696 LXX. UMBELLIFER2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [CEnantJie.. 



glabrous, ellipsoid, longer than broad, or globose, nearly terete, commissure 

 broad ; carpels ^-terete, dorsally compressed, inner face plane ; lateral primary 

 ridges large, triangular, corky ; dorsal and intermediate primary ridges much 

 smaller, sometimes obsolete, or all subequal ; furrows 1-vittate ; carpophore ; 

 disc usually not prominent. Seed terete or dorsally compressed, inner face 

 plane. DISTRIB. Species 25, in the northern hemisphere and S. Africa. 



1. <E. stolonifera, Watt. Cat. 585 ; stoloniferous, stem long-decumbent 

 often floating, leaves 1 -2-pinnate secondary pinnae lanceolate or rhomboid-lan- 

 ceolate serrate or lobed scarcely half-way down, peduncles usually elongate. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 138; Wight Ic. t. 571; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 Ho. (Ei. javanica, DC. Prodr. iv. 138. Phellandrium stoloniferum, Roxb. 

 Hort. Seng. 21, Fl. Ind. ii. 93. Dasyloma latifolium, Lindl. in Royle III. 

 232. D. javanicum, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 741. D. sub-bipinnatum, Miq* 

 in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59. Oyssopetalum javanum, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. 

 Nat. Mosc. 1849, pt. ii. 25. 



Northern INDIA from KASHMIR and the PUNJAB to ASSAM and PEGU; alt. 

 0-5000 ft., frequent; common in the plains of BENGAL. DISTRIB. Java, China r 



Glabrous or nearly so, 2-4 ft., rooting freely from many of the lower nodes. 

 Leaves from 3-partite to 2-pinnate; ultimate segments 1-2 by ^-1 in., those of the- 

 upper leaves never linear. Rays 6-30, | 2 in., stout. Carpels by ^ in., subqua- 

 drate-ellipsoid, sometimes shorter scarcely longer than broad ; dorsal and interme- 

 diate ridges usually distinct, scarcely prominent. Seed, in horizontal section, nearly 

 circular. Dasyloma japonica, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59, has the leaflets 

 rather more lobed than any Indian examples, but is (ex -Maximowicz. ms.) only a 

 variety of (E. stolonifera. From this (E. laciniatum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 741, 

 does not appear to differ. 



VAR. 1. khasiana; very large, secondary pinnae large, nerves beneath reticulated 

 elevated scabrid subpubescent, rays 3 in. Khasia Mts., near Moflong, alt. 6000 ft., 

 H. f. $ T. Calyx-teeth less prominent than in the type ; bracteoles much exceed- 

 ing the flowering umbellules. This may be a distinct species ; but the examples do 

 not exhibit fruit. 



VAR. 2. corticata, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 53 (sp.) ; leaves often simply 

 3-partite, fruit scarcely ~ i n - subglobose. Banks of the Delhi Canal, Edaeworth. 



2. OB. beng halensis, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 906 ; roots fibrous, stem 

 erect divided often from the base, leaves 2-pinnate secondary pinnae lanceolate 

 or ovate often deeply pinnatifid ultimate segments never linear, peduncles usually 

 short often 0. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 115. Seseli benghalensis, 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. 22, Fl. Ind. ii. 94. Dasyloma benghalense, DC. Prodr. iv. 

 140 ; Wight Ic. t. 568. D. glaucum, DC. Prodr. iv. 140. Biforis benghalensis, 

 Wall. Cat. 588. B. glauca, Wall. Cat. 587. 



BENGAL PLAIN and ASSAM, common. DISTRIB. Formosa, Bonin, Loo-choo. 



Glabrous or nearly so; 8-1 6 in.; usually erect on muddy banks. Secondary 

 pinnae -1 in,, of the lower leaves often ovate, of the upper lanceolate. Umbel often 

 sessile. Bracts 0; rays 4-6, rarely f in., stout. Calyx-teeth small. Carpels 

 i^-ik by ^ in., subquadrate ellipsoid ; dorsal and intermediate ridges usually distinct 

 scarcely prominent. Seed nearly terete. The Indian specimens of (E. stolonifera 

 are readily separated from (E. benghalensis. (E. stolonifera is usually much larger 

 with thickened hollow stems ; the leaves are less compound, the rays more numerous 

 and longer, the fruits longer. It is more difficult to separate the Chinese and 

 Japanese specimens. 



3. <E. linearis, Wall. Cat. 586 ; stem decumbent, nodes rooting freely, 

 leaves 2-pinnate ultimate segments of the upper -1 in. linear, peduncles and 

 Umbels nearly as in (E. stolonifera. DC. Prodr. iv. 138. 



