144 UMBELLIFERAE. [ Peucedanum. 
ceeding their involucres, those supporting the umbellets 6—12” long. 
Shien 2'/2 in diameter, exceeding the lanceolate entire divisions of 
e 
the involucel, globose, many-flowered, often prolifero Flowers yellow, 
the sterile ones shortly pedicellate and exterior, the fertile ones (2—4 
only) sessile, their fili styles exserted and recurved. Fruit ovoid 
“ long, ee with stout hooked prickles 
' Hawaii and East Maui! . ae of 6000—8000 ft. Comes near S. Menziesii, 
H. & A., fro: ies Palivotiie and Ore 
B var. Leaves much way sea cut, and larger, those from the base 
4—5‘ in diameter, lobed only, the lobes not divided, 
Summit of Mt. Eeka! Maui 
3. PEUCEDANUM, L. 
Flowers often polygamous. Calyx-teeth obsolete or small. Petals 
of the ribs. Seeds flat on the inner face, — Herbs, rarely shrubs or 
trees. Leaves once or several times pinnatisect or trisect. Umbels com- 
pound, terminal, with or Dison involucre, the involucels many-leaved. 
A large genus distributed over the whole northern hemisphere, the Andes of _— 
America and over tropical se prorat Africa. No species were hitherto known fro: 
the Polynesian islands. 
Oil-tubes several to each vallecula 
sepa Si ubtinn of leaves obliquely ovate : é : 1. P. Sandwicense. 
Ultim visions cuneate or truncate at the bas : 2. P. Kauaiense. 
Ofi-tates « single in each yaliecula; divisions of leaf filiform. i 3. P. graveolens. 
. P, Sandwicense, sp. nm. — A perennial with a tuberous rhizome. 
Aoba glabrous, striate, hollow, 1—2 ft. high. Leaves glabrous and 
glaucous, the b ones thsies pinnate or pinnatisect, with 2—4 pair 
1'/2—4', serrulate; the upper stem- sailors simply pinnate or 3-lobed 
Flowers yellow, polygamous, the fe ones on a terminal peduncle of 
4—6‘. Involucral leaves many, linear- nin olate, 3’ long, soon caducous. 
Rays 20—25, each 2--21/2/ long. Involucel-leayes 11/2. Raylets 
about 20, bik 3—4” long when with fruit. Petals equal, ovate, 1”, 
1 Ww 
Fruit ovato-oblong, 4—5" >< 3—3'/2, each wing 1/s the entire width, sharp 
and entire until dehiscence, the decpeld almost flat, the 3 dorsal ribs fili- 
form and equidistant, the intervals filled up to their level. Oil-tubes 
