UMBELLIFER^ i35 



frequent. A. Matthioli, Wulf. ; leaves glabrous, fruit 

 velvety ; Tirol, Carniola. 



29. Trochiscanthes, Koch. 



Bracts of general involucre o or i ; leaves several times 

 ternate; flowers greenish -white, the greater number 

 barren ; fruit slightly winged ; vittse 3-4 in each furrow. 



T. nodiflorusy Koch; leaf- segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 toothed, stem glabrous, striated, hollow, much branched ; 

 woods ; Rhone Valley, Tirol, Dauphiny. 



30. LIGUSTICUM, L. 



General involucre various, partial of many bracts • 

 flowers white or pink ; calyx-teeth small or o ; petals with 

 a long inflexed point; fruit densely compressed; vittae 

 numerous ; stem leafy. 



L. ferulaceuniy AIL, Lovage ; stem 1-2 ft., bracts of 

 general involucre numerous, pinnatifid ; Jura, Saleve, 

 Dauphiny, rare. L. Seguieri, Koch ; stem 2-4 ft., bracts 

 of general involucre o or very few, entire ; rare ; Monte 

 Generoso, Monte Baldo, Carniola. 



31. Pachypleurum, Led. 



General involucre of many bifid or trifid bracts ; flowers 

 white or pink ; petals with a long inflexed point ; calyx- 

 teeth o ; leaves bi- or ter-pinnate ; fruit much compressed ; 

 stem leafless. 



P. simplex, Rchb. {Gay a simplex, Gaud.) ; leaf-segments 

 Hnear, bracts of general involucre 7- 10, flowers often 

 dark pink, in crowded umbels ; very high ; Switzerland, 

 Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



