Fim^mella.'] lxx. UMBEiiiFEua}. (0. B. Clarke.) 687 



SiKKiM, alt. 11,000 ft., Chola, Lachoong, J', J». H ; Singaleleh, alt. 10,000 ft 

 C. B. Clarke. '' 



Glabrous, 3-8 in. ; root tuberous. Leaves exceedingly like those of P. tenera 

 mr. dissecta ; segments J in. Sai/s 6-12, l-li in., stout ; bracteoles small; pedicels 

 10-16, ^ in. Petals elliptic, obtuse, plane, -sriiite or pinkish. Frvii nearly as that 

 of P. tenera.— This closely resembles Vicatia millefoUa, but the plane petals exclude 

 it fiom that genus. 



12. P. bastata, C. B, Clarhe ; lower cauline leaves cordate or hastate 

 triaiigulai--laiiceolate crenate serrate Tillous beneath, fruit ovate as broad as 



. long.— Pimpinella, sp. 17, Herh. Ind. Or. H. f. ^ T. Umbellifera, No. 875, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes 56. ' ' 



Khasia Mts. ; Moflong, alt. 6000 ft., GHffith, H.f. # T. ; Mairung, alt. 5000 ft., 

 0. B. Clarke. 



Boot fusiform. Stem 3 ft., erect, obscurely pubescent, sparingly leafy, laxly 

 corymbose upwards. Leaves 2-4 by l-li in., nearly glabrous above ; upper cauline 

 sometimes 3-paTtite with cordate ovate leaflets, uppermost sometimes reduced with 

 narrow segments. Bracts ; rays 5-8, l-lj in., scabrid, subpubescent ; bracteoles 0, 

 or 1-2, ^ in., Hnear; pedicels 5-10, Jg-| in. Fruit i-A in., brown, subdidymous, 

 acute upwards, dorsally subcompressed, inner face slightly concave ; ridges obscure, 

 furrows 2-vittate; disc prominent, conical; carpophore 2-fid or 2-partite. Seed 

 ^terete, dorsally compressed, inner face slightly concave. 



13. P. Xieschenaultii, DC. Prodr. iv. 122; lower cauline leaves cor- 

 date orbicular serrate slightly pubescent beneath, fruit ovate-oblong glabrous or 

 when young with a few scattered hairs. W. Sf A. Prodr. 369 ; Wiaht Ic. t. 

 1005 ; Thwaites Enum. 131. 



NiLGHiBis, alt. 6-8000 ft. ; Wight, &c. Cetlon, alt. 6000 ft., Thwaites. 



Boot fusiform, perenpial. Stem 1-2 ft., virgate, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 

 1-2 in. diam., glabrous above or nearly so ; upper reduced to sheaths, or 0. Bracts 

 0, or 1 small linear ; rays 6-16, 1-1^ in., scabrid-pubeseent ; bracteoles 1-3, J in., 

 linear; pedicels 6-12, |^-i in. Fruit ^^ in., narrowed upwards, strongly com- 

 pressed, brown, finally glabrous ; carpels ' J-terete, not dorsally compressed, inner 

 faces plane ; ridges not prominent, forrows 3-vittate ; disc promineiit, conical. — 

 Thwaites says his Ceylon examples are intermediate between P. Leschenaultii and 

 P. Candolleana ; but they are typical P. Leschenaultii with large laterally com- 

 pressed fruits, &c. 



** Fruit papillose-seabrous or pubescent. (See also No. 13, P. Leschenaultii), 



14. P. Candolleana, W. ^ A. Prodr. 369 _; lower cauline leaves ovate- 

 cordate serrate pubescent beneath, fruit ovate scabrid with clustered hairs when 

 ripe. Wight Ic. t. 341. 



Mrs. of the South Deccan, alt. 6-8000-ft., frequent. 



Eesembles generally P. Leschenaultii but is more pubescent. Lower leaves usually 

 subacute, often pubescent above, sometimes 3 -partite with petioluled leaflets ; upper 

 often 1-2-pinnatifid, ultimate segments oblong acute. Fruit very scabrid, shortly 

 acute at the apex, very slightly compressed laterally, always much smaller and 

 shorter than that of P. Leschena/idtii; carpels ^-terete, dorsally subcompressed, 

 inner face plane ; ridges prominent, furrows 2-3-vittate ; carpophore stout, entire.^ — 

 P.javana DC. Prodr. iv. 122 is nearly allied to this but has the upper leaves re- 

 duced and not pinnatifid, and the fruits less strongly ribbed. 



15. P. monoica, Dalz. inHoole. Kew Journ. iii. 212 ; lower cauline leaves 

 3-partite leaflets long-petioluled cordate-ovate, fruit terete papillose subscabrid. 



