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Pleurospermum (e.g. P. decurrens), but the foliage is very 
different. 
~ Angelica Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis striatus, glaber. Folia herbacea, inferiora vagina 5-6 
cm. longa, petiolo 6—7 cm. longo praedita, ipsa triternato-partita, 
ampla, supra glabra, subtus ad nervos parce pilosula, segmenta 
ultima inaequilateralia argute serrata; superiorum vagina 
supra petiolum foliaceo-producta, 6 cm. longa atque lata, 
lamina decrescens. Involucri phylla lanceolata vel linearia, 
flaccida, inaequalia, deflexa, mox decidua. Umbellae radii 
18-26. Involucelli phylla linearia, flores subaequantia, 5-8 mm. 
longa. Umbellulae 20—30-florae. Sepala minuta, concayo- 
triangularia. Petala obovata, apice inflexa, 1°5-2°5 mm. 
longa, I1°2-1°5 mm. lata. Stamina 2-3 mm, longa. Styli 
brevissimi. 
“Plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers green. Whole plant fragrant 
with a fennel-like odour. Shady, open situations on margins of 
ape forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. July 1906. Yunnan, W, China,” 
G. Forrest. No. 2580. 
A very similar plant is Wilson, No. 3688. 
*Ligusticum modestum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Rhizoma colle rudimentis pristinis fibrosis cinctum. Caules 
complures, 20-30 cm. alti, straminei. Folia basi vaginata, 
inferiora petiolata, ambitu anguste ovata, bicomposita, pin- 
nae primariae circ. 3—7—jugae remotae, secundariae iterum fere 
ad rhachin partitae, segmenta tertiaria linearia, acuta, 2-4 
mm. longa, vix 05 mm. lata; folium totum cum petiolo ca. 
18 cm. longum, 6 cm. latum; superiora mox valde decres- 
centia. Umbellae longe pedunculatae, basi radiorum dense 
puberulae. Involucrum nullum. Umbellae radii 8—-1o, Involu- 
celli phylla in segmenta subfiliformia subfaleata pinnati- 
partita, 7-8 mm. longa, flores superantia. Umbellulae 10-12— 
florae. Sepala triangularia stylopodii dimidium subaequantia. 
Petala obcordata, costata, apice longe inflexa, I-1°5 mm. 
longa, o°'8-r mm, lata. Ovarium ca. 1°5 mm. longum, styli 
0.5 mm. longi. 
“Plant of 9-12 inches. Flowers greenish-white. Grassy 
openings in pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. ro-11,000 ft. August 1906.” 
50. 
An ally of L. brachylobum, Franch., but a considerably smaller 
plant, having much narrower segments of the pinnules and less 
conspicuous sheaths at the base of the leaves. 
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