56 Mr. EpcEwonru on some unpublished Species of 
natifidis: lobis inciso-serratis marginatis ciliolatis mucronatis, involucelli 
foliolis subulatis, calycis laciniis brevibus, valleculis dorsalibus 2—3-mar- 
ginalibus bivittatis commissura 6-vittata. 
Hab. Himala, in apricis graminosis, alt. ped. 7000-9000. Mahaseo, &c. 
Erecta, glabriuscula, bi- tripedalis. Folia bipinnatisecta; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, pinna- 
tifidis; lobis inciso-serratis, serraturis acutis, mucronatis, marginatis, ciliolatis. Um- 
bella longè pedunculate, oppositifolie terminalesque, polygame, multiradiate. Um- 
bellulze multifloræ, involucro nullo v. caduco, involucelli foliolis subulatis. Flores d: 
calycis limbus brevissime acuté 5-dentatus ; petala lineari-lanceolata, apiculo acumi- 
nato inflexo, adnato. Flores 9 : fructus dorso compressus, stylis reflexis brevibus 
coronatus; mericarpia 5-juga, dorsalibus 3 minüs, marginalibus ampliüs alatis, altero 
mericarpio adpressis; valleculis dorsalibus bi- trivittatis, lateralibus 3-vittatis, com- 
missurá 6-vittatà. Semen compressum, antice planum, dorso sub valleculis leviter 
sulcatum. : 
Valdé affinis Levistico arguto, Lindl. in Royle Ill, quod congener videtur. Fructus fere 
Selini facie, alis adpressis nec separatis differt et vittis plurimis; an in genere Cortiá 
admittendum dentibus calycinis brevibus stylisque reflexis alienum ? 
He duz species satis distinctze a Cortid Lindleyi habitu et forma foliorum, inter se caly- 
cis et petalorum formá stylisque differunt; forsàn potiüs ad Conioselinum intra Sese- 
lineas referenda *, 
ongener with these, to Levisti- 
een Peucedanee and Angelicee is entirely one of degree; the charac- 
ter of the “raphe marginal” or “ central,” as given by DeCandolle, being contrary in the first place 
to theory, and secondly, to fact. I have specially examined, with Mr. 
Heraclea and Peucedana, and found the raphe central ; 
genera to which I have referred them, though I 
) aria is the reason why Dr. Lindley referred it to 
I likewi igusti iti js 
wise suspect that Ligusticum (Laserpitium, Wall. List. no. 584) coniifolium 
