314 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV, 
ndia, in ditches, northern Purnea and Nepal! Malay 
Peninsular (Perak) Curtis No. 3183! 
It is possibly a widely distributed species which has been 
mistaken for J. suffruticosa to which it bears a superficial 
resemblance. The Malay specimen was named Ludwigia pros- 
trata but with the remark “can it be!’ 
re is a very similar plant in the Calcutta Herbarium 
from Buitenzorg called “J. suffruticosa var.” but this though 
with the same characteristic fruit and seed has different leaves 
and is probably J. linifolia Vahl. A figure of the seed of J. 
affinis DC. enclosed in its corky endocarp is given in Die 
Naturlich. Pflanzenfamilien (III 7, p. 207) but there is no men- 
tion there of its dehiscence. The little corky cocci no doubt 
A : 
seeds seem to merit a special section of the genus which I pro- 
pose to call Fissendocarpa. 
6. Pimpinella bracteata, Haines (Umbelliferae-Ammineae). 
Species P. diversifoliae DC. affinis sed habitu (minus 
ramoso) bracteis plerisque facile distinguenda. ; 
erba biennis 3-4 ped alta superne ramosa. Folia radi- 
calia caulinaque inferiora pinnatim 3-5-foliolata 15-20 cm. 
longa petiolo incluso, rhachis villosa; foliola anguste v. late 
ovata crenata v. serrata utrinque pubescentia v. hispidula 
natifida, lobis lineare-lanceolatis apicibus sub-spinulosis. 
Pedunculi terminali foliisque oppositi, sub-anthesin 3:5 cm. . 
usque ad 8 cm. sub fructu, pubescentes. Umbellae 2°5-5 cm. 
diametro, bracteae 6 lineares 5-12 mm. longae, radii 8-12 pubes- 
centes 12-20 mm. longi, bracteolae 3-5 lineares 2°5-5 mm. longae. 
Flores 2-25 mm.‘diametro. Fructus papillosus glabrescens. 
India. Mountains of Chota Nagpur, 2,000-3,000 ft. ! 
7. Ligusticum alboalatum, Haines (Umbelliferae-Seselineae- 
i ong Oe ee 
Species L. Thomsoni Clarke et L. marginatae Clarke 
angustioribus quam pedicellis fructiferis multo brevioribus, alis 
jugorum majoribus. ‘ 
erba biennis 3-4 ped alta. Radix magna fusiformis.. 
Caules fistulosi sulcati infra umbellas pubescentes. Folia 
paene glabra radicalia longe petiolata petiolo incluso usque ad 
