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slightly larger. Petah oUong, emarginate, wMte. Fruit ovoid, terete ; com- 

 missure broad ; primary ridges slender ; furrows wide, 1-3-vittate ; carpophore 

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Bombay and Malwa, I)alzdl\ Concan, Stocks ; Canara and Mtsobb; Law.^ ■ 

 . SteTns 8-18 in., several, weak. Secondary pinnae of the leaves ^-U m., ultimate 

 segments lanceolate or ovate. Rays 3-8, |-1^ in.; pedicels 6-12, |-i in. ^''^^ 

 ^ in. ; style-bases depressed, inconspicuous.— This resembles a Pimpinella, but^tne 

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Perennial herbs. Leaves 1-2-3-pinnate or twice 3-partite, ultimate pinn* 

 large minutely pubescent in the Indian species. Umbels compound, usually 

 many rays ; bracts many, few, or ; bracteoles many, rarely divided, ^r^^^' 

 teeth obsolete. Petals obovate, emarginate, white. Fruit ovoid or elhpsoia^ 

 terete or dorsally subcompressed, commissure broad ; carpels dorsally coin- 

 pressed, inner face plane ; primary ridges very conspicuous, often subalate, 8U 

 equal or the lateral wider ; dorsal furrows at least 2-vittate, lateral ^^^^ 

 -3-vittate j carpophore 2-partite. Seed dorsally compressed, about t^^® J^^. .^ 

 a^ thick, inner face plane or slightly concave.— jDistbib. Species 20, m t 

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'' 1. Xi. Thomsonl, C. S. aarke ; leaves l-pinnate pinnoe oblong lobed 



?innatifid, fruit ellipsoid terete, lateral ridges scarcely wider than the dorsal. 

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West Tibet, alt. 11,000-13,000 ft., Thomson.— Distrib. Afghanistan. .r.T J 

 Nearly glabrous ; top of the peduncle pubescent. Stem 2 ft. Lower leaves jr 

 2 in., oblong, primary pinnae 1 by | in., lobed, or sometimes deeply pinnatifia; upp 

 leaves reduced nearly to sheaths, or small more finely cut. Bracts 5-8, 3-5 '^ 

 white-margined, deciduous; rays 10_20 ; bracteoles like the bracts ^^^ /°?f. J 

 ^ruit i by i-i in. ; ridges subalate; dorsal furrows 3-2-vittate, lateral 3-vit» » 

 commissure 6-lO-vittate. V^'Kash- 



Vab. evolutior; larger, leaves larger 2-pinnate nerves pubescent. — North 

 mir, alt. 6000-9000 ft., frequent. Stem usually 3-5 ft., often leafy JiP^J*^* 

 Umbel very many-rayed, dense. Fruit exactly as in the type. \ , : , 



2. Zi. margrinatum, a B. Clarke-, lower leaves pinnate P^^ J J! 

 deeply pinnatifid, carpels orbicular with prominent lateral ridges much aor^w^j 

 compressed. 



North-west Himalaya; alt. 7000-10,000 ft.; SimLi and Naini Tal; ^A^^^^^^.^^ 

 Glabrous or nearly so, 2-4 ft., corymbose, nearly naked upwards, -^^f^.^ate; 

 leaves 8-10 by 3 in., pinnae 1-U in. deeply pinnatifid, lo\^er sometimes sunp ^^^^ 

 segments oblong, serrate or lobed, often minutely pubescent. Peduncles long* F ^ j^ 

 cent upwards. Bracts 1-5; \ in., linear; rays 12-20, ^-1^ in.; ^^^*^^i ^der 

 i-\ in., linear. Fruit larger than in L. Thomsoni, the lateral r^*^j^ ."I ^to ^ 

 than the dorsal ; vittse 3 in each furrow, 8 on the commissure. Seed ^'Jt ^i in 

 broad as thick, inner face slightly convex.— Undistinguishable from L. l^" 

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