702 Lxx.,uMBBLLiFBE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [^Gortia. 



From KxTMAON to Bhotan, alt. 12,000-16,000 ft ; WaUich, &c. 



Stem 0-8 in. Leaves glabrous or nearly so, ultimate segments rarely ^ in., 

 setaceous. TTmbel often sessile; bracts (in the peduncled umbels) many large 2- 

 pinnate ; rays often pubescent, very unequal, sometimes 8-12 in. Fruit J-J in. ; 

 carpels elliptic, slightly cordate at base; 3-dorsal ridges slightly equally winged, 

 much narrower than the lateral: dorsal furrows 1-vittate, lateral usually 2-Tittate. 

 Seed 4-S times as broad as thick. 



2. C. Hookeri, C. B. Clarke; braxsteoles long simple or slightlj lobed, 

 styles of the fertile flowers very long, firuit commissure 2-Tittate. — Oortia sp. 1, 

 Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



StKKiM ; alt. 13,000-18,000 ft., Donkiah, Jongri, &c., J. D. B. ; Yakla, alt. 16,000 

 &.,C.B. Clarice; 'ShaOaot.S.Kurz. 



Stemless, with the fruit packed in dense masses over the crown,'and a few long 

 umbel-rays often added. Leaves glabrous or minutely pubescent, ultimate segments 

 ^-\ in., linear. Hays usually pubescent ; braeteoles \~\ in.; pedicels of the fruit 

 ^£— i in., often Ultimately thickened ; umbeUules generally unisexual, males with long 

 stamens and obsolete styles. Fruit ^ by | in., depressed-circular, base cordate ; 3 dorsal 

 ridges slightly equally elevated, or the dorsal slightly winged, the intermediate nearly 

 as broad as the lateral: furrows all 1-vittate, vittae rather large. Seed, 4-S times as 

 broad as thick. — The variation in the wings of the fruit of this species may be seen 

 in one umbellule. But the great difference in the ultimate segments of the leaves is 

 only seen in different plants, and may indicate two species : in one they are about jj 

 in , in the. other about \ in,, and much more remote. 



28. FXiETTROSFERUXVIIC, Hoffm. 



Perennial or biennial herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 1-4-pinnate, 

 ultimate pinnae ovate, pinnatifid or multifid, setaceous. Urribds compound, 

 rays many; bracts mtoy, or few, often pinnatifid or compound, frequently 

 white-margined ; braeteoles many, broad, more or less white-margined, entire 

 toothed or pinnatifid. Ccdyx-teeth small, or 0. PeteUs obovate, emarginate, 

 white or dark purple. Fruit elliptic or oblong, terete or dorsally smjcom- 

 pressed ; epicarp often lax ; commissure broad ; primary ridges winged, lateral 

 narrower broader than the others ; furrows 1-vittate, or the lateral 2-vittate, or 

 vittSB many; carpophore. 2-partite. Seed dorsally compressed, 2-3 times as 

 broad as thack, inner face grooved concave or nearly plaiie. — Dibtkib. Species 

 16 ; Asiatic and Biissian. 



1. P. Govanianum, Bertth. in Oen. PI. i. 916 ; leaves pinnate pinnse 

 ^IJ in. toothed or pinnatifid, braeteoles obovate toothed or subpinnatifid at 

 the apex, fruit ^ in. lateral ridges narrowest. Lig^ticimi Govanianum, WaU. 

 Cat. 646. Hymenolsena Govaniana, DC. Prodr. iv. 246 ; Bxyyle III. 233, t. 62. 



From Kashmir to Guewhai,, alt. 10,000-15,000 ft., Jacguemont, &c. 

 Stem 1 foot or less, thick, hollow. Leaves 4-8 in., oblong, pinnae often distant 

 never finely cut, rarely deeply pinnatifid. Bracts 1-3 in., of an oblong entire 

 white-margined sheath and divided often 2-pinnatifid limb; rays 1-5 in.; pedicels 

 very many, short ; umbellule capitate embraced by the braeteoles. Fruit ellipsoid or 

 subquadrate ; ppicarp very lax, glistening, reticulate, ridges hoUow, furrows 1-vittate. 

 Seed distinctly grooved on the inner face. 



2. F. sikkimense, C. B. Clarice ; leaves pinnate rarely 2-pinnate pinnee 

 ^2 in. toothed or pinnatifid, bJracteoles obovate toothed or subpinnatifid at the 

 apex, fruit | in. equally 5-ridged hardly winged, epicarp not loose. 



