Pycnocifcla.] Lxviii. UMBELLiFERiE (hiern). 



and upwards, hairy about the midrib inside, and on 

 of lobes ; outer petal of outer tlowers often larger than the rest. Fila- 

 ments lon«'. Styles glabrous long"; vittie about? in one row, unequally 

 distributed in each mericarp. Fruit J in. long-. — P. abi/ssinica, Hochst. 

 in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 333. 



Nile Ziand. Abyssinia, Mount Scholoda, near Adoa, fl. Nov., Scldmper! 

 Occurs also in N-W. India. 



6. CONIUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 883. 



Calyx- tcBth minute or obsolete. Petals obovate with a short in- 

 flected acumen, slig-htly emarginate in consequence of the midrib being 

 deeply impressed inwards, inibricate in aestivation. Filaments not ex- 

 ceeding tne petals. Stylopodes depressed ; styles short, reflexed ; 

 ovules obovoid. Fruit ovoid, laterally compressed, ultimately with a 

 narrow commissure ; mericarp 5-seeded ; primary ridges equal promi- 

 nent blunt undulate crenulate, at length smooth. Carpophore ulti- 

 mately divided ; vittae oo , very small. Seeds transversely pentagonal, 

 deeply and narrowly sulcate along the middle line of the face. — A 

 biennial tall glabrous herb. Leaves 2-4 times pinnate, with segments 

 pinnatifid and incise-dentate. Umbels regularly compound, of several 

 primary and secondary rays. 



A genus of only one species, which is widely dispersed over the Northern hemisphere 

 of the Old World. 



1. C. maculatum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iv. 242. Stem striate or sul- 

 cate, tall, 2-5 ft. high, hollow, with opposite and alternate often spotted 

 leaves and branches ; ultimate segments of the leaves acute ; radical 

 leaves large on long dilated and sheathing petioles. Bracts of the in- 

 volucre and involucel shorter than the rays, lanceolate, caducous. Root 

 conical. Fruit ^-| in. long. Primary rays of fruiting umbel scarcely 

 an inch long, secondary rays \ in. long. — Seseii chcerophylloidcSy Thunb. 

 Prod. 51, DC. Prod. iv. 148 j C. chcerophylloides, Eck. et Zeyh. Ennm. 

 PL Afr. Austr. 355, n. 2264. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



7. TRACHYDIUM, Lindl. ; Benth. et Hook, f 

 Gen. Plant, i. 884. 



Calyx-teeth small. Petals ovate-lanceolate, 1-3-veined, entire, with 

 an inflexed acute point. Stamens longer than the petals. Stylopods 

 convex j style erect j fruit ovoid, laterally compressed, somewhat nar- 

 rowed at the commissure. Primary ridges blunt, vesiculoso-rugose 

 papulose or smooth ; carpophore bifid or bipartite. Seeds transversely 

 semilunate or subterete, concave on the face. — Glabrous herbs. Leaves 

 subradical, pinnate, with pinnatipartite acute segments. Umbels re- 

 gularly compound with abbreviated peduncle, long rays and short 

 pedicels, and with many-leaved involucres and involucels. Vittae alter- 



