Plants of the Punjab. 



893 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Sium latijugum, 

 Water Pa.snip, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 6S3. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 In ditches. 



Pimpinella Saxifraga, 

 var. dissectifolia, 

 Burnet Saxifrage, 



Umbellifek^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 685. 

 Kashmir, 

 Tilail, 13-000 ft. 



Pimpinella 

 acuminata, 



Umbellifera^. 

 F. B.I.ii. 686. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Pimpinella 

 diversifolia, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B.I.ii. 688. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Osmorrhiza 

 Claytoni, 



Umbellifer^d. 

 F. B. I. ii. 690. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000'ft. 



Narkauda (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



m.edium size, smooth ; leaves pimiately compound, loaf- 

 lets of the lower leaves 1 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; 

 flowers wliite, in ternainai or lateral compound umbels, 

 bracts and bracteoles several, calyx-teeth none, petals 

 notched, fruit oblong with rounded ends, ridges much 

 broader than the furrows, furrows with only one oil gland. 



small to medium size, biennial or perennial, branched 

 from the root, stem curved, streaked, shghtly leafy up- 

 wards ;- leaves radical pinnate, pinnsB deeply lobed, lobes 

 lanceolate ; flowers often pink or purplish, in compound 

 umbels, flower stalks 5-10, ^i^^- j'^in., bracts none, bracteoles 

 3-5, I in., linear, rays 5-10, A-l| in., unequal, stout, 

 ascending, calyx-teeth none, petals 5, notched ; fruit -| in., 

 nearly pentagonal, nearly dorsally flattened, inner face 

 plain, ridges thin, distinct, oil glands 2-3 in each furrow, 

 styles very short, seed concave on the inner face. 



like the last species, but much larger, leaves twice 

 pinnate, secondary pinnse 1-2 in., toothed, long-pointed, 

 flowers yellow-green, bracts 1-5, flower stalks ^-^ in., 

 petals soon falhng ofT, fruit .smooth. 



large, perennial, hairy or velvety ; leaves pimiately 

 compound, leaflets 3 or 6, very variable in shape, lanceo- 

 late, l|-5 by 1-2 in., coarsely or finely toothed, usually 

 heart-shaped, often long-pointed, leaflets 1-3 by ^-1 in., 

 toothed, sometimes deeply cut, bracts none or 1-2, J-| in., 

 linear, rays 6-16, |-1^ in., bracteoles 8-3, ^ in., or none, 

 petals white, greenish, notched, 8-16, in an umbel ; fruit 

 velvety. 



large, perennial, roots smell of aniseed ; leaves large, 

 twice pinnate, leaflets in threes, 1-2 in., ovate or lance- 

 olate, coarsely toothed, sometimes lobed ; flowers white, 

 3 to 6 in a compound umbel, bracts 1-6, linear, ^ in., rays 

 3-6, sli^nder, 1-4 in., drooping, bracteoles about 6, lanceo- 

 late, J in., petals white, notched ; fruit f by ^"^ in., ridges 

 slender, distinct, furrows 2-3, with oil glands. 



