690 Lxx, TjMBELLiFEEi;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Pvnvpinetta. 



large, snbglobose on the young fruit ; carpels ^terete, dorsally compressed ; ridges 

 obscure ; fiirroTrs l-vittate on the few fruits available. — Strach. & Wint. suggest 

 that this is the Thaspium foliosum, Eoyle. 



14. OSDEOSBBXZA, DC. 



Perennial herbs. Leaves twice 3-partite or sul)-2-piimate, ultimate segments 

 large. Umbels compound, very lax ; bracts few narrow, or ; tracteoles much 

 shorter than the pedicels. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Petals emarginate, white. 

 Fruit linear-oblong, long-attenuate at hase; laterally compressed, somewhat 

 constricted at the commissure ; carpels terete, subpentagoiml, grooved on the 

 inner face ; primary ridges slender, distinct, secondary ; furrows 2-3-vittate; 

 carpophore slender, 2-fid. Seed ^-terete, dorsally subcompressed, inner face 

 grooved. — Distrib. Species 4, North Asia, Japan, North America, Andes. 



1. O. Claytoni, C. B. Clarke; leaves puhescent, bracts 1-5, firuit hispid 

 below with erect adpressed bristles. O. brenstylis, DC. Prodr. iv. 232 ; Rayle 

 iZZ. p. 233. O. longistylis, DC. I. c. 232. O. laxa, Boyle lU. 233 t. 52. 



Noeth-Wbst TTtwat.aya, from Kashjob to Kttmaon, alt. 5000-8000 ft., frequent. 

 — ^DiSTEiB. N.E. Asia, Japan, temperate N. America. 



Bootstoch not tuberous. Stem 2-5 ft. Leaves large, ovate; ultimate segments 

 1-2 in. coarsely toothed, sometimes larger and pinnatifid. Bracts ^ in., Unear; 

 rays 3-6, 1-4 in. ; bracteoles 4-6, J in., lanceolate; fruiting pedicels 3-6, J-li in. ; 

 several other short abortive pedicels indicate male flowers. Fruit f by j5-^ in., 

 rather suddenly narrowed into conical style-bases ; styles in fruit variable in length. 

 — ^The Japanese examples have the pinnse more pinnate, the Himalayan have the 

 pinnae generally 3-partite : the length of styles cannot be invariably connected with 

 any other character, geographical or morphological. 



15. CKa:B,OPHVZiX.Via, Unn. 



Herbs, glabrous or hairy. Leaves pinnately decompound, or 2-pinnate with 

 pinnati&d pinnules. Umbels compound; bracts 1-2, Unear, or 0; hracteoles 

 3-6, lanceolate, or linear, or 0. Flowers white, usually polygamous; the 

 central suhsessfle fertile, others pediceUed male or hermaplurodite. Calyx-ieeth 

 ohsolete (Indian species). Petals emai^nate. Fi-uit oblong, narrowed up- 

 wards, glabrous (in the Indian species), laterally compressed, narrowed at the 

 commissure; primary ridges broad, obtuse, prominent (in C. cachemirieum 

 obscure) ; furrows 1-vittate (or vittss in C capnoides) ; carpels terete, inner 

 face vsdth a deep T-shaped groove ; carpophore stout, undivided or shortly 2-fid ; 

 disc not prominent on the fruit. Seed terete, inner face with a deep narrow 

 groove, widened into a hollow in the centre of the seed. — ^DisiRrB. Species 

 30 ; in temperate regions. 



Technically separated from Anthriscus by the more prominent ridges of the fruit. 

 As regards the Indian species, the only one referred to Anthriscus is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the very scabrid fruit. 



1. C. vUIOSum, Wall. Cat. 658 chie/Iy; stem with many long deflexed 

 white hairs especially below, upper leaves 2-5-pinnate more finely divided than 



