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hairs, which are conspicuous also on the leaf-stalks. 

 Leaves somewhat flaccid, spreading, more or less hairy, 

 with irregular and blunt teeth ; the lowest entire, but 

 often some three-lobed or three-foliate. Upper bracti- 

 form leaves palmately three-fid ; the segments again 

 divided, and these again bluntly toothed. Peduncles 

 rather under % inch. Filaments white, with brown 

 anthers. Styles at first white, afterwards turning brown, 

 or dark purple. Fruit quite glabrous and smooth. 

 t. 128, Wight Ic. t. 1005. 



Pulneys : in damp or cool places near sholas, flowering 

 May to September. Fyson 2067. Bourne 24, 414, 956, 1098, 

 1476. 



* * Nilgiri form. Stem 12 inches only, basal leaves 

 two or three only, roundish, I to ij^ inches diameter, 

 lying flat on the ground. Toothing of these, and upper 

 leaves and fruits as above. 



Nilgiris : on the open dry hill-sides springing up and 

 flowering in May after the first rains. Fyson 2557, 685. 

 Bourne 4756. 



These two forms are very unlike in general appearance. One might 

 suspect their differences to be due only to differences of habitat. But 

 while the Nilgiri plant grows in the open, and not I think in the shade ; 

 the Pulney plant I have never seen except near sholas, its place in the 

 open being taken by P. candolleana. 



Pimpinclla candolleana Wight andArnott ; F.B.I, ii 687, 

 XIII 14. Stem usually unbranched, except near the top, 

 from I to 2 feet in height, pubescent. Lower leaves 

 sharply and regularly toothed, softly hairy on both sides ; 

 veins often reddish below : for the most part stiffly 

 erect though the lowest may be spreading. Bracts of 

 the flowering branches without petioles, but with long 

 clasping bases, palmately three to five-fid; the segments 

 sharply and coarsely toothed, with mucros. Flowering 

 branches divaricating at angles of about 30 degrees : 

 peduncles I inch : the compound umbels flat in flower, 



