Plants oj the Punjab. 



897 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Selinum CandoUii, 



Umbellifee^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 700. 

 Kashmir, 

 7-8,000 ft. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



very like the first species, but fruit I in., somewhat 

 flattened, ridges all nearly equally winged, corky. 



Selinum vaginatum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 700, 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Mahasu, Hattu, 

 Patarnala (Collett). 



like the first species, but bracts few, inconspicuous, 

 leaves smaller, secondary pinnse lanceolate, scarcely lobed 

 or divided, oil glands obsolete. 



Pleurospermum 

 Govanianum, 



UMBELLIFERiE, 



F. B. I. ii. 702. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small, perennial or biennial, nearly smooth, stem 

 thick, hollow ; leaves 4-8 in., oblong, pinnate, pinnse |-1| 

 in., toothed or cut but not deeply ; flowers white or purple 

 in compound umbels, rays 1-5 in., many, bracts 1-3 in., 

 with an oblong entire white margined sheath and limb 

 divided, bracteoles ovate with a broad tip, toothed at 

 the apex, embracing the round umbellule ; fruit | in., 

 oblong with rounded ends, skin loose, glistening, netted, 

 ridges winged hollow, furrows with one oil gland, lateral 

 ridges narrowest, seeds distinctly grooved on the inner 

 face. 



Pleurospermum 

 Candollii, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 703. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-15,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



very like the last species, but bracteoles entire, blunt 

 tipped, the fruit has the lateral ridges broader and furrows 

 with 2-8 oil glands. 



Pleurospermum 

 angelieoides, 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 703. 

 Kashmir. 



large, leaves 1-2 pinnate, 12-18 in., pinnae 3-6 in., with 

 oblong toothed segments, bracts 5-8, 1-1| in., narrowly 

 lanceolate, entire, white-margined, bracteoles 5-8, | in., 

 narroAvly lanceolate, entire, rays 10-20, 1-4 in., fruit |-| 

 in., lateral ridges broadest ; for other characters see the 

 first species of this genus. 



