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SiKKiM, alt. 13,000-16,000 ft 

 Stem 2-24 in., thick, hollow. 



often 



aneij cut. Jiracts 1-1^ m., usually pinnatifid at the apex; rays 1-5 in.; pedicels 



very many, short; umbellules capitate and embraced by the bracteoles. Fruit 



narrow-oblong, rather broader upwards; calyx-teeth small ; disc depressed ; epicarp 



dull brown, somewhat corky; furrows 1-vittate. Seed concave or sliehtlv erooTed 

 on the inner face. -o ^ & 



.'^3. P. CandoUii^ BentL in Gen. PL i. 884,916; leaves pinnate pinnae 



j-l^ in. toothed or pinnatifid, bracteoles elliptic or oblong entire, fruit I in, 



kteral ridges broadest, fiirrows 3-2-vittate. Ligusticum Candollii, Wall. Cat. 



W4. Hymenolsena Candollii, DC. B'odr. iv. 245. H. latifoUa, Ziiidl. in 



foyle III 233. H. pimpinellifolia, Osten-Sacken 8f Euprecht Sert. Tianschan, 

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- From Kashmir toKiTMAON, alt. 10,000-15,000 ft.; frequent.— Disthib. Tianschan 

 Mts. 



Stem 6-18 in., usually very thick. Leaves 4-8 in., oblong ; pinnae often distant, 

 never finely cut. Bracts 0-3 ill., often like reduced upper leaves, sometimes a 

 niere sheath ; rays many, 2-^ in., sometimes carrying scattered white elliptic veined 

 Dracts ; bracteoles obtuse, sometimes mucronate, embracing and usually overtopping 

 the umbel. Fruit ellipsoid ; ridges narrowly winged. Seed grooved on the inner 

 race. — This has numerous vittse, but the bracteoles and broad commissure are of 

 Pleurospermum, 



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. 4. P,7 rotundatum, Bmth. in Gen. PL i. 915; leaves pinnate or 3-par- 

 tite, leaflets of the lower 1-3 in. diam. with 3 rounded lobes, bracts or 1 

 small, bracteoles 5-^ \ in. narrow-lanceolate caudate entire white-margined. 



Ligusticum rotundatum. Wall. Cat. 549. Hymenolaena rotundata, DC. Prodr. 

 IV. 246. 



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KiPAL; GossainThan, Wallich. 



Stem 2 ft., not very thick. Leaflets 3-5, petioluled, distant, entire or crenate, 

 scarcely serrate, more often with 3 rounded lobes. Rays 8-12, 1-U in, ; pedicels 

 ^16, some as long as the bracteoles. Calyx-teeth 0, Pise smd styles smslh Youugfruit 



Bubcylindric with incipient ridges ■"^-"-•-^' '- -^ •'— ^-^'^ "- *^'**- 



*e genus is doubtful. The elc 



^e little-Drominftnf. hmMfynl fni do 



bracts, 



Pleurosper: 



5. p. Benthami, C. B. Clarke ; leaves pinnate or sul)-2-pinnate pmn» 

 ^2^ in, deeply lobed, bracteoles oblong toothed scarcely pinnatifid at the apex, 

 fr^ting pedicels J-1^ in., fruit \-\ in., lateral ridges widest. Ligusticum Ben- 

 thami, Wall Cat. 542. Hymenolaena Benthami, DC. Prodr. iv. 246. 



NiPAr ; Gossain Than, Wallich. 

 Stem 2-3 ft. " 



serrate Bracts 



lobed 



^^it ellipsoid, dorsally compressed; calyx-teeth obsolete, style-bases somewhat 

 prominent ; furrows 1-vittate. Seed broadly concave on the inner face, hardly 

 grooved. 



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P. an^elicoides, Betdh. in Gen. PI. i. 915; leaves 1-2-piniiate pinnae 

 with obloDff se^ents, bracteoles 5-8 | in. narrow-lancwlate entire, 



;„ '- oblonff. Ligusticum angelicoides, Wall. Cat. 548 Ilym^ 



1 DC Prodr iv. 245. Pterocjclus angelicoides, Klotzsch m 



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, Kashmir; Falconer. Kumaon; Eutem Eiver, alt. 11,500 ft., Strachcy 



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