212 ON THE VEGETATION, ETC., 
fimbriata tectis fimbriarumque brevium serie cinctis, filamentis li- 
nearibus. 
Corolla 4 lin. longa. Foliorum basis lata, rotundato-truncata.—Cres- 
cit in jugo Syhadrensi; fl. Sept. 
This species seems most nearly allied to O. Grisebachiana of Wight’s 
‘Icones, n. 1330, but differs from that species in having few 
flowers ; in the shape of the leaves, which in that species are attenu- 
ated towards the base ; also in the very different shape of the segments 
of the corolla, which in O. Grisebachiana are acuminated. 
Nat. Ord. UMBELLIFERÆ. 
. PIMPINELLA. 
P. monoica, n. sp.; caule elato tereti glabro levi stricto parte inferiore 
simplici apice ramoso, ramis ramulisque alternatim bifariamque dis- 
positis, foliis inferioribus longe petiolatis pinnatim trifoliolatis, fo- 
liolis longe petiolulatis cordato-lanceolatis minute cartilagineo-serra- 
tis basi 5-nerviis pubescentibus, foliis superioribus multifidis laciniis 
* filiformibus vel ad vaginas redactis, petiolis vaginantibus margine 
ciliatis, involucro nullo v. monophyllo, involucellis oligo-(1—4)- 
phyllis, umbellis ramos terminantibus foemineis fructiferis, lateralibus 
(scilicet in ramulis ultimis) masculis, fructu juniore granulis pellu- 
cidis obsito.—Crescit in jugo Syhadrensi; fl. Nov. 
This is the tallest of the three species found in this Presidency, 
being seven to eight feet high, with a stem as thick as a swan's quill. 
It is exclusively confined to the higher ranges of the ghauts. It is 
evidently closely allied to P. Candolleana and Javana, from which the 
trifoliolate leaves sufficiently distinguish it. The terminal umbels are 
destitute of stamens, while the lateral ones are equally so of styles. 
Our other species are P. involucrata, W. and A., and P. adscendens 
(mihi), confined to the banks of rivers in the low country. 
(To be continued.) 
Letter from Dr. ANDREW SINCLAIR on the Vegetation, §c., of 
the knees of Auckland, New Zealand.* 
Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 16, 1850. 
As I have sent you specimens of the plants I have collected near 
* The valuable information contained in this letter will be perused with the- 
more interest at the present time, when the first number of Dr, Hooker’s ‘ Flora of 
New Zealand’ is on the point of appearing —Ep, 
