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with flatteiiod margin ; stylciuxls usually small. Ovary glabnnis. Fruit, 

 ellipsoid, oblong, or suborbiciilar, ilorsaliy much compressed, more or hfss 

 acutely winged on the margin ; mericarijs slightly convex on the back, 

 the pritnary dorsal and intermediate riilges lililorm or little elevated, 

 the lateral dilated, winged ; vittae usually solitary in tin; furrows reaching 

 the base of the fruit or rarely abbrm-iated, the commissural vittte 2-0. 

 8eed flat, slightly curved on tlie back, the face Hat or rarely somewhat 

 concave. — DisriiiH. Throughout the northern hemis|)liere of the world, 

 Tropical and South Africa, Tropical America ; spcciea about 100. 



Margins of leaflets eutire ; commissure 2-vittate 1. P. Dhana. 



Margins of leaflets serrate ; commissure 4-vittate 2. P. grande. 



1. Peucedanum Dhana, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 7216, var. Dalzellii, 

 C. B. ClaAe, In I look-, f. FL B. I. v. 2 (lb79) p. 709. (glaucous, 

 glabrous ; root large, fusiform ; stem rigid, 6-8 in. i)igh, scarci^ly 

 branclied. Leaves radical, lying on the ground, subcoriaceous, pinnately 

 divided; leaflets 3-5, entire, or, more commonly, deeply 2-3-lobed, 

 4--1 in. long, the lobes obovate-oblong, mucronate, entire ; petioles 

 1-3 in. lojig. Flowers yellow. Calyx obscurely 5-toothed. Primary 

 umbels o-10-rayed, the rays |-1| in. long ; bracts 3-6, lanceolate, acute, 

 g-^ in. long. Partial umbels 20-flowered ; pedicels unequal, j^j— | in. 

 long ; bracteoles 3-6, lanceolate, g-^ in. long. Styles long, recurved. 

 Fruit I by \ in., broadly elliptic ; vittae linear, solitary between the 

 ridges and as long as them, the commissure 2-vittate, the vittae marginal. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. Pasiinaca r/latwa, 

 Dalz. in Kew Journ. Pot. v. 4 (1852) p. 293; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 107.— 

 Flowers : July -Aug. Vern. Koland. 



KoNKAX : near Pen, Woodrow. S. M. Country : pastures near Belgaum, Dahcll cj- 

 Gibson; Belgaum, Dabell], Ritchie, 1078! 



The root is e:iten and has the taste and odor of a carrot. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula, Jabalpur, Chota Nagpur). 



2. Peucedanum grande, C. B. Clarice, in Hoolc. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 



p. 710. Glabrous, 3 ft. high; root large, woody, perennial; stem erect, 

 grooved, as thick as the little finger at the base. Leaves mostly radical, 

 bipinnate, 8-12 in. long (including the counuon petiole which is 2-5 in. 

 long) ; pinnae usually 2 pairs and a terminal leaflet, the lowest pair 

 ternately divided, with petioles |-1 in. long, the upper pair often simple, 

 sessile or nearly so, the terminal leaflet 3-Iobed nearly to the base, the 

 ultimate leaflets 2-2^ by ll-l-l in., with deeply and irregularly gashed 

 and serrate margins, the serratures ending in a stiff hard bristle : cauline 

 leaves usually ternate, very variable in size and shape, usually deei)ly 

 lobed (sometimes almost entire), with crenate-serrate margins and 

 petioles much dilated at the base. Flowers yellow. Calyx-teeth 5, 

 short, triangular. Petals yV in. long, ovate-oblong, with a long intlexed 

 acumen. Primary umbels 10-20-rayed, the rays unequal, 1-2| in. long; 

 bracts 5, herbaceous, ^ in. long, ovate-oblong, acuminate. Partial umbels 

 10-20-rayed; pedicels l-g in. long; bracteoles 5, oblong, acute, ^ in. 

 long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit obovate, g-| in. long, narrowly winged; 

 dorsal and intermediate ridges prominent, the furrows 1-vittate, the 

 vittae nearly as long as the fruit ; lateral usually 2-vittate, the vittae 

 abbreviated ; commissural vittae 4, abbreviated. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (189S) p. 643; AV'att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 181. 



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