Piate 2244, 
PLEUROSPERMUM FRANCHETIANUM, Hemsl. 
UMBELLIFERE. Tribe SEsELINER. 
P. franchetianum, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxix. ined. ; P. Davidii 
affine sed ditfert folioram segmentis angustioribus, bract+is brac- 
teolisque minus dissectis insigniter albo-marginatis. 
Has. Ina collection from West Szechuen and the Tibetan frontier, 
chiefly near Tacaienln, 9,000-15,500 feet, Pratt (No. 552). 
renne v. bienne, erectum, robustum, 13-2 ped. altum, undique 
i i + poll. diametro. 
oll. 
dilatato; folia eiekaee sessilia, bracteiformia, paucilobata, umbellas 
laterales subtendentia. Umbelle composites, pluri- vel multi-radiate, 
unica sessilis terminalis, floribus omnibus femineis, cum pluribus 
(circiter 15) lateralibus confertis longe pedunculatis floribus omnibus 
bellarum lateralium radios graciles equantes v. superantes ; bracteolee 
Integree, spathulate, pedicellos brevissimos superantes, 2-5 lineas longee 
Fructus (matarus ignotus) glaber, stylis longis divergentibus coronatus. 
Af 
compound, lateral umbels bearing only male flowers (or with an 
occasional female). Whether this condition be constant is uncertain, 
but, from a cursory examination of other species of the genus, the 
flowers are commonly fanctionally unisexual.—W. B. Hemsiry. 
Fig. 1, Staminate flower. 2. Pistillate flower. 8. Petal. 4. Immature fruit, 
All enlarged, 
