UMBELLIFER^. 169 



Stem wiry, rooting at the nodes : stipules adnate to the 

 leaf-stalks. Leaves kidney-shaped? % by I to I by lYz 

 inches, or larger in the shade, with round crenulations. 

 Peduncle J^ inch : no pedicel. Flowers few in the 

 umble, pink : bracts ovate-concave, two to an umbel. 

 Ripe mericarps '% inch, showing both primary and 

 secondary ridges. Wight Ic. t. 565. 



On bare, even gravelly, soil and in grass ; in the opens very 

 common. Fyson 1700. Bourne 953, 1478. 



Gen. Dist. Throughout India and tropical and sub-tropical countries 

 generally. 



SANICULA. F.B.I. 70 III. 



Erect herbs characterised by the umbels irregular 

 and globular, not flat-topped, and the fruits covered 

 with hooked bristles. 



Species 30. Europe, Asia, Atlantic and Pacific sides of 

 North America, Mexico, Chili, highlands of tropical Africa, the 

 Cape, Sandwich island. Ger. Heilknecke. 



Name said to be from the Greek sang, / heal^ because of its jnedicinal 

 properties. 



Sanicula europaBa Linn, ; F.B.L ii 670, III I ; Wood 

 Sanicle. Rootstock perennial. Radical leaves on long 

 stalks, three-foliate : leaflets ovate-lanceolate acute, 

 serrate or bristle-toothed, thin, glabrous. Stems i to ij^ 

 feet, leafless or with small three-fid bracts at the branch- 

 ings. Flower-heads in groups of about three, sessile at 

 the forkings and at intervals on the branches of a broadly 

 spreading cymose panicle. Fruits covered with long 

 hooked bristles. Wight 111. t. 117 fig. 2 ; Ic. t. 334 and 

 1004. 



In shady places, sholas, etc. Pulneys : near Kodaikanal and 

 down to 5,500 feet. Fyson 982, 11 13, 1424. Bourne 181. 



Gen. Dist. Higher mountains of India and Ceylon ; not on the lower 

 hills nor on the Bombay Ghats. 



