Pimpinella.'] LXX. UMBELLIFEE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) 687 



SIKKIM, alt. 11,000 ft., Chola, Lachoong, J. D. H. ; Singaleleh, alt. 10,000 ft, 

 C. E. Clarke. 



Glabrous, 3-8 in. ; root tuberous. Leaves exceedingly like those of P. tenera 

 var. dissecta ; segments in. Rays 6-12, 1-1 in., stout; bracteoles small; pedicels 

 10-16, - 1 in. Petals elliptic, obtuse, plane, white or pinkish. Fruit nearly as that 

 of P. tenera. This closely resembles Vicatia millefolia, but the plane petals exclude 

 it from that genus. 



12. P. hastata, C. B. Clarke ; lower cauline leaves cordate or hastate 

 triangular-lanceolate crenate serrate villous beneath, fruit ovate as broad as 

 long. Pimpinella, sp. 17, Herb. 2nd. Or. H. /. $ T. Umbellifera, No. 875, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes 56. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Moflong, alt. 6000 ft., Griffith, H. f. $ T. ; Mairung, alt, 5000 ft., 

 C. B. Clarke. 



Root fusiform. Stem 3 ft., erect, obscurely pubescent, sparingly leafy, laxly 

 corymbose upwards. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 in., nearly glabrous above; upper cauline 

 sometimes 3-partite with cordate ovate leaflets, uppermost sometimes reduced with 



furrows 2-vittate ; disc prominent, conical ; carpophore 2-fid or 2-partite. Seed 

 ^-terete, dorsally compressed, inner face slightly concave. 



13. P. Leschenaultii, DC. Prodr. iv. 122 ; lower cauline leaves cor- 

 date orbicular serrate slightly pubescent beneath, fruit ovate-oblong glabrous or 

 when young with a few scattered hairs. W. 8f A. Prodr. 369; Wight Ic. t. 

 1005 ; Thwaites Enum. 131. 



NILGHIBIS, alt. 6-8000 ft. ; Wight, &c. CEYLON, alt. 6000 ft., Thwaites. 



Root fusiform, perennial. Stem 1-2 ft., virgate, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 

 1-2 in. diam., glabrous above or nearly so; upper reduced to sheaths, or 0. Bracts 

 0, or 1 small linear; rays 6-16, 1-1^ in., scabrid-pubescent ; bracteoles 1-3, in., 

 linear; pedicels 6-12, |-| in. Fruit -^-^ in., narrowed upwards, strongly com- 

 pressed, brown, finally glabrous ; carpels ^-terete, not dorsally compressed, inner 

 faces plane ; ridges not prominent, furrows 3-vittate ; disc prominent, conical. 

 Thwaites says his Ceylon examples are intermediate between P. Leschenaultii and 

 P. Candolleana ; but they are typical P. Leschenaultii with large laterally com- 

 pressed fruits, &c. 



** Fruit papillose-scabrous or , pubescent. (See also No. 13, P. Leschenaultii'). 



14. P. Candolleana, W. $ A. Prodr. 369 ; lower cauline leaves ovate- 

 cordate serrate pubescent beneath, fruit ovate scabrid with clustered hairs when 

 ripe. Wight Ic. t. 341. 



MTS. of the SOUTH DECCAN, alt. 5-8000 ft, frequent. 



Kesembles generally P. Leschenaultii but is more pubescent. Lower leaves usually 

 subacute, often pubescent above, sometimes 3-partite with petioluled leaflets ; upper 

 often 1-2-pinnatifid, ultimate segments oblong acute. Fruit very scabrid, shortly 

 acute at the apex, very slightly compressed laterally, always much smaller and 

 shorter than that of P. Leschenaultii; carpels ^-terete, dorsally subcompressed, 

 inner face plane ; ridges prominent, furrows 2-3-vittate ; carpophore stout, entire. 

 P. javana DC. Prodr. iv. 122 is nearly allied to this but has the upper leaves re- 

 duced and not pinnatifid, and the fruits less strongly ribbed. 



15. P. monoica, Dalz. in Hook. Keiv Journ. iii. 212 ; lower cauline leaves 

 3-partite leaflets long-petioluled cordate-ovate, fruit terete papillose subscabrid. 



