Plewrospermum.'] lxx. umbellifee^. (C. B. Clarke.) 70S 



SncKiM, alt. 13,000-16,000 ft. ; J. D. H., 'C. B. Clarke. 



Stem 2-24 in., thick, hollow. Leaves 4-8 in., oblong ; pinnae often distant, never 

 finely cut. Bracts 1-1^ in., usually pinnatifid at the apex ; rays 1-5 in. ; pedicels 

 very many, short ; lunbellules capitate and embraced by the bracteoles. Frmt 

 narrow-oblong, rather broader upwards ; calyx-teeth small ; disc depressed ; epicarp 

 dull brown, somewhat corky ; furrows 1-vittate. Seed concave or slightly grooved 

 on the inner face. 



8. P. CandoUll, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 884, 916 ; leaves pinnate piimaa 

 ^1^ in. toothed or pinnatifid, bracteoles elliptic or oblong entire, fruit J in. 

 lateral ridges broadest, ftirrows 3-2-vittate. Ligusticmn CandoUii, Wall. Cat. 

 644. Hymenolsena CandoUii, JDC. Prodr. iv. 245. H. latifolia, Limdl. in 

 Boyle HI. 233. H. pimpinellifolia, Osten-Saeken 8f Rv/preeht Sert. Tiansehan, 

 50. 



From Kashmib toKrMAON, alt. 10,000-15,000 ft. ; frequent. — Disteib. Tianschan 

 Mts. 



Stem 6-18 in., usually very thick. Leaves 4-8 in., oblong ; pinnse often distant, 

 never finely cut. Bracts 0-3 in., often like reduced upper leaves, sometimes a 

 mere sheath ; rays many, 2-8 in., sometimes carrying scattered white elliptic veined 

 bracts; bracteoles obtuse, sometimes mucronate, embracing and usually overtopping 

 the umbel. Fruit ellipsoid; ridges narrowly winged. Seed grooved on the inner 

 I face.^-This has numerous vittae, but the bracteoles and broad commissure are of 



4. P.J rotundatum, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 915; leaves pinnate or 3-pajv 

 tite, leaflets of the lower 1-3 in. diam. with 3 rounded lobes, bracts or 1 

 small, bracteoles 5-8 \ in. narrow-lanceolate caudate entire white-margined. 

 Ligusticmn rotundatum. Wall. Cat. 549. Hymenolsena rotundata, DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 245. 



NrPAi; GossainThan, WallicTi. 



Stem 2 ft., not very thick. Leaflets 3-5, petioluled, distant, entire or crenate, 

 searcdy serrate, more often with 3 rounded lobes. Bays 8-12, 1-1 J in,; pedicels 

 8-16, some as long as the bracteoles. Calyx-teeth 0. Bisc anA styles ecaail. Youngfmif 

 suhoylindric with incipient ridges. — WaUich's examples show no ripe fruit, so that 

 the genus is doubtful. The elongate not thick stem, the subobsolete bracts, and 

 the little-prominent bracteoles do not look like Plemospermtim. 



6. p. Bentbami, C. B. Clarke ; leaves pinnate or su'b-2-pinnate pinnae 

 1-3 in. deeply lobed, bracteoles oblong toothed scarcely pinnatifid at the apex, 

 fruiting pedicels ^IJ in., fimt |-^ in., lateral ridges widest. Ligusticmn Ben- 

 thami, Wall. Cat. 642. Hymenolsena Benthami, DC. Prodr. iv. 246. 



NiPAi, ; Gossain Than, Waiheh. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Finrue pinnatifid; lobes distant, large, coarsely serrate Bracts 

 4-6, 1-lf in., oblong, coarsely lobed or pinnatifid at the apex; rays 4-12, 1-2 J- in. 

 Fruit ellipsoid, dorsally compressed; calyx-teeth obsolete, style-bases somewhat 

 prominent ; furrows 1-vittate. Seed broadly concave on the inner face, hardly 

 grooved. 



6. P. an^elicoides, Benth. in Gen. PI. i. 915 ; leaves 1-2-pinnate pinnse 

 3-6 in. with oblong segments, bracteoles 6-8 f in. narrow-lanceolate entire, 

 fruit i in. narrowly oblong. Ligudticum angelicoides. Wall. Cat. 648. Hyme- 

 nolsena angelicoides, DC. Prodr. iv. 245. Pterocyclus angelicoides, Klotzsch in 

 Beis. Pr. Waldem. Bot. 150, t. 47. 



Kashmib; Falconer. Kumaon ; Eutam Eiver, alt. 11,500 ft., Strachey ^ Win- 

 terbottom. Nipal ; Wallich. . -. , „ ■ 



I 3-4 ft. Leaves 12-18 in. ; segments of the secondary pinnse often 1-6 in.. 



