Fimpinella.] lxx. UMBELLiPEKiB. i(0. B. Clarke.) 685 



aeylanicum, Sei-b. Rattier Sf Klein. Anethum trifoliatum, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 96?. 



CiEOABS, Boxbwgh ; Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon, frequent in the hills. Chit- 

 TASONG ; at Buriul, C. B. Clarke. Pegu, Kiiri. 



Nearly glabrous, or the leaves pilose. Stem 2^4 ft., erect, branched. Ultimate 

 segments of the lower leaves often 1-2 by J-J in., serrate, of the upper narrower 

 sometimes linear. Bracts 0; rays 6-12, 1-2 in., glabrous or nearly so ; bracteoles 

 1-2, I in., often ; pedicels 6-10, Jj-J in. Fruit ^jj in. ; carpels ellipsoid, almost 

 globose, ridges slender, rarely white and conspicuous ; disc obsolete ; carpophore 

 2-fld, sometimes deeply. Seed nearly terete, not concave on the inner face. — Roxburgh's 

 description of Anethwm trifoliatum, a native of the Circars, will apply to both P. 

 Beyneana and diversi/olia. "Wallich identified it with his trifoliata (diversifolia, DC.) 

 a Himalayan plant, but W. & A. with more probability refer it to P. Heyneana. 



4. P. sikkimensis, C. B. Clarke ; cauline leaves 2- sub-3-piimat^, ulti- 

 mate segments oblong bristle-serrate, fruit ^ in. elliptic longer than broad. — 

 Ptychotis sp., Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. 



H rgTTTHf ; common in damp forests, alt. 4-7500 ft., J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



Glabrous or sparsely setulose. Stem 2-4 ft., corymbose. Leaves large, ovate ; 

 pinnse and pinnules (^ in.) opposite. Bracts or 1-2, scarcely } in., linear ; rays 

 6-14, 1-3 in., stout, angular, divaricate ; bracteoles few, scarcely ^ in., linear ; 

 pedicels very many, but only 6-12 fruiting, J-J in. Calyx-teeth lanceolate. Petals 

 emarginate, greenish- white ; disc prominent ; styles veiy short. Fruit slightly nar- 

 rowed upwards ; ridges not prominent ; carpophore stout, undivided ; carpels much 

 dorsally compressed, inner face concave ; vittse usually solitary in the two dorsal fur- 

 rows, and in pairs in the two lateral ones. 



5. P. Wallicbii, C. B. Clarke; cauline leaves 2-8-pinnate tertiary 

 pinnae pinnatifid ultimate segments narrowly lanceolate, fruit ellipsoid broader 

 than long. 



NiPAL ; Wallich in Herb. Hook. Sikkim ; alt. 4000-6000 ft., frequent, C. B. Clarice. 



Glabrous. Stem 2-4 ft., erect, branched. Learns large, ovate, pinnae and pin- 

 nules opposite, all similarly cut, ultimate segments ^-J in., often 3-fid, not setulose. 

 Bracts 0; rays 6-12, | in., rigid; bracteoles 1-2, less than \ in., linear, or 0; 

 pedicels 8-12, hardly ^ in. Fruit ^\a., laterally subcompressed ; disc inconspicu- 

 ous ; ridges prominent ; carpophore slender, 2-partite ; carpels dorsaUy compressed, 

 subpentagonal, plane on the inner face ; vittse externally somewhat conspicuous, usu- 

 ally 3 in each furrow and 4 on the commissure. 



6. P. Sazifra^a, Zirara. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 120; radical leaves pinnate 

 pinnEe round or elliptic toothed upper sub-2-pinnate, fruit ellipsoid rather longer 

 than broad. Bmss. Fl. Orient, ii. 873.— Var. dissectifoUa ; pinnse (even of the 

 radical and lower cauline leaves) deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate. 



Vab. dissectifoUa; Kashmir ; Tilail, alt., 13,000 ft., and Western Tibet; Kara- 

 KOEUM, alt 14,000 ft. ; C. B. aarkc—DssTBiB. Europe, Northern and Western Asia. 



Glabrous or very nearly so, branched from the root. Stem 8-16 in., curved, 

 striate, little leafy upwards. Leaves oblong, pinnae ^ in. diam. Bracts ; rays 

 5_10, i_li in., unequal, stout, ascending; bracteoles 3-6, J in., linear ; pedicels 8-10; 

 JL-i In. Petals often pink or purplish. Fruit i in. ; carpels ^-terete, subpentagonal, 

 dorsally subpompressed ; inner face plane ; ridges thm, distinct ; vitts 2-6 m eacH 

 furrow; carpophore stout, often 2-partite. Seed concave on the inner face— -ihis 

 does not exactly agree in the cutting of the leaf with any described form oiP.^axi- 

 fraga and the styles are very short; it may be P. rhodantha, Boiss. in iehih. As. 

 Min. i. 414, Fl. Orient, ii. 874. 



