896 



Plants of the Punjah. 



Herbs, Ereot, with Alternate Bxstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Foeniculum vulgare, 

 Fennel, 



SaiinJ. 



Umbelliferje. 

 F. B. I.ii. 695. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Prangos pabularia, 



Komal. 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 695. 

 Kashmir, 

 6-11,000 ft. 



Ligustlcum 

 marginatum, and 

 elatum, 

 Lovage, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. L ii. 698. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-9,000 It. 

 Simla, Mahasu, 

 Hattu (Collett). 



Selinum tenuifolium, 



Umbellifer^,. 

 F. B. I. ii. 700. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-13,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Matiana, 

 Shall, Hattu 

 (Collett). 



Selinum 

 papyraceum, 



UmbellifeRjE. 

 F. B. Lii. 701. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



medium size to large, biennial or perennial ; leavep 

 2-4 pinnate, ultimate, segments hnear, strongly scented 

 when rubbed ; flowers yellow, in compound umbels, bracts 

 nono, bracteoles none or a few, linear, calyx-teeth none, 

 petals notched ; fruit oblong, not flattened, ridges promi- 

 nent, furrows with oil glands, seed flattened, inner face 

 sHgbtly hollow, widely cultivated, root purgative, seeds 

 carminative : the leaves are eaten as a pot herb. 



largo, perennial, smo_oth ; leaves 12-18 in., 3-4 pin- 

 nate, ultimate segments |-1 in., bristle-like ; flowers yel- 

 low, in compound umbels, 6-18 in. diam., bracts 4-8, |- in., 

 linear, bracteoles many, flower stalks 15-25 in an umbel, 

 -g-|ir)., calyx-teeth none, petals notched ; in\\t, fitrasalium, 

 |-|- in., oblong, wings I in., broad, ridges large, oil glands 

 small, many, seed flattened with the inner faco hollow 

 and a T-shaped groove. This plant is considered by some 

 a good fodder plant, the fruit is carminative and diuretic. 



large, perennial, smooth, few leaved above ; leaves 

 8-10 by 3 in., 1-3 pinnate, pinnee 1-1 1 in., deeply divided ; 

 flowers white, in compound umbels, on long stalks, bracts 

 1-5, 1^ in., linear, rays 12-20|-1| in., bracteoles 4-8, ^-| 

 in., linear, calyx-teeth nono ; fniit smooth, ovate, flattened, 

 hardly ^ in. long, ridges all winged, lateral broadest. 



large, perennial, stems finely grooved, hoUow ; leaves 

 lower often 12 in. diam., 8-pinnate, tertiary pimife deeply 

 and fimely divided ; flowers white, in compound umbels, 

 rays many, hairy, bracts 4-8. f-l| in., linear, often toothed 

 or lobod, bracteoles 5-12, often longer than the umbelJulo, 

 white-margined, often lobed, calyx-toeth linear ; fruit 

 smooth, -^ in., ovate or oblong, flattened ridges corky, all 

 winged, lateral broadest. 



very hke the last species, but the leaves are rather 

 less divided, rays loss liairy, bracteoles not wjiite 

 margined, fruit | in., much flattened, lateral Avings papery 

 not corky. 



