Plants of the Punjab. 



395 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Scandix Pecten- 

 Veneris, 

 Venus*s comb, 



Umbellifer.13. 

 F. B. I. ii. 692. 

 Kashmir, 

 5-6,000 ft. 

 Salt Eange, 

 Baluchistan 

 (Stocks). 



Anthriscus 

 nemorosa, 

 Chervil, 



UlVIBELLIFERiE. 

 F. B. I. ii. 692. 



Kashmir, 

 7-11,000 ft. 



Seseli sibiricum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 693. 

 Kashmir. 



Seseli indicum, 



Banjoan. 



Umbellifer^. 



F. B. I. ii. 693. 



The Plains, Kahuta, 



Rawalpindi. 



Pycnocycla glauca, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 694. 

 The Plains. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



small, annual, smooth or slightly hairy ; leaves pin- 

 nately compound, ultimate segments small, narrow ; flowers 

 white, in short-stalked simple or compound umbels, bracts 

 1 or none, bracteoles j in., several, lanceolate, often divided 

 or lobed at the apex, calyx-teeth none, or minute, petals 

 notched ; fruit 1 to 2 in., oblong, flattened, beak long, 

 ridges blunt, broad, oil gland solitary in each furrow. 



very large, perennial, nearly smooth ; leaves large, 

 twice or thrice pinnate, leaflets broad, pinna tely divided, 

 segments entire or toothed ; flowers white, many, in a com- 

 pound umbel, calyx-teeth none or minute, petals notched, 

 bracts 1-2 or none, bracteoles I in., 5-7, lanceolate, un- 

 divided, rays 10-15, stout, smooth ; fruit ^ in., black, ovate- 

 oblong, hairy, ridges acute at the apex. 



large, perennial, nearly smooth ; leaves 10-12 in., 

 twice pinnate, pinnae nearly prickly, secondary pinnae 1-2 

 in., ovate, toothed ; flowers white, in compound umbels, 

 bracts none or one, rays 15-40, l-2|in., velvety, bracteoles 

 5-10, ^ in., lanceolate, calyx-teeth triangular, minute, soon 

 falHng off; fruit 4 in., cyhndric, flattened, ridges strong, 

 vittae large. 



like the last species, but small, much branched ; 

 leaves less divided, calyx-teeth none, bracts 4-5, rays 8-16 ; 

 fruit smaller, nearly round, ridges thick. The seed is used 

 as anthelmintic and carminative in Bengal and Madras. 



medium size, perennial, branched from the base, 

 branches slightly velvety, rush-like, few-leaved ; leaves 

 pinnately divided, radical leaves long-stalked, ultimate 

 segments long, linear, nearly cylindrical ; flowers white, 9 

 in an umbellule forming an umbel | in. diam. on a long 

 stalk, look like scabiosa, bracts 5-6, ^ in., linear, hairy, 

 bracteoles similar but smaller, rays ^ in., petals white 

 with a red mid-rib, notched, hairy, calyx-tube hairy, teeth 

 smafl, lanceolate ; fruit oblong-lanceolate, ^-j\ in., ridges 

 thread-hke ; seeds lunate with a T-shaped groove on the 

 inner face. 



