14 Lxviii. UMBELLiFERiE (hiern). [Pimpitiella. 



A large genus, widely scattered over the world. 

 Fruit glabrous {Tragoselinum, DC). 



Stem manifest. Primary rays of umbel 6-9. Involucre of 



1 leaf or 1 . P. oreophUa. 



Stem very short. Primary rays of umbel 2-4. Involucre 



none 2. P. Qymnosdadium. 



Fruit papillose or hairy (Tragium, DC). 



Fruit papillose 3. P. simensis. 



Fruit covered with hairs. 



Hairs not booked. 2-12 in. high 4. F.peregrina. 



Hairs hooked. 2-3| ft. high 5. P. JEJtbaica, 



1. P. oreophila, Hook.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 195. Pubescent; 

 root perennial. Stem erect or ascending, 2—12 in. high. Leaves pin- 

 nate, lower ones l|-5 in. long, on long slender petioles much dilated 

 and sheathing at base, alternate ; leaflets subrotund or narrow, crenate 

 or dentate, sessile or subsessile, sometimes sublobed or incise ; lateral 

 leaflets often oblique at base, terminal one usually cordate. Umbels 

 terminal, of 6-9 primary and secondary rays each, on long or manifest 

 peduncles ; involucre o^ or 1 filiform bract shorter than the ray ; in- 

 volucel of 1 or few similar and smaller bracteoles. Petals oval, with 

 inflected acumen, white ; filaments about as long as the petals ; carpo- 

 phore bifid. Fruit ov&te-oblong, not winged, not more than ^ in. long, 

 glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 9500 ft. alt., fl. and fr. Dec, i/an?i/ Camaroons 

 mountains, 10,000 ft. alt., fl. and fr. Dec. and Jan., Mannl 

 Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



2. P. Gymnosciadiuxuy Hiern. More or less pubescent, perennial. 

 Root perennial; stem scarcely any. Leaves subradical, pinnate, of 

 various lengths up to 6 in. ; leaflets few, subrotund, crenate, sessile, 

 terminal one deeply cordate, 3-6 in. wide ; venules numerous ; petioles 

 long, dilated laterally and membranaceous towards the base with several 

 parallel veins. Peduncle of umbel subradical, 1-4J in. long, slender ; 

 primary rays 2-4, usually 3, 1-2 in. long, nearly equal ; secondary 

 rays 8-13, outer ones about \ in. long-, the inner ones shorter. Petals 

 white (?). Involucre and involucel absent. Fruit squamosely hairy 

 when young, glabrous (?) when ripe, -^q in. long. — Gymnosciadium pim- 

 pinelloides, Hochst. I.e. 



Nile Ijand. Abyssinia, £1. June, Schimper I 



3. P. simensisy Benth. etHook.f. Gen. PI. i. 895. Glabrous. Root 

 thick. Stem erect, branched, striato-terete, 1-2 ft. high or more, 

 reddish towards the base. Leaves pinnate, lanceolate, ascending, 

 ranging up to 3J in. long, with pinnatifid, ovate or lanceolate-acute 

 pinnae ; lobes serrate or incise ; petioles dilated and sheathing. Um- 

 bels terminal, on long peduncles, with many rather unequal primary 

 rays 1-2 in. long and several secondary rays y-yV ^^- long. Involucre 

 very variable, shorter than half the rays, with 1 , few or several lanceolate- 

 linear or dissected bracts, varying much in diflerent specimens both in 

 size and development ; involucels of several lanceolate bracteoles about 



