Pimpinella.'] LXX. UMBELLIFEE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 685 



zeylanicum, Herb. Rotate)- $ Klein. Anethum trifoliatum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 96?. 



CIECARS, Roxburgh ; DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, frequent in the hills. CHIT- 

 TAGONG ; at Burkul, C. B. Clarke. PEGU, Kurz. 



Nearly glabrous, or the leaves pilose. Stem 2-4 ft., erect, branched. Ultimate 

 segments of the lower leaves often 1-2 by - in., serrate, of the upper narrower 

 sometimes linear. Bracts 0; rays 6-12, 1-2 in., glabrous or nearly so; bracteoles 

 1-2, | in., often ; pedicels 6-10, ~-\ in. Fruit gV-^e * n - '> carpels ellipsoid, almost 

 globose, ridges slender, rarely white and conspicuous ; disc obsolete ; carpophore 

 2-fid, sometimes deeply. Seed nearly terete, not concave on the inner face. Roxburgh's 

 description of Anethum trifoliatum, a native of the Circars, will apply to both P. 

 Heyneana and diversifolia. "Wallich identified it with his trifoliata (diversifolia, DC.) 

 a Himalayan plant, but W. & A. with more probability refer it to P. Heyneana. 



4. P. sikkimensis, C. B. Clarke ; cauline leaves 2- sub-3-pinnate, ulti- 

 mate segments oblong bristle-serrate, fruit in. elliptic longer than broad. 

 Ptychotis sp., Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 



SIKKIM ; common in damp forests, alt. 4-7500 ft., J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous or sparsely setulose. Stem 2-4 ft., corymbose. Leaves large, ovate ; 

 pinnae and pinnules (^ in.) opposite. Bracts or 1-2, scarcely J- in., linear ; rays 

 6-14, 1-3 in., stout, angular, divaricate ; bracteoles few, scarcely in,, linear ; 

 pedicels very many, but only 6-12 fruiting, ^-| in. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. Petals 

 emarginate, greenish-white ; disc prominent ; styles very short. Fruit slightly nar- 

 rowed upwards ; ridges not prominent ; carpophore stout, undivided ; carpels much 

 dorsally compressed, inner face concave ; vittae usually solitary in the two dorsal fur- 

 rows, and in pairs in the two lateral ones. 



5. P. Wallichii, C. B. Clarke; cauline leaves 2-3-pinnate tertiary 

 pinnae pinnatifid ultimate segments narrowly lanceolate, fruit ellipsoid broader 

 than long. 



NIPAL ; Wallich in Herb. Hook. SIKKIM ; alt. 4000-6000 ft., frequent, C. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous. Stem 2-4 ft., erect, branched. Leaves large, ovate, pinnae and pin- 

 nules opposite, all similarly cut, ultimate segments ~-\ in., often 3-fid, not setulose. 

 Bracts 0; rays 6-12, f in., rigid; bracteoles 1-2, less than \ in., linear, or 0; 

 pedicels 8-12, hardly in. Fruit ^ in., laterally subcompressed ; disc inconspicu- 

 ous ; ridges prominent ; carpophore slender, 2-partite ; carpels dorsally compressed, 

 subpentagonal, plane on the inner face ; vittae externally somewhat conspicuous, usu- 

 ally 3 in each furrow and 4 on the commissure. 



6. P. Sasifrag-a, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 120 ; radical leaves pinnate 

 pinnae round or elliptic toothed upper sub-2-pinnate, fruit ellipsoid rather longer 

 than broad. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 873. Var. dissectifolia ; pinnae (even of the 

 radical and lower 'cauline leaves) deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate. 



VAR. dissectifolia; KASHMIR; Tilail, alt., 13,000 ft., and WESTERN TIBET ; KARA- 

 KORUM, alt 14,000 ft. ; C. B. Clarke. DISTRIB. Europe, Northern and Western Asia. 

 Glabrous or very nearly so, branched from the root. Stem 8-16 in., curved, 

 striate, little leafy upwards. Leaves oblong, pinnae ^-f in. diam. Bracts ; rays 

 5-10, -l in., unequal, stout, ascending; bracteoles 3-5, in., linear ; pedicels 5-10; 

 JL-i in. Petals often pink or purplish. Fruit % in. ; carpels ^-terete, subpentagonal, 

 dorsally subcompressed ; inner face plane ; ridges thin, distinct ; vittse 2-3 in each 

 furroff ; carpophore stout, often 2-partite. Seed concave on the inner face. This 

 does not exactly agree in the cutting of the leaf with any described form of P. Saxi- 

 fraga and the styles are very short ; it may be P. rhodantha, Boiss. in Tchih. As. 

 Min. i. 414, Fl. Orient, ii. 874. 



