702 LXX. UMBELLIFER*:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gortia. 



From KTJMAON to BHOTAN, alt. 12,000-16,000 ft; Wallich, &c. 



Stem 0-8 in. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, ultimate segments rarely in., 

 setaceous. Umbel often sessile; bracts (in the peduncled umbels) many large 2- 

 pinnate; rays often pubescent, very unequal, sometimes 8-12 in. Fruit - in.; 

 carpels elliptic, slightly cordate at base; 3-dorsal ridges slightly equally winged, 

 much narrower than the lateral : dorsal furrows 1 -vittate, lateral usually 2-vittate. 

 Seed 4-5 times as broad as thick. 



2. C. Kookeri, C. B. Clarke-, bracteoles long simple or slightly lobed, 

 styles of the fertile flowers very long, fruit commissure 2-vittate. Oortia sp. 1, 

 Herb.Ind. Or.H.f.8? T. 



SIKKIM ; alt. 13,000-18,000 ft., Donkiah, Jongri, &c., J. D. H. ; Yakla, alt. 16,000 

 ft., C. B. Clarke ; Phalloot, S. Kurz. 



Stemless, with the fruit packed in dense masses over the crown, and a few long 

 umbel-rays often added. Leaves glabrous or minutely pubescent, ultimate segments 

 i- in., linear. Eays usually pubescent ; bracteoles -f in.; pedicels of the fruit 

 ^L- in., often ultimately thickened ; umbellules generally unisexual, males with long 

 stamens and obsolete styles. Fruit by | in., depressed-circular, base cordate ; 3 dorsal 

 ridges slightly equally elevated, or the dorsal slightly winged, the intermediate nearly 

 as broad as the lateral : furrows all 1 -vittate, vittse rather large. Seed 4-5 times as 

 broad as thick. The variation in the wings of the fruit of this species may be seen 

 in one umbellule. But the great difference in the ultimate segments of the leaves is 

 only seen in different plants, and may indicate two species : in one they are about ~ 

 in , in the other about \ in., and much more remote. 



28. PXiEUROSFERBXUm, Iloffm. 



Perennial or biennial herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 1-4-pinnate, 

 ultimate pinnse ovate, pinnatitid or multifid, setaceous. Umbels compound, 

 rays many; bracts many, or few, often pinnatifid or compound, frequently 

 white-margined ; bracteoles many, broad, more or less white-margined, entire 

 toothed or pinnatifid. Calyx-teeth small, or 0. Petals obovate, emarginate, 

 white or dark purple. Fruit elliptic or oblong, terete or dorsally subcom- 

 pressed ; epicarp often lax ; commissure broad ; primary ridges winged, lateral 

 narrower broader than the others ; furrows 1-vittate, or the lateral 2-vittate, or 

 vittse many; carpophore 2-partite. Seed dorsally compressed, 2-3 times as 

 broad as thick, inner face grooved concave or nearly plane. DISTKIB. Species 

 16 ; Asiatic and Kussian. 



1. P. Govanianum, Benth. in Gen. PL i. 915 ; leaves pinnate pinn88 

 L in. toothed or pinnatifid, bracteoles obovate toothed or subpinnatifid at 



the apex, fruit in. lateral ridges narrowest. Ligusticum Govanianum, Wall. 

 Cat. 546. Hymenolsena Govaniana, DC. Prodr. iv. 246 ; Eoyle III. 233, t. 52. 



From KASHMIR to GTURWHAL, alt. 10,000-15,000 ft., Jacquemont, &c, 

 Stem 1 foot or less, thick, hollow. Leaves 4-8 in., oblong, pinnae often distant 

 never finely cut, rarely .deeply pinnatifid. Bracts 1-3 in., of an oblong entire 

 white-margined sheath and divided often 2-pinnatifid limb ; rays 1-5 in. ; pedicels 

 very many, short ; umbellule capitate embraced by the bracteoles. Fruit ellipsoid or 

 subquadrate ; epicarp very lax, glistening, reticulate, ridges hollow, furrows 1-vittate. 

 Seed distinctly grooved on the inner face. 



2. P. sikkimense, C. B. Clarke-, leaves pinnate rarely 2-pinnate pinnse 

 -2 in. toothed or pinnatifid, bracteoles obovate toothed or subpinnatifid at the 

 apex, fruit | in. equally 5-ridged hardly winged, epicarp not loose. 



