22 Lxviii. UMBELLIFERJE (hiern). [Peucedanum. 



at the ends of the barren branches, about 1^ ft. long", bearing* at least 

 9 leaflets; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, attenuate at both ends, shortly 

 stalked, 3-5 in. long by 1-2 in. wide, irregularly denticulate ; teeth 

 sometimes mucronate ; middle and lateral veins clear, raised on both 

 sides ; net- veins crowded, areolar, pellucid, depressed on both sides ; 

 lateral leaflets often oblique at the base, sometimes decurrent on one 

 side, and rarely with one deep lateral lobe ; petioles long, subterete, 

 clasping at the base with a short sheath. Peduncles of the umbels 

 with bract at the base, about 4 together arranged in a subumbellate 

 manner at the ends of the branches, the central one 1-1 J in. long, 

 shortest and thickest, the lateral ones 4-6 in. long. Umbels with 

 numerous primary and secondary rays j primary fruiting ray of central 

 umbels 1^-2 in. long ; secondary -nr-| in. long ; lateral umbels smaller, 

 usually barren j bracts of involucre and involucels linear-lanceolate or 

 subulate, short, deciduous. Flowers white. Styles in fertile flowers 

 long, slender. Fruit obovate-oblong, f in. long by \ in. wide, cor- 

 date-truncate at base, widely subcordate at apex, broadly winged, the 

 part not winged thickening upwards and terminating in a flat firm 

 disk; 3 primary ridges prominent, slender. Vittse several between 

 primary ridges, 4 in the commissural face of each mericarp. — Stegano- 

 tcenia araliacea^ Hochst. in Flora 1844, app. 4. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Fruits in April. 

 Abyssinian name, Endur Gttchila. 



8. P. fraxinifolitun, Hiern. A glabrous tree with terete stem and 

 branches. Leaves pinnate, crowded near the ends of the barren 

 branches, 8-12 in. long, bearing usually 9 leaflets ; petioles less than 

 half the whole length of the leaves ; leaflets ovate-acuminate, often 

 cordate at base, subsessile or shortly stalked, irregularly serrato- setose ; 

 lateral ones oblique and subfalcate ; venation as in P. araliacmm^ but 

 less conspicuous and depressed on upper side. Umbels at ends of 

 branches arranged on peduncles, 6-8 together in a subumbellate 

 manner, about 5 in. long, which usually bear 2 umbels, one about 1 in. 

 distant above the other ; primary fruiting rays 1-1 J in. long, secon- 

 dary \-\ in. long. Styles very short in flower, long and slender 

 in . fruit. Bracts of involucre and involucel lanceolate, deciduous. 

 Fruit obovato-oblong, widely cordate at apex, subcordate at base, 

 broadly winged, thickening upwards and terminating in a flat firm 

 disk, J in. long by \-\ in. wide; 3 primary ridges prominent, slender. 

 Vittae several, between the primary ridges, 6 (?) in the commissural 

 face of each mericarp. Disk and anthers yellow. Y2ir. ^. petiolulata. 

 Leaflets not 2 in. long, stalked, lower petiolules |-J in. long. Fruit 

 narrower. — Steganoteenia araliacea, Hochst. var. a, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, 

 i. 328. 



I«ower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Amba Sea, fl. May, 6000-7000 ft. alt., Schimper! (a form 

 with 7-foliolate leaves, and leaflets caudate-acuminate, setose, shortly petiolulate). Madi 

 woods, fl. in December, /^eA;e and Grant! 639. " JSteganotcenia, sp. a forest tree,'* 

 Speke and Grant, Nile Journal, 635. 



