o6G LXYIT. rMl?EI,LirKK.T:. 



densely pubescent : middle caviline leaves 3-partite, the segments cut 

 and sometimes lobed : upper leaves often irregularly 1-2-pinnatifid, the 

 ultimate segments oblong, acute. Primary umbels with 10-10 pubescent 

 equal rays, ^-1 in. long ; bracts 5-8, linear-subulate, ^-| in. long. 

 Partial umbels 10-20-flo\vered ; pedicels^ in. long; bracteoles ^in.loug. 

 Styles long, divaricate. Fruit J^ in. long, ovoid, acutely pointed, 

 covered with granular tubercles ; mericarps rounded on the back, 

 slightly concave on the inner face, the ridges prominent. 11. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 687; Wight, Icon. t. 341; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 6-l'3.— Flowers : 8ept.-0ct. 



Not very common in the Bombay Presidency. Dkccan : Poona districts, Eanade ! ; 

 Panchgani, Cookcl, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (\V. Peninsula). 



3. Pimpinella monoica, Balz. in Knv Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 212. A tall plant reaching 6-8 ft. high ; stem as thick as a goose- 

 quill, terete, simple below, branched above, glabrous, smooth, striate ; 

 branches alternate and bifarious. Lower cauline leaves pinnately 

 3-foliolate ; leaflets l|-4 by |-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 more or less pubescent, sharply serrate, base cordate, truncate or 

 sometimes tapering ; common petioles 3-6 in. long, sheathing, ciliate ; 

 petiolules |-2 in. long : upper leaves often cut into numerous setaceous 

 liuear segments, or sometimes reduced to mere sheaths. Flowers in 

 compound umbels, some of the umbels consisting wholly of male, the 

 others of female flowers. Primary umbels with 6-12 slender rays, 

 |-1 in. long ; bracts 0, or 1 subulate. Partial umbels 8-20-flowered ; 

 bracteoles 1-4, linear-subulate, |-i in. long, or often 0. Petals white, 

 jtjj in. long, obovate or suborbicular, rounded at the apex. Fruit -^^ in. 

 long, ovoid, crowned by the conspicuous disk, clothed when young with 

 pellucid granules ; mericarps rounded on the back. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 687 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 106 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 643.— Flowers : Nov. 



On the highest Ghats, Dahell (f- Gibson. Konkan : Stocks !, Law ! Deccan : 

 Mahablcshwar, Cooke\; Panchgani, Cooke\ S. M. Country : Belgaum south, i?ii!eA«V, 

 S32! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. Pimpinella tomentosa, Dalz. ex C. B. Clarice, in Hoolc f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 2 (1879) p. 689. Erect, 2-3 ft. high ; root narrowly fusiform ; 

 stems pubescent or tomentose ; branches numerous. Lower cauline 

 leaves 2-3-pinnatipartite ; leaf-blade (excluding the petiole) 3-6 in. long ; 

 ultimate segments sharply inciso-serrate, tlie teeth pointed with a stout 

 sharp bristle ; common petioles sometimes 4 in. long, sheathing at the 

 base, striate, pubescent or tomentose : upper leaves often reduced to 

 sheaths. Flowers white. Primary umbels 4-8-rayed, the rays subequal, 

 I in. long, pubescent ; bract 1, subulate, \ in. long, or 0. Partial umbels 

 3-12-flowered; pedicels short, pubescent ; bracteoles 1-3, Unear. Styles 

 long, their bases enlarged into conical yellowish-brown stylopods persis- 

 tent on the fruit. Fruit ^ in. long, uarrowly oblong, .attenuate upwards, 

 scabrid with numerous small \\l)itish scales ; ridges very obscure. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. Heradeum tomen- 

 tosum, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 108 & p. 313 (^not of Smith).— Flowers : Nov. 



Konkan: Sfocksl; S. Konkan, Zn:w ! Df.ccan: Panchgani, Coo/te ! ; Mahableshwar, 

 Cooke'.; Singbad near Poona, JVnodrow. — Distrib. India AV. Peninsula). 



