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usque ad 13 cm. ; umhdullornm pcdicellis crassiusculis 10-20, circiter 

 4-10 mm. longis : involucri bracteis plerumque parvis, linearibus, 

 vel rarius longis foliaceisque, involucellorum minutis ; cahjcis den- 

 tibus prominentibus : stylis brevibus : stylopodio parvo : f met it 

 oblongo glabro a latere compresso +5 mm. longo : carpellis subpen- 

 tagonis : jugis primariis prominentibus sequalibus : vittis vallecula- 

 ribus solitariis, ad commissuram 2, semine subterete, baud excavato ; 

 carpo2)boro bipartite) . 



Angola ; n. 4346. " In short grown thickets at Kaconda, Feb. 

 1907. Not abundant." 



A remarkable j^lant, with the fruit, though hardly the habit, of 

 Carum. 



Selinum angolense, sp. no v. 



Herha perennis, erecta, circa metralis ; caule simplice terete, 

 glabro : foUis, caulinis, paucis, bractea3formibus; radicalibus, longe 

 petiolatis, basi vaginantibus, bi-ternato-pinnatis, Havo-virentibus 

 zbl4cm. longis in toto : foliolis triangularibus, serratis, nunc leviter 

 nunc profunde trisectis ±3| X 2| cm. ; umbel/is magnis, radiis crassis, 

 ±12; 8-10 cm. longis; umhellulonim pedicellis multis, tenuibus, 

 +5 mm. longis ; involucro et involucellis plurum bractearum linea- 

 rum ; cr//yc/s dentibus obsoletis ; stylis longiusculis ; yr/^c?'?^ oblongo 

 1 cm. longo, +6 mm. lato, a dorso vaide compresso ; jugis primariis 

 in alas pajDyraceas suba^quales prolongatis : vittis valecularibus mag- 

 nis solitariis, ad commissuram 4 : carpo])horo bipartito : semine an- 

 gusto, a dorso valde compresso, vix semi-lunato. 



Angola-, nn. 2727, 3166. Flowers with " purplish petals." 

 I cannot find that Selinum has been previously recorded fi-om. 

 Tropical Africa, though there are several species of Ouidium in South 

 Africa; but even if Cuidium be kept up (see Gen. Plant, i. 914) the 

 much compressed fruit of this plant would remove it from that genus. 

 N. 3696, without fruit, is closely • allied, if not identical ; the 

 umbel has 21 ra^'s ±14 cm. long, and is an altogether stouter plant. 

 Pimpinella robusta, sp. nov. 



Herha robusta, perennis, usque ad 3 m. alta ; leviter ramosa 

 glabra ; caule terete, striato ; foliis radicalibus simplicibus, triangu- 

 laribus serratis basi, ut videtur, truncatis, ±6 cm. X 4"5 cm., petiolo 

 tenui +9 cm. longo suffultis ; foUis caulinis numerosis saipissime 

 oppositis, inferioribus trifoliatis serratis, petiolo lato vaginanti usque 

 ad 5 cm. longo suffultis : foliolis lateralibus sessilibus anguste 

 oblongis nonnunquam ad basim leviter lobatis +3-6 cm. longis et 

 +O-10 mm. latis : foliolo medio semper maximo, anguste oblongo 

 vel lanceolato, nunc sessili nunc in petiolum brevem attenuato, 

 6-8 cm. X 1-3 cm., superioribus in bracteas (sajpe trifidas lobis den- 

 tatis) reductis : umbellis densis ; radiis glabris multis, subaequalibus 

 ±l-o cm. longis; involucro et involucello nullo ; petalis flaviusculis, 

 aj^ice inflexis ; ovario dense hirsuto. 



Mayumbe ; n. 7473. The specimen is in young flower, with 

 only one radical leaf. 



• Although this plant is without fruit, there can be little doubt 

 that it is closely allied to P. Welwitscliii Engler. It diifers from 

 that plant in its much more robust habit, its dense umbels and its 



