686 Lxx. TJMBBLLIFBEJI. (C. B. Clarke.) [Pvmpvnella. 



7. P. acuminata, C. B. Clarke ; lower cauline leaves 2-piimate second- 

 ary pinnse toothed or incised, pedicels slender, fruit terete. Reutera acuminata, 

 Edgw. ire Trans. lAnn. Soc, ix. 52 



¥rom Kashmie to Kumaon, alt. 4-8000 ft., frequent. 



Glabrous, or the leaves obscurely pubescent. Stem 3-4 ft., corymbose upwards. 

 Secondary ^»»»« 1-2 in. Bracts 1-5, J-J in., linear; rays 5-10, 1-3 in. ; bracteoles 

 3-5, ^ in., linear ; pedicels j-J in. Petals yellowish-green or nearly -white. Fruit 

 nearly globose, laterally compressed, yellowish-brown, subviscid; carpels terete, 

 ridges slender, furrows 2-3-vittate ; disc small. — ^Easily recognised by the long slender 

 pedicels. 



8. P. bella, C. B. Clarke ; leaves all similarly cut 2-piQnate secondary 

 pLonsB pinnatifid idtimate segments oblong entire mucronate, fruit narrowly 

 oblong. 



SmuM ; alt. 10,000-12,000 ft., Thomson, C. B. Clarke, N. Gamble ; on the water- 

 shed between Sikkim and Nipal. 



Glabrous. Bootstock long, fusiform. SteTTi 1-3 ft., corymbose upwards. Leaves 

 large, ovate, pinnse and pinnules opposite, often white beneath. Bracts 0, or 1 linear, 

 1 in. ; rays 10-15, 1-2 in., angular, stout j bracteoles 2-5, J in., linear; pedicels 8-16, 

 ^—1 in. Calyx-margin obsolete. Petals ovate-lanceolate, plane. JDisc large, conical. 

 Carpophore 2-partite. Fruit ^ in. ; carpels terete, subpentagonal, inner face hardly 

 grooved ; ridges slender, furrows 2-3-vittate. 



9. P. Kookerl, C. B. Clarke; leaves pinnate sub-2-pinnate segments 

 of the lower leaves oblong of the upper linear, fruit ovate as long as broad. — 

 Acronema sp. 2, Sej-b. Ind. Or. B. f. % T. 



I SiTtKiM, Northern valleys, Samdong and Lachen, alt. 8-11,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Glabrous. Boot tuberous. Stem 1-2 ft., slender, sparingly leafy, remotely 

 corymbose or subvirgate. Lower leaves cut and whitened beneath as in P. bella, seg- 

 ments 1-2 in. ; upper much reduced with very narrow segments. Umbels subracemose 

 upwards, rays few and slender ; bracts and bracteoles 0, or inconspicuous ; pedicels 

 4-6, J— f in., slender. Petals very small, often elongate with a whip-like tail much 

 exceeding their own length (but this does not appear uniformly present, some petals 

 on the same plants being emarginate with a short inflexed point). Fruit -^-^ in. 

 globose, narrowed at the apex, laterally subcompTes3ed,yeUow-brown; ridges obscure; 

 furrows 2-3-vittate ; disc evanescent ; carpophore slender, 2-partite. 



10. P. tenera, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 894 ; lower cauline leaves pinnate 

 pinnae ovate ultimate segments of the upper small, fruit ovate-oblong con- 

 spicuously narrowed upwards. Sison ? tener. Wall. Cat. 593. Helosciadium P 

 tenerum, DC. Prodr. iv. 105. Acronema tenerum, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 XX. 51. 



HiMAiATA, alt. 8-15,000 ft.; from GujiWHAi. to SntKiM; Wallich, FalconeTy 

 J. D. B., C. B. aarke. 



Boot tuberous (not annual as Benth. 1. c). Stem 6-8, rarely 12 in. Petals often 

 excessively elongate as in P. Hookeri. Furrows 2-3-vittate. — Closely resembling P. 

 HooJceri but smaller, the ultimate segments of the upper leaves not exceeding \ in., 

 the carpophore undivided thick ; fruit Jg in., elongated, narrower upwards. 



Vab. dissecta ; leaves 2-3-pinnate ultimate segments scarcely ^ in. ovate acutely 

 3-lobed or longer linear subobtuse. — With the type. 



11. P. acronemaefolia, C. B. Clarke ; leaves 2-3-pinnate ultimate seg- 

 ments ovate acutely 3-lobed or longer linear subobtuse, peduncles 1-2 on each 

 stem 2-6 in. stout, bracts 1-5 | in. linear. 



