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CARLESIA SINENSIS, Dunn. 
UMBELLIFERE. Tribe AMMINER. 
Carlesia, oie tote novum ex affinitate Siz, Linn., et Pimpi- 
nelle, Linn, a primo habitu folii lisque dissectis, a undo nes 
polyphyllo, diandibiar | oabyeie conspicuis, carpophoroque obsoleto differt. 
Calycis dentes prominentes. Petala basi contracta, acumine longo 
inflexo, quasi biloba. St, tylopodia conica, a dorso compressa. Fructis 
oblongo-ovatus apice vix contractus, patente teres ; mericarpia 
adix crassa, apice cylindrica, Jibris plurimis coronata, 
multicanlie Caules, 2— 4 poll. longi, striati, ramosi, polyphylli. Folia 
icalia multa, persistentia, caulium longioran dimidium paullo 
excedentia, tripinnatisecta, lobis linearibus acutis margine inrolutis ; 
petiolt laminas equantes, basi breviter vaginantes. olia caulina 
conformia, minus dissecta, brevius petiolata. Umbelle 10-20- 
radiate, 15 poll. sub anthesi ad 4 poll. in fructu late; involucri 
bractee multe, lineares vel nonnunquam divise. radiis setulosis 
excess, lineares, acute. Calycis dentes lineares, 3-4-plo fructu 
breviores. Petala alba. Styli erecti, — io cequales. 
ructus dense hirtellus, sine calycis déntibus 14 hin. I 
C. sinensis, Dunn (species unica). beer bu dubia Athamanthe 
zi Hemal. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 
Cuina: Shantung, frequent on rocks at 1,000 to 2,000 feet eleva- 
tion in — Chefoo Mountains, Maingay 49 ; Faber 234. 
Maingay’s specimen is so fragmentary that its affinities could not 
be determined for the Index Flore Sinensis, It bears several per- 
here is a special appropriateness in the dedication of this genus 
to Mr. W. R. Carles, C.M.G., F.R.G,S., late H.M. Consul-General] for 
