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usually 2-pinnatc ; petioles 4-8 in, long, (lilutL'd at tho baso ; jjiunio 

 usually '2 pairs and a teriuiual leaHct, tlx^ lowest pair of piuu;o usually 

 ternate, with petioles 1 -U in. lon^;, the second pair sessile or nearly so, 

 simple or lobed, the teriuiual leaflet undivided or more or less deeply 

 iJ-lobed, sometimes with a winged petiolule ; ultimate leaflets l\-'i in. 

 long, all irregularly serrate-dentate and with many prom iient slender 

 nerves : cauline leaves usually ternate, the uppermost ot'ten reduced to 

 sheaths. Umbels often in a nearly naked rac(nue. Primary umbels 

 G-10-rayed, the rays l;j-2 in. long; bracts 3-5, oblong-lanceolate, 

 4-^ in. long. Partial umbels 6-l()-rayed ; bracteoles 3-5, linear-oblong, 

 acute, 5 in. long; pedicels unequal, ^-| in. long. Petals ecpuil. Ovary 

 glabrous. Stylopods suuill. Pruit | by | in., ellipsoid, glabrous, the wing 

 thickened at the margin ; dorsal and intermediate ridges distinct, shortly 

 excurrent, wing broad with a miiuite marginal vitta ; vittai on the back 

 about 10-12, linear, produced nearly to the base of the fruit, not dilated 

 at the lower end ; commissural vittoB 4-6. Woodr. in Journ. B.:)mb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 643.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 

 KoNKAN : S(oc/iS !, Lcnv ! ; Ooran, Stocks I 



2. Heracleum Sprengelianum, Wi>j7it 4' ^'•'^- Prodr. (1S34) 

 p. 372. A stout herb 2-4 it. high ; stem branched, much grooved. 

 Lower leaves pinnate or 2-pinnate, 8-12 in. long, ovate in outline, 

 clothed with minute scattered hairs above and slightly larger ones 

 beneath ; pinnae 2-3 pairs and a terminal leaflet, the lower pair (or when 

 3 pairs are present, the 2 lower pairs) pinnate or undivided on petioles of 

 variable lengths, the uppermost pair nearly sessile, not divided, the terminal 

 leaflet large and usually deeply 3-lobed on a long petiolide; ultimate 

 leaflets sometimes 4 in. long : upper leaves usually 3-foliohite, the upper- 

 most often reduced to sheaths. Flowers small ; petals equal. Primary 

 umbels 8-20-rayed, the rays unequal, 1-3 in. long, pubescent; bracts 

 or 1-2, oblong-lanceolate. Partial umbels 8-1 G-raj^ed ; bracteoles 3-5, 

 lanceolate, caducous, \ in. long ; pedicels i-| in. long, pubescent. Ovary 

 pubescent. Stylopods conical, large. Fruit i by \ in., ellipsoid, with a 

 very narrow wiug ; dorsal and intermediate ridges often obscure ; vittne 4 

 on the back, about | the length of the fruit, not dilated at the lower eud ; 

 commissural vittae 2-4. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 716; Dalz. & Gibs. p. lUS ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. Pastiaaca Sj)rea- 

 geliaua, Wight, Icon. t. 1008. — FloAvers : Aug. 



Rare. Deccan : Khaiidala, Woodrow. S, M. Country : on the road between 

 Belgaum and the Ramghdt, Dalzell ^- Gihson. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



3. Heracleum concanense, Dah. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 260. Erect, 11-2.1 ft. high, more or less hairy; root pisiform ; stem 

 striate, dicbotomously branched, usually with a few- scattered hairs. 

 Lower leaves 2-ternate ; leaflets 3-lobed or ternately di\ided ; segments 

 1-1 1 in. long, pubescent, ovate, cuneate at the base, iri'egularly serrate, 

 the serratures with a hard muero : upper leaves often reduced to 

 sheaths. Flowers white, the outer radiant. Calyx 5-toothed, the 

 2 exterior teeth ovate, subobtuse, subpersistent on the fruit beneath 

 the stylopods, the 3 interior obsolete, but the margin of the calyx 

 thickened there. Petals of the radiant flowers ^ by | in., broadly 

 obovate, cuneate, strongly veined, 2-lobcd, with a shortlv inflexed tooth 



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