278 Umbelliferce. \Pimpineiia. 



Ind. is no doubt right in combining Wight's three species, B. virgatum, 

 mucronatimi, and ramosissimum, into one. Moon's name is the oldest, 

 but was published (as were all of his names) without description. 



4. C ARUM, L. 



Herbaceous, 1. compound ; fl. in compound umbels with 

 both general and partial involucres ; cal.-segm. very small ; 

 pet. broad, obtuse ; fruit ovoid, scarcely compressed, meri- 

 carps sub-pentagonal, ridges slender, with a single vitta in the 

 furrows. — Sp. about 50; 10 in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. stictocarpum, Clarke in Fl. B. hid. ii. 688 (1879). 

 Annual, 2-5 in. high, much branched, stem glabrous; 

 lower 1. pinnate or bipinnate, lflts. deeply cut into linear- 

 lanceolate apiculate segm., glabrous petiole with broad ciliate 

 sheaths ; primary umbels with 3-5 rays, involucre of 3 seta- 

 ceous bracts, partial umbel of 6-10 fl., involucre of 3-6 lan- 

 ceolate-linear bracts with broad white margins ; ov. finely 

 pubescent ; pet. broad, obtuse ; fruit very small, glabrous, 

 brown, mericarps not compressed, the ridges slender, filiform, 

 rather faint. 



Dry country, very rare. In sheltered crevices of the rocky boulders 

 of coral-stone forming the headland at Kirimalai near Kankesanturai, 

 Jaffna, abundant. There are also specimens in Herb. Perad. from 

 W. Ferguson, without locality, labelled ' Pimpinella involncrata (?) ' 

 Fl. Feb., white. 



Also from Concan, Western India, and Mt. Abu, N.W. Provinces, 

 India. 



The numerous specimens in Hb. Kew are all much more luxuriant 

 than ours, which are, doubtless, much dwarfed by the very hot and dry 

 locality. It is possibly an accidental introduction. 



[C. nolhum, Clarke, is recorded with doubt for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 

 681. There are specimens in Hb. Kew so localised by Dr. T. Thomson, 

 but an error is probable. Another specimen is from Mysore.] 



C. Roxburghiamwt, Benth. (Ptychotis, DC), cultivated in native 

 gardens, is an occasional weed. It is figured in Wight, Ic. t. 567. 



5. PIMPINELLA, L. 



Annual or perennial, 1. simple or compound, fl. in com- 

 pound umbels, with partial but no general involucre; pet. 

 with long infiexed points ; fruit ovoid or subglobose, slightly 

 compressed, mericarp subterete, but fiat or concave at com- 

 missure, ridges prominent or obscure, vittae 2 or 3 in each 

 furrow. — Sp. about 70; 22 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Leaves trifoliolate . . . 1. P. Heyneana. 

 Leaves simple . . . . 2. P. Leschenaultii. 



