Plants of the Punjab. 399 
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Hurss, Hreot, with ALTERNATE E.xsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Ferula Thomsoni, 
UMBELLIFER®. 
BoB. ni TOBE 
Kashmir, 
5-6,000 ft. 
(Thomson). 
(C. B. Clarke). 
Ferula Jzschkeana, 
Asafeetida, 
FHivng. 
UMBELLIFERZ. 
Hy Be bre 708. 
Kashmir, 
6-12,000 ft. 
Common. 
Baluchistan. 
Peucedanum 
graveolens, 
Dill, 
Sowa. 
UMBELLIFERA. 
BB Lait O09: 
The Plains to 
9,000 ft. 
Peucedanum 
Thomsoni, 
UMBELLIFER. 
Ee Bere 11. 
Kashmir, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Heracleum 
Thomsoni, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
Ue oe lenis (0 
Himalaya, 
9-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir, Lahul, 
Spiti. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN UMBELS. 
large, perennial, smooth; leaves 8-pinnate, lower 
leaves 12-24 in., ovate, tertiary pinne 2 by 4 in., nearly 
entire, mostly stalked, sheaths of stem leaves large with 
simple or almost compound umbels; flowers yellow, also 
in a terminal large leafless compound umbel, bracts none or 
small, soon falling off, bracteoles none or very small, calyx 
teeth none, petals ovate, blunt-tipped or notched ; fruit 
+ by 4 in., oblong, much flattened, lateral ridges winged, 
vitte broad, one in the dorsal furrows. 
like the last species, but the leaflets on the margin 
are round toothed. ‘This is probably the source of asafo- 
tida from Kashmir, the drug oozes out of incisions on the 
roots, it is much used as a condiment in India and as a 
medicine for the cure of flatulence. 
medium size, perennial, smooth, aromatic ; leaves 2-3- 
pinnate, ultimate segments 3-1 in., linear ; flowers yellow, 
in compound umbels, bracts and bracteoles none, calyx 
teeth none or minute, petals ovate with a broad tip, notch- 
ed, styles small; fruit + by ;4 in., narrowly winged, oil 
gland large, solitary in each furrow, seed much flattened, 
inner face plane. ‘The leaves are used as a pot herb, the 
fruit is used as a condiment, and as a medicine, being a 
cure for colic. 
like the last species, but the stem is large, the leaves 
are 3-4 pinnate, ultimate segments 4 in., ovate, deeply 
divided, bracts and bracteoles few, umbels large, irregular, 
calyx-teeth none, fruit } in. 
small to medium size, perennial or biennial, grey 
velvety ; leaves 6-10 in., 2-pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, ulti- 
mate segments $-1 in., pinnately divided ; flowers white, 
in compound umbels, bracts 4-5, 3-4 in., rays 4-10, 1-2 in., 
bracteoles 5-8, § in., ovate-lanceclate, white margined, 
petals ovate with a broad tip, notched, fruit 4-4 by 4-2 in., 
velvety, flattened, shghtly winged, greenish, oil gland soli- 
tary in each furrow, 
