564 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Heracleum. 



4 in. long by '2-'3 in. broad, the wings narrow, vittae on the back 



4, on the commissure usually 2 4. ceylanicum. 



Lower leaves bipinnate, sometimes nearly tripinnate : 



Fruit small, elliptic, '25 by *2 in., wing narrow, vittae 4 on the back, 

 extending down three-fourths of the face, 2-4 and unequal on the 

 commissure; bracteoles lanceolate, *15 in. long; lower leaves 1-2- 

 pinnate, the pinnules broad, pinnatifid, shortly crenate- serrate, 

 mucronate, covered above with scattered scales, hispid on nerves 



beneath 5. Sprengelianum. 



Fruit large, at least '3 in. long: 



Fruit obovate, '45 by '2 in., wing rather broad, vittae 4 on the 

 back, extending down two -thirds of the face, 2 on commissure j 

 bracteoles lanceolate, long acuminate, '25 in. long ; lower leaves 

 much cut, bipinnate, the pinnules deeply lobed, sharply serrate, 

 covered above and on nerves beneath with long soft hairs 



6. courtallense. 



Fruit elliptic, '3-4. by -25--3 in., wing narrow, vittae 4-6 on the 

 back, extending nearly to the base, 2-4 on commissure ; bracteoles 

 lanceolate, '25 in. long; lower leaves 1- to almost 3-pinnate, the 

 pinnules broad, not deeply lobed, shortly serrate, both surfaces 



with short soft hairs 7. Candolleanum. 



Leaves pedately 5-7-foliolate, with lanceolate leaflets cuneate at base 

 and sharply serrate above ; petals unequal ; mericarps apparently 

 unequally winged 8. pedatum. 



1. HERACLEUM HOOKERIANUM, W. & A. 373; F. B. I. ii. 715. 

 Pastinaca Hookeriana, Wt. Ic. t. 1010. 



W. Ghats, open downs -on the Nilgiris above 7,000 ft. 

 An erect herb with white flowers sometimes tinged with 

 red, leaves villous and sticky, nearly all radical and flat on 

 the ground, the stem. 1 to 1'5 rarely to 2 ft. high. 



2. HERACLEUM AQUILEGIFOLIUM, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 715. 



W. Ghats, in the Anamalai Forests (Wight). 

 An erect herb reaching 2-3 ft. in height. 



3. HERACLEUM RIGENS, Wall.; F. B. I. ii. 715; W. & A. 373. 

 Pastinaca rig ens, Wt. Ic. t. 1009. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, on open downs 

 above 6,000 ft. 



A tall, erect, greyish-pubescent herb reaching 3 ft. in 

 height, with yellow flowers, the leaves both radical and 

 cauline, remarkable for the distant, more or less orbicular- 

 cordate, slightly lobed leaflets. 



