Peucedanum.] UMBELLIFERE (Sond) 557 
Has. Rocks in Hotthldbergen., near Palmietrivier, 2. d Z. Jan. (Herb. Sd.) 
Stem 2-3 feet high, nearly filiform. -Petiole of the radical leaves filiform, terete, 
sulcate, equalling the 2-3 uncial, simply biternate leaf, the segments of which are 
1-1} inch long. Rays of umbel very unequal, 4-14 inch long. The small flowers 
a = be — Fruit 23-3 lines long, 14-2 lines broad ; the flat margin nearly 
ine bro 
9. P.? lateriflorum (Sd.); stem erect, terete, striate, branched above 
the middle, naked ; leaves radical, petiolate, 4—5 times triternate ; seg- 
ments spreading, filiform, suleate; umbels often proliferous, 5—8-rayed ; 
involucre and involucel many-leaved ; fruit . . . Athamantha lateri- 
flora, E. & Z. 1 2229. : 
Has. On the Kamiesberge, Namaqualand ; Nov.; E£. & Z., Rev. H. Whitehead. 
(Herb. Sd. D.) 
Stem straight, 3-4 feet high. Petiole of the radical leaves 2-6 inches long, terete, 
sulcate ; its ramifications similar, gradually narrower, ultimate segments 1-14 inch, 
in other leaves only 2-6 lines long and then capillary. All the branches terminated 
by umbels. Rays very unequal, some of them scarcely 6 lines, others 4 inches 
long. Umbellules 8-12-flowered, pedicels unequal, 1-6 lines long. Leaves of invo- 
lucre and involucel lanceolate, 2-14 lines long. Fruit when very young obovate. 
Stylopodium depressed ; styles short ; ripe fruit unknown. It has exactly the habit 
of the preceding, but much divided leaves. 
10,-P. pungens (E. Meyer); stem erect, much branched, sulcate- 
striate, leafy, but naked above the middle; leaves sessile, ternately- 
pinnate ; rhachis terete, striate, as well as the attenuated spinous 
segments ; umbels many-rayed ; involucre and involucel 6—8-leaved ; 
fruit small, obovate. Seseli striatum, H. § Z./ 2226, non Thunb. 
Has. Hills between Potrivier and Langehoogde, Caledon, £. & Z.; near Gna- 
denthal, Drege. Aug.Nov. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) : 
Stem several feet high. Leaves aggregated at the base or to the middle. _Petiole 
adnate to the back of the large, 1-2 uncial vagina. Pinnz or segments articulated 
with the rachis. Lower pinne 3-partite, the upper 3-fid, 2-fid, or undivided, at the 
base as thick as a-pigeon’s, the rhachis as a goose’s, quill ; attenuated like a needle, 
and pungent, the longer 1-2 inches, the shorter 4-6 lines, long. Umbel 15~-20- 
rayed, rays 1 inch long. Umbellules many-flowered. Fruit 3 lines long, 2 lines 
broad ; the flattened margin narrow, ly 4 line broad. Vallecule 1-vittate ; 
commissure 2-vittate. 
11. P. connatum (E. Meyer) ; stem erect, striate, simple or slightly 
branched at top; leaves radical, ternately sub-bipinnate ; segments ovate, 
cuneate, trifid or 5-fid, lobes acute, mucronately serrate-toothed ; umbels 
many-rayed ; involucre 1-leaved or wanting ; involucel of 4-6 large, 
membranaceous leaflets; fruit obovate, large; stylopodium short, conical; 
ealyx-teeth nearly obsolete. 
Has. Grassy places, and on the sea-shore ‘from Omtendo to Port Natal, Drege. 
‘Feb.—April. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) i 
Stem stiff, 2-3 feet high. Radical leaves on 1-3 uncial petioles. Leaves 3-6 
inches long ; segments pinnatifid-incised, }-1 inch long, 6—8 lines wide, the upper 
ones smaller, and, as well as the lobes of the larger segments, commonly 3-dentate 
or sub-3-lobed. Cauline leaves none, or one at the base, similar to the radical. — 
Rays of umbel unequal, 1-2 inches long. Flowers yellow. Fruit 5—6 lines long, 
3 lines broad, the dorsal ribs scarcely prominent; the flat margin 4 line broad. 
Styles diverging, as long as the stylopodium. In habit it comes near the broader 
leaved form of Peuc. Oreoselinum. 
12, P. platycarpum (E. Mey.); stem erect, striate, branched ; leaves 
