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involucre of 1 to 3 broad ovate acute foliaceous leaflets, partial of 



3 leaflets of the same shape on the exterior side ; flowers white, 

 exterior petals large obcordate, deeply bilobed ; seeds smooth 6 

 vittae on the back, 2 on the commissure. On Hursur and Hurry- 

 chunder hill-forts; flowers in July and August. Eaten by the 

 natives, who call it " Pinda." 



3. -H GRANDIFLORUM. Root as in the preceding ; stem short, 

 smooth, covered by the sheathing; bases of the leaves ; leaves long- 

 petioled trifoliolate ; leaflets deeply 3-lobed, segments pinnatih'd 

 acuminate, sparingly strigose above, smooth and pale beneath, 

 margins ciliated ; umbels terminal, with about 12 rays; involucre of 

 one many-nerved, rounded or oblong-acuminate leaflet ; involucels 

 3, rhomboid-ovate, acuminate, as long as the rays ; flowers white, 

 outer petals very large, deeply divided ; fruit not seen, has much 

 the character of Tordyliopsis. Along with the preceding. 



4. H TOMENTOSUM. 2 feet high ; stems, petioles, and rays 

 shortly tomentose ; leaves on very long petioles, tripinnate ; leaflets 

 small, cuneate at the base, closely and sharply toothed, teeth ending 

 in a bristle-point, slightly puberulous on both sides ; involucre of one 

 long capillary leaflet ; involucel of 3 filiform leaflets ; fruit not 

 seen, and the genus doubtful. The leaves are very like those of 

 Dasyloma Bengalense. Found along with the preceding. 



5. H SPRENGELIANUM, W. and A. Prod. 1, p 372. Stem 

 branched, furrowed, harshly puberulous towards the top ; leaves with 

 scattered hairs, often densely villous beneath ; segments acute or 

 rounded ; petals equal ; fruit nearly orbicular ; vittae on the back 

 linear-acute, a little shorter than the fruit ; vittae on the commissure 



4 to 6, the exterior ones much shorter. Wight Ic. t. 1U08. On 

 the road between Belgaum and the Ram Ghaut. 



7. BUPLEURUM, Tournef. 



1 . B FALCATUM, Linn. Var. ramosissimum, W. and A. Prod. 

 p370. Perennial, diffuse and much-branched ; leaves oblong-linear 

 with a long mucro, narrowed towards the base, amplexicaul 5 to 9- 

 nerved ; general umbels with 5 to 8 rays, partial with 8 to 12 

 flowers ; leaflets of involucre and involucel about 5, oblong-linear 

 mucronate ; fruit strongly ribbed ; interstices with I to 2 vittae. In 

 the Dharwar Collectorate. 



LXX. ARALIACE^E. 

 1. HEDERA, Linn. 



1. H WALLICHIANA. A strong woody climber with digitate 

 leaves; leaflets 8 to 10, long-petioled, oblong-pointed, quite entire, 



