Peucedamm.] Lxviii. umbelliferje (hierxn). 21 



divided. Leaves bipiunate, large, with dilated sheathing petioles, 

 stalked piimai, and ovate-incised or sublobed shortly stalked pinnules ; 

 segments rounded or obtuse, often shortly mucronate ; principal veins 

 slender, clear, scattered with a few short bristles, in relief on both 

 sides and of a paler colour than the leaves j the net- veins darker ; the 

 stalks shortly and inconspicuously pilose. Umbels peduncled, with 

 many rather slender primary and secondary rays, and involucre and 

 involucels of few short linear leaves. Primary rays of fruiting umbel 

 2 in. long, secondary ^ in. long. Calyx-teeth minute ; petals shortly 

 oval, emarginate. Styles short ; stylopods convexo-conical. Fruit ob- 

 ovate-obloug, glabrous ; primary ridges all equally conspicuous, ^^ in. 

 long, j in. wide. Vittee large and solitary between the ridges 2 not 

 distant in each commissural face. Seed concave on the face, with 8 

 ridges on the back. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Gafat, Schimper ! 1863-68 ; 8700 ft. ; fl. and fr. October. 



5. P. Grantiiy Kingston mss. Glabrous and nitescent, herbaceous 

 Root tapering. Stem terete, striate, lJ-7 ft. high, branched especially 

 Above, sometimes as thick as a walking-stick. Lower leaves bipinnate, 

 on long petioles, dilated and clasping at base; pinnae distinctly 

 stalked ; pinnules sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at 

 base, incise-serrate ; upper leaves usually ternate on petioles more or 

 less dilated throughout their entire length ; veins of all the leaves pale, 

 delicate, but very prominent on the under side. Umbels on manifest 

 peduncles, numerous, arranged in a paniculate manner, middle ones 

 often suburabellate ; primary rays J-| in. long ; secondary \-\ in. 

 long. Involucre of or 1 small bract, involucel of several small brac- 

 teoles. Cal3'x-lobes obsolete. Petals lanceolate, with inflected point, 

 subentire; stamens longer than the petals; stylopods convex with 

 sharp overhanging disk; styles very short in flower. Fruit much 

 compressed dorsally with 3 rounded ridges on the base, winged on the 

 margins, obovate-oblong, J in. long. Vittae 2 or 3 together, 4 in 

 commissural faces. Carpophore bipartite. Seed somewhat convex on 

 back, with a wide central trench on commissural face. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Sclumper! White Nile, fl. and fr. in December, Petht- 

 rich! Unyoro, fl. in August, Spehe and Grant! 581. 

 Grows in woods. 



6. P. atropurpureum (Pastinaca), Steud. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 321). 

 Glabrous. Stem terete, finely striate. Flowers purple. Petals ob- 

 ovate concave with inflected acumen. Involucre and involucels of 0, 1 or 

 2 bracts with lanceolate subulate segments. Fruiting umbels of about 

 7 primary and secondary rays, about 1 in. and \ in. long respectively. 

 Stylopods depressed. Fruit purplish ? glaucous, narrowly elliptic, 

 compressed, immature ^ in. long in our specimens. 



Nile liand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Grows in shady places, and flowers in September. 



7. P, araliaceum, Bcnth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 920. A small 

 glabrous tree, with terete stem and branches. Leaves pinnate, crowded 



