558 UMBELLIFER# (Sond.) [ Peucedanum. 
radical, prnnate ; pinnz deeply pinnatifid, Jobes cuneate, mucronate- 
toothed ; umbels 8-10-rayed ; involucre 5~7-leaved, deciduous ; invo- 
lucel of 4-7 small, linear leaflets; fruit elliptical, middle-sized ; stylo- 
podium depressed; calyx-teeth very minute. 
Has. On the Katriver and Kachu- or Geelhoutriver, 2-3000 feet. Nov.—Jan. 
Drege. (Herb. Sd.) : : 
Radical leaves 2-3 inches long, 13-2 inches wide, 2-4 times shorter than the 
terete petiole. Segments about 4 inch long, cuneate as the usually 3-dentate lobes. 
Stem 2-3 feet high, with leafy sheaths at the base of the ramifications. Leaves of 
involucre and involucel 1-2 lines long. Rays of umbel unequal, 1-2-uncial. Flowers 
wanting. Fruit 4 lines long; 3 lines broad, much compressed ; the flat margin ? 
lines broad. Dorsal ribs obtuse. Vallecule I-vittate ; and commissure 2-vittate, 
as in the preceding ; the vittze superficial. It belongs to the section Selinoides, 
of DC. 
13. P. magalismontanum (Sonder) ; glaucous-green, stem erect, 
branched ; radical leaves petiolate, bipinnatisect, segments deeply pinna- 
tifid, lobes linear-oblong, acute, entire or bifid; umbel 6-r2-rayed ; in- 
volucre and involucel wanting ; fruit obovate, with a dilated, rather 
convex, margin ; stylopodium depressed ; calyx-tecth very minute. 
Has. Grassy fields on the Magalisberg, and near Vaalriver ; Burke, 277; Zeyher, 
118, 744. Nov.Jan. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) | : 
Petiole of radical leaves 4-4 inches long. Leaves 4-6 inches long, the middle 
pinna twice longer than the 2 lowest; the segments sessile, or the lower pair short 
petiolate ; lobes 1-3 lines long, 4 line wide, the terminal mostly 3-fid, the lateral 
entire or bifid. Stem 14-2 feet high, with 1 pinnate leaf or quite naked, with 
sheaths at the ramifications. Rays of umbel unequal, 1-3 inches long. Flowers 
yellow. Fruit 4~5 lines long, 2~3 lines broad, much compressed. Ribs filiform, 
obtuse. Vallecule t-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate ; margin # line broad, more thick- 
ened than in the other species. In the form of the leaves it resembles P. alsatiewm. 
Sect. 3. Perennial herbs with a large, fleshy root. Leaves all radical. 
Involucre and involucel many-leaved. Calyx-teeth minute, acute, 
Stylopodium conical. Margin of mericarps very broad, diaphanous. 
Dorsal ribs 5, filiform, obtuse, at equal distances. Vittw 1 in each 
furrow, as well as the 2 commissural vitte, superficial. Cynorhiza, 
E. & Z.! Enum. p. 351. This section agrees nearly with Jmperatoria 
and Selinoides, DC.; from the latter it is distinguished by broader 
margins and conical stylopodium 3; from Imperatoria by the involuere 
and short calyx-teeth. "The taphe is marginal, not central, as indicated 
by #.& Z.; the furrows are always 1-vittate, not 2-vittate, as described 
by Endlicher. (Sp. 14-17.) 
Has. Sandy hills near the Zwartkopsriver, E. ¢ Z.- Z, . 2693. Jan.—April. 
(Herb. Hk. Sd.) pesriver, £. § Z.; Zeyh. 2693. Jan.—Ap 
Stem 1-1} feet high. Petiole 2-3 inches lo: » 3-partite. Leaf 4-5 inches long 
and broad. Lobes 2-3 lines long, 9-1 line wide those of the lateral segments often 
A A v . umbel 14-2 inches long. Flowers 
white, E. & Z. Fruit 4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines broad ; the margins 1 line broad. 
