of the lower leaves often ovate, of the upper lanceolate. '^"^%^gls 



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 12-10 by h 1°-, subquadrate ellipsoid ; 'dorsal and intermediate ridges us«?^^y 7n«i/«rfl 

 scarcely prominent. Beed nearly terete.— The Indian specimens of "4- *^^ ,iger 

 are readily separated from ffi. benffhalensis. (E. stolonifera is usually °^'^*^'^ qus 

 with thickened hollow stems ; the leaves are less compound, the rays more num ^^^ 

 and longer, the fruits longer. It is more difficult to separate the t''ii»^°j, 



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 leaves 2-pinnate ultimate segments of the upper j-1 in. linear, pedunciea 

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