— 556 UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) [Peucedanum. 
trichotomously supra-decompound ; segments capillaceous, refracted, 
sulcate; involucre and involucel 5—-8-leaved ; fruit large, elliptic-oblong. 
E. & Z. 1 2236. 
Var. 8, rigidum; segments rigid, longer and thickers P. rigidum, E. § Z. 
2237. Zeyh. 2687. Drege, 7640. 
Has. Mountains near Zoete Melksvalley, Thunb. ; River Zondereinde, and 
near Genadenthal, #. & Z.; var. 8B on the same localities, and on the Loari and 
Van Stadensriver, #.d& Z., Drege. Dec.-April. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. Sd.) 
Stem 1-2 feet. Petiole of the radical leaves 3-1 foot, sulcate above, all the 
divisions refracted at the base ; the primary about 1 inch long, the following gradu- 
ally smaller and articulated, the whole leaf nearly as long and large (4-6 inches) ; 
ultimate segments in var. a capillary, 1-4 lines, in var. B 5-8 lines ; in the largest 
form 1 inch long or longer, and nearly 4 line broad, unisulcate above, bisulcate 
beneath, thence triquetrous. Umbel 10-16-rayed ; rays 1-14 inch long. Flowers 
yellow. Fruit when ripe 5 lines long, 34 lines broad, the flat margin nearly 1 line 
broad. Valleculz 1-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate. 
_ 6. P. ferulaceum (Thunb.! herbar.) ; stem erect, terete, sulcate-striate, 
branched, leafy; leaves very short-petiolate, trichotomously decompound ; 
segments subulate, sulcate-triquetrous; involucre and involucel 5-6- 
leaved; fruit small, obovate or obovate-oblong. Oenanthe ferulacea, 
Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 253. P. tenuifolium, E. & Z.! 2231. Herb. Un. Itin. 
n. 564 et 565. Lichtensteinia pyrethrifolia, DC. Prod. 4,135. Sieb. Fl. 
Cap. exs.n.211,222. P. elongatum, H. Mey. Oenanthe seseloides, Presl. - 
bot. Bem. 74. am 
Var. B, Stadense ; segments divaricate. P. Stadense, E. § Z./ 2232, Zeyh. 2688, 
Drege, 7643. 
Has, On Table- and Devilsmountain, Dutoitskloof, and in Hottentholld. 3 var B. 
ee and near Grahamstown. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. 
_ Near the foregoing ; the stem is usually higher (3-4 feet) and leafy, only the 
upper part is naked or nearly so. Petiole adnate to the broad, uncial vagina ; 
lower leaves about 4 inches long, 2-3 inches broad ; the segments 2-6 lines long, 
erect ; in var. 8 spreading, but not refract. Umbels and flowers as in P. capillaceum, 
but the fruit is 3 lines long, 2 lines broad, the flat margin % line broad, 
7. P. Sieberianum (Sond); stem erect, terete, sulcate, branched, leafy 
at the base; eaves long-petiolate, trichotomously decompound ; segments 
erect, elongated, subulate, trigquetrous; involucre and involucel 5-10- 
leaved ; fruit large, elliptical. P. capillaceum DOC. l. c. Sieb.t Fl. 
Cap. exs. n. 212. Ferula stricta, Spr. E. Mey. in herb. Drege. P. 
Jerulaceum, BE. & Z.! 2234, excl. syn. 
Has. Rocks on the Kasteel and Tablemountain, and near Sieber, i 
Ed 4. ; Dutoitskloof, Drege. Dec,—Feb. (Herb. Hk., sa) ee ee 
_ Distinguished from P. capillaceum by the higher, stiff stems, erect, not refracted 
Segments and ramifications of petiole and larger umbel. Stem a finger thick. 
Leaves radical and on the lower part of the stem. Petiole terete, striate, shorter 
or as long as the 4-12 inches long leaf. Segments of leaves 1 inch long, sometimes 
aad bees Rays of umbel 16-24, unequal, 1-2 inches long. Umbellules 
Flowers yellow. ‘ . mer ’ 
Inargin 1 line broad. : Fruit, 5-6 lines lo , 3-34 lines broad ; the flat 
_ 8. P. triternatum (E. & Z.! 2235); stem erect, terete, finely striate, 
simple or with a few branches at top, naked ; radical leaves petiolate, 
truternate ; segments linear filiform, acute ; umbels 5~6-rayed ; involucre 
and involucel 5~6-rayed; fruit small, ovate-oblong, 
