696 LKX. UMBELiiFBEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [(Encmthe. 



flabrous, ellipsoid, longer than broad, or globose, nearly terete, comnussuie 

 road ; carpels J-terete, doisaUy compressed, inner face plane ; lateral primary 

 ridges large, triangular, corky ; doisiu and intermediate primary ridges much 

 smaller, sometimes obsolete, or all subequal ; furrows l-vittate ; carpophore ; 

 disc usually not prominent. Seed terete or dorsally compressed, inner face 

 plane. — Distbib. Species 25, in the northern hemisphere and S. Afeica. 



1. <E. stolonifera, Wall. Cat, 586 ; stoloniferous, stem long-decumbent 

 often floating, leaves 1-2-pinnate secondary pinnae lanceolate or rhomboid-lan- 

 ceolate serrate or lobed scarcely half-way down, pedimcles usually elongate. 

 DC. Frodr. iv. 138 ; Wtffhf lo. t. 571 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 115. CE. javanica, DC. Prodr. iv. 138. PheUandrium stoloniferum, Roxh. 

 Sort. Beng. 21, Fl. Ind. ii. 93. Dasyloma latifolium, Imdl. in JRoyle III. 

 2-32. D. javanicum, Mig. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. pt. i. 741. D. sub-bipinnatum, Miq. 

 in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59. Oyssopetalum javanum, Turcz. in, Bidl. Soe. . 

 Nat. Mosc. 1849, pt. ii. 25. 



Northern Ikdia from Eashmib and the Ptjwjab to Assam and Pseu; alt. 

 O-5000 ft., frequent; common in the plains of Bekgal. — Distbib. Java, China, 

 Japan. 



. Glabrous or nearly so, 2-4 ft., rooting freely from many of the lower nodes. 

 Leaves from S-partite to 2-pinnat6 ; ultimate segments 1-2 by h-l in., those of the 

 upper leaves never linear. Bays 6-30, ^2 in., stout. Carpds ^ by ^s ^•' subqua- 

 diate-ellipsoid, sometimes shorter scarcely longer than broad ; dorsal and interme- 

 diate ridges usually distinct, scarcely prominent. Seed, in horizontal section, nearly 

 circular. — Dasyloma ja/ponica, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 59, has the leaflets- 

 rather more lobed than any Indian examples, but is {ex Maxinwwics. »is.) only a 

 variety of (K. stolonifera. From this (E. IcuAniabu/m, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 741, 

 does not appear to differ. 



Vae. 1. khasiana; very large, secondary pinuse large, nerves beneath reticulated 

 elevated scabrid subpubescent, rays 3 in. — Ehasia Mts., near Moflong, alt. 6000 ft., 

 M. f. ^ T. — Calyx-teeth less prominent than in the type ; bracteoles much exceed- 

 ing the flowering umbellules. — This may be a distinct species ; but the examples do 

 not exhibit fruit. 



Vab. 2. oorticata, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 53 (sp.) ; leaves often simply 

 3-partite, fruit scarcely ^ in. subglobose. — Banks of the Delhi Canal, Edgeviorth. 



3. <E. beng'halensis, Benth. in Oen. PI. i. 906 ; roots fibrous, stem 

 erect divided often from the base, leaves 2-pinnate secondary pinn% lanceolate 

 or ovate often deeply pimiatifid ultimate segments never linear, peduncles usually 

 short often 0. Kurz in Journ: As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 115. SeseUbengtialensiB,, 

 Boxb. Sort. Beng. 22, Fl. Ind. ii. 94. Dasyloma benghalense, DC. Prodr. iv. 

 140; Wight ie. t. 568. D. glaucum, i)C iVorfr. iv. 1&. Biforis benghalensis. 

 Wall. Cat. 588. B. glauca. Wall. Cat. 587. 



BenoaIi Plain and Assam, common. — ^Distbib. Formosa, Bonin, Loo-choo. 



Glabrous or nearly so; 8-16 in.; usually erect on muddy banks. Secondary 

 pinnse J-l in., of the lower leaves often ovate, of the upper lanceolate. Umbel often 

 sessile. Bracts 0; rays 4-6, rarely f in., stout. Calyx-teeth small. Carpels 

 ^-n by ^ in., subquadrate ellipsoid ; dorsal and intermediate ridges usually distinct 

 scarcely prominent. Seed nearly terete. — The Indian specimens of (E. stolonifera 

 are readily separated from CE. benghalensis. (E. stolonifera is usually much larger 

 with thickened hollow stems ; the leaves are less compound, the rays more numerous 

 and longer, the fruits longer. It is more difficult to separate the Chinese and 

 Japanese specimens. 



, 3. <C. linearis, Wall. Cat. 586 ; stem decumbent, nodes rooting fireely, 

 leaves 2-piimate ultimate segments of the upper J-1 in. linear, peduncles and 

 umbels nearly as in (E. stolonifera. DC. Prodr. iv. 138. 



