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Plants of the Punjah. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Pleurospermum 

 stylosum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 704. 

 Kashmir, Lahiil, 

 11-12,000 ft. 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



large, leaves 2-pinnate, pinnae 1-3 in., often pinnately 

 divided, segments of secondary pinnae |-1 in., toothed 

 or divided, bracts 4-6, 1-3 in,, lobed or pinnately divided 

 at the tip, rays 10-35, l|-3 in,, bracteoles 6-10, lanceolate, 

 entire or divided at the tip, calyx-teeth none, style bases 

 prominent, ridges nearly equal, hardlj^ winged, skin loose 

 wrinkled ; for other characters see the last species. 



Pleurospermum small, leaves 3-4 in., 3-4-pinnate, ovate, ultimate 



densiflorum, segments linear or linear-lanceolate, bracts 5-6, 1-2 in., 



Umbellifer^. oblong, tips pinnate or divided, rays 5-12, 1-2 in., brac- 



F. B. I. ii. 706. teoles 5-8, oblong, white-margined, entire, or divided at 



Himalaya, Kashmir, the tip, fruit -i-| in., ridges 5, nearly equal, broad, dorsal 



11-14,000 ft. 1-vittate, lateral furrows with 2 oil glands, seed grooved 



on the inner face ; for other characters see the last species. 



Pleurospermum 

 Brunonis, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 706. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-14,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Angelica glauca, 



Ghura. 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 706. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 

 Narkanda, Hattu 

 (Collett), 

 Kashmir. 



Arehangelica 



ofiicinalis, 



Angelica, 



Umbelliferje. 

 F.B. I.ii. 707. 

 Kashmir, 

 8-13,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but fruit smaller, |-| in., 

 furrows all 1-vittate. seed plane on the inner face. 



large, annual or biennial, smooth, root aromatic ; 

 leaves 1-2-3-pinnate, leaflets few, 1-3 in., ovate, toothed, 

 waxy greenish-blue beneath ; flowers white or purple in 

 compound umbels, bracts several, 1 in,, linear, bracteoles 

 many, I in., calyx-teeth none, petals notched, ovate with 

 a broad tip, rays 20-30, 1-3 in,, fruit | by | in., flattened, 

 lateral ridges broadlj^ winged, furrows with one oil gland, 

 seeds -^ in. wide, hardly grooved on the inner face. This 

 plant is used as a cure for flatulence and dyspepsia, the 

 root is used to give food the flavour of celery. 



large, perennial ; leaves 12-36 in,, ovate, 2-3-pinnate, 

 leaflets l|-4.by |-2 in., ultimate pinnae sessile, toothed, 

 terminal often 3-lobed ; flowers white, in compound umbels, 

 bracts few, small, bracteoles many, linear, as long as the 

 umbellule, rays 10-30, l|-4 in,, calyx-teeth none, petals 

 ovate, hardly notched ; fruit | by I in., lateral ridges usiwil- 

 ly winged, surface corky, oil glands many, small. The 

 leaf stalks are used in confectionery and called angelica. 



