5/ 2 LXVTI. UMBELLIFER,^. 



between the lobes ; inner petals broadly elliptic, with a shortly inflexed 

 acumen. Primary nmbels 5-12-rayed, the rays unequal, |-1| in. long, 

 pubescent ; bracts 1-3, linear-lanceolate, acute, unilateral, i in. long. 

 Pai'tial umbels 5-10-rayed ; bracteoles usually 5, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 1 in. long, strongly nerved ; pedicels g-:j in. long. Ovary pubescent when 

 young. Stylopods large, conical. Fruit less flattened than in most of 

 the other species of the genus, very hard, not or obsoletely winged, ■^— ^ 

 by g in., glabrous ; dorsal and intermediate ridges obtuse, equally pro- 

 minent ; vittie on the back about 8-10, reaching nearly to tlie base of 

 the fruit, solitary in the dorsal furrows, usually 2 in the lateral ones ; 

 commissural vittae usually (3. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 710 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 107 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643. Eeracleum 

 (/mndijlorum, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 108. — Flowers : July-Aug. 



KoNKAN : Sfoc/iS '., DalzeU\ Deccan : Kbanrlala, Woodrow !, Coolcel ; Mahableshwar, 

 Cooke \; Paiicligani, Woodruw. S. M. Country: Kduighat, Stocks'. — Distiub. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



Var. StocJcsii, C. B. Clarke, in Hook.f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 716. Dorsal 

 and intermediate ridges (in the unripe fruit) slender ; lateral ridges 

 excurrent into ca very thin wing. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! 



4. Heracleum Pinda, Dalz. 4- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (18G1) p. 107. 

 Perennial; root as thick as the finger; whole plant clothed with long 

 Aveak white flat hairs ; stem erect, branched. Leaves chiefly x'adical, 

 2-pinnate ; segments cuneate at the base, coarsely toothed, the teeth 

 mucronate ; petioles long. Flowers white, in terminal umbels, radiant. 

 Petals of the radiant flowers large, obcordate, deeply 2-lobed. Primary 

 umbels 6-8-rayed, the rays unequal ; bi'acts 1-3, foliaceous, broadly 

 ovate, acute. Partial umbels with 3 bracteoles similar to the bracts. 

 Fruit with 6 vittse on the back, 2 on the commissure. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 717 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643.— Flowers : 

 July-Aug. Vebn. Panda. 



Deccan : hill forta of Havishchanclragad and Harsar, Bahdl cf- Gibson. 



Tlie above is included on the autbority of Dalzell & Gibson, from whom the de- 

 scription has been taken {I. c). I have never seen the plant, nor, as far as I know, has 

 it been found by any collectors. — There are no specimens in Herb. Kew. 



The following plants not belonging to any of the foregoing genera 

 are cultivated more or less throughout the Presidency : — 



Daucus Carota, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 242. The Carrot. Exten- 

 sively cultivated. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 718; Grab. Cat. p. 85; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 4] : Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 643 ; 

 "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 43. — Veen. Gdjar. 



Apium graveolens, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 264. Celery. Cultivated 

 occasionally in gardens. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 679 ; Grab. Cat. p. 84 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 41 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 271. 



Fosnicidum vidgare, Gsertn. Fruct. v. 1, p. 105, fig. 5. Fennel. Cul- 

 tivated throughout India, and, in the Bombay Presidency, largely in 

 Khandesh and Gujarat. Fl. B. J. v. 2, p. 695; Grab. Cat. p. 84; 



