400 



Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Heracleum 

 pinnatum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 R B. I. ii.712. 

 Kashmir, 

 10.16,000 ft. 



Heracleum 

 eachemiricum, 



Umbellifer-e. 

 F. B. L ii. 712. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Mashobra (CoUett). 

 Murree, Kashmir. 



Heracleum 

 canescens, 



Umbellifer-^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 713. 

 Himalaya, 



6-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, ]\rahasu 

 (CoUett). 



Heracleum 

 candlcans, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 714. . 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu, 

 (CoUett). 

 Murree. 



Zosimia 

 absinthifolia, 



TJmbellifer^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 717. 

 Base of the Hills 

 weft of the Indus. 

 Baluchistan (Lace), 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



like the last species, but white velvety ; leaves 1 -pin- 

 nate, pinnae ovate, toothed or divided, fruit |-^ in., ovate 

 with a broad top, rather more winged, whitish. 



medium size, stem leafless, leaves 2-pinnate, pinnaB 

 1 -3 by ^|-i in., sessile, nearly blunt-tipped, shghtly toothed, 

 bracts 2-4, |-i in., lanceolate, rays 6-10, 1-2 in., bracteoles 

 5-8, I in., lanceolate, fruit I in., velvety, narrowly winged ; 

 for other characters see the first species. 



medium size, stem nearly leafless upwards, white, 

 hairy ; leaves 3-12 in., 1-2-pinnate, oblong or ovate, pin- 

 nae ^-3 in., ovate or oblong, short-pointed or blunt, toothed 

 or lobed, bracts 1-4, | in., linear or lanceolate, or none, 

 rays 6-16, 1-3 in., bract eoles 4-8, J in., linear or lanceolate, 

 calyx-teeth linear, small, fruit ^ by I in., ovate with a blunt 

 tip, broadly winged ; for other characters see the first 

 species. 



like the last species, but velvety not hairy, leaves 

 and leaflets much larger. 



medium size, perennial, velvety or hairy : leaves 4-8 

 in., 2-4-pinnate, velvety, oblong-lanceolate, ultimate seg 

 ments |-w in., linear or narrowly lanceolate ; flowers whit- 

 ish-yellow, in compound umbels, rays 6-16, 1-8 in., often 

 stout, bracts and bracteoles usually 5, -|-J in., lanceolatSj 

 calyx-teeth linear, petals ovate with a broad tip. notched ; 

 fruit ^ by \ in., oblong with rounded ends, flattened, lateral 

 ridge with a thick corky blunt wing, furrows with one oil 

 gland. 



