686 LXX. UMBELLIFERJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Pimpinella. 



' 7. P. acumlnata, (?. B. Clarke ; lower cauline leaves 2-pinnate second- 

 ary pinnee toothed or incised, pedicels slender, fruit terete. Reutera acuininata, 

 Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 52 



From KASHMIR to KUMAON, alt. 4-8000 ft., frequent. 



Glabrous, or the leaves obscurely pubescent. Stem 3-4 ft., corymbose upwards. 

 Secondary pinna 1-2 in. Bracts 1-5, -3 in., linear; rays 5-10, 1-3 in. ; bracteoles 

 3-5, in., linear ; pedicels - in. Petals yellowish-green or nearly white. Fruit 

 nearly globose, laterally compressed, yellowish-brown, subviscid; carpels terete, 

 ridges slender, furrows 2-3-vittate ; disc small. Easily recognised by the long slender 

 pedicels. 



8. P. bella, C. B. Clarke ; leaves all similarly cut 2-pinnate secondary 

 pinnae pinuatitid ultimate segments oblong entire mucronate, fruit narrowly 

 oblong. 



SIKKIM ; alt. 10,000-12,000 ft., Thomson, C. B. Clarke, N. Gamble on the water- 

 shed between Sikkim and Nipal. 



Glabrous. Bootstock long, fusiform. Stem 1-3 ft., corymbose upwards. Leaves 

 large, ovate, pinnae and pinnules opposite, often white beneath. Bracts 0, or 1 linear, 

 1 in. ; rays 10-15, 1-2 in., angular, stout ; bracteoles 2-5, \ in., linear; pedicels 8-16, 

 -| in. Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals ovate-lanceolate, plane. Disc large, conical. 

 Carpophore 2-partite. Fruit in. ; carpels terete, subpentagonal, inner face hardly 

 grooved ; ridges slender, furrows 2-3-vittate. 



9. P. Hookeri, C. B. Clarke ; leaves pinnate sub-2-pinnate segments 

 of the lower leaves oblong of the upper linear, fruit ovate as long as broad. 

 Acronema sp. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 



SIKKIM, Northern valleys, Samdong and Lachen, alt. 8-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Glabrous. Soot tuberous. Stem 1-2 ft., slender, sparingly leafy, remotely 

 corymbose or subvirgate. Lower leaves cut and whitened beneath as in P. bella, seg- 

 ments 1-2 in. ; upper much reduced with very narrow segments. Umbels subracemose 

 upwards, rays few and slender ; bracts and bracteoles 0, or inconspicuous ; pedicels 

 4-6, - in., slender. Petals very small, often elongate with a whip-like tail much 

 exceeding their own length (but this does not appear uniformly present, some petals 

 on the same plants being emarginate with a short inflexed point). Fruit ^-^ in. 

 globose, narrowed at the apex, laterally subcom pressed, yellow-brown ; ridges obscure ; 

 furrows 2-3-vittate ; disc evanescent ; carpophore slender, 2-partite. 



10. P. tenera, Benth. in Gen. PL i. 894 ; lower cauline leaves pinnate 

 pinnee ovate ultimate segments of the upper small, fruit ovate-oblong con- 

 spicuously narrowed upwards. Sison ? tener, Watt. Cat. 593. Helosciadium ? 

 tenerum, DC. Prodr. iv. 105. Acronema tenerum, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. 51. 



HIMALAYA, alt. 8-15,000 ft; from GUKWHAL to SIKKIM; Wallich, Falconer, 

 J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



Boot tuberous (not annual as Benth. 1. c.). Stem 6-8, rarely 12 in. Petals often 

 excessively elongate as in P. Hookeri. Furrows 2-3-vittate. Closely resembling P. 

 Hookeri but smaller, the ultimate segments of the upper leaves not exceeding \ in., 

 the carpophore undivided thick ; fruit ~ in., elongated, narrower upwards. 



VAE. dissecta ; leaves 2-3-pinnate ultimate segments scarcely ^ in. ovate acutely 

 3-lobed or longer linear subobtuse. With the type. 



11. P. acronemaefolia, C. B. Clarke ; leaves 2-3-pinnate ultimate seg- 

 ments ovate acutely 3-lobed or longer linear subobtuse, peduncles 1-2 on each 

 stem 2-6 in. stout, bracts 1-5 f in. linear. 



