714 Lxx. UMBBLLiPBR^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Heraoleum. 



KoETH-TrasT Himalaya, alt. 6000-8000 ft. ; Kishtwar and Banahal, Eoyle, Thom- 

 son ; Simla, Ladi/ Dalkousie, &c. 



Stem 1-4 ft., subnude upwards, hirsute with white lax hairs at the apex of the 

 peduncles. Leaves 3-12 in., 1-2-pinnate, oblong or ovate ; pinnas J-3 in., ovate pr 

 oblong, acute or obtuse, erenate-serrate or lobed, rhachis with lax white hair. 

 Bracts 1-4, i in., linear or lanceolate, or 0; rays 6-16, 1-3 in.; bracteoles 4-8, 

 J in., linear or linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 8-16, 0^ in. Calyx-teeth linear, small. 

 Young ovary very hairy, rarely slightly pubescent. Dorsal and intermediate ridges 

 filiform, distinctly elevated; wing broad; dorsal vittse f the length of the frait, 

 not davate below, commissural distinct, near the medial line, more than half as long 

 as the carpel. — Easily separated from H. candicana by the indumentum. The leaves 

 are most variable. No example exists at Kew of B.. cinereum, but there appears no 

 reason why it should not belong here. 



10. H. candicans, WaU. Cat. 573 ; leaves ^innatifid or pinnate, pinnse 

 obtmely lobed or pinnatifid tomentose or white-Tillous beneath, bracts small 

 or 0, fruit ^ by j-^ in. obovate, commissure 2-7ittate. 1)0. Prodr. iv. 192. 



From Kashmie to Kumaon, alt. 6000-12,000 ft., common. 



Stem 2-6 ft., pubescent or closely villous. Piimis often 8 by 6 in., erenate-serrate, 

 thickly white-tomentose, or only slightly grey-pubescent. Bracts 1-3, ^-J in., 

 linear, or 0; rays 10-40, 1-4 in.; bracteoles 4-8, ^ in., linear; pedicels 8-16, ^-^ in. 

 Calyx-teeth linear. Dorsal and intermediate ndges filiform slightly exeurrent, 

 wing broad with a small distinct median vitta ; vittse in Wallich's example ^ the 

 length of the frait, in others (with less elongate-obovate fruits) f the length ; com- 

 missural in the type more than ^ the length, or minute near the apex, or 0. 



11. K. obtusifolium. Wall. Cat. 677 ; upper leaves 3-fid or 3-partite 

 lower 3-5-partite, piimse round crenate white-tomentose beneath, bracts 

 2-5 ^1 in. deciduous. BC. Prodr. iv. 192. 



NiPAX; WalUch. Sikkim; Laohen, alt. 12,000 ft., J. D. H. Bhotan, Griffith. 



Stem 1-3 ft., pubescent or villous. Pinna 1-4 in. diam., sometimes 2-3-lobed, 

 always rounded, scarcely serrate. Bays 10-16, 1-3 J in.; bracteoles 4r-8, 5—^ in. ; 

 pedicels 10-20 5— gin. CWyi-ieeM linear, small. Outer ^roers of the nmbel mode- 

 rately or not at all radiant. Fruit (ex DC.) obovate, commissure 4-vittate, dorsal 

 vittse linear, extending | its length in the unripe fruit. 



12. B. nepalense, Bon Prodi-. 185; upper leaves acutely 3-lobed rarely 

 divided sparingly pubescent, lower pinnate, bracts or inconspicuous, fruit 

 5 by 5 in. obovate, commissure 4-Tittate. Wall. Cat. 576 ; BC. Prodr. iv. 

 192. 



Prom Nepal to Bhotan, alt. 5000-12,000 ft. ; frequent. 



Stem'l-f) ft., sparingly pubescent. Pirm<B often 6 by 4 in., deeply lobed or pin- 

 natifid, serrate. Bracts 3-5, \ in., linear, sometimes ; rays 8-20, lJ-3 in.; brac- 

 teoles 0-6, \ in., linear; peiScels 8-20, ^J in. Ca7yx-iee(A linear, small. Outer 

 Jlowers of the umbel radiant or not. Dorsal and intermediate ridges hardly exeur- 

 rent; wing broad, with a prominent small 'marginal vitta; dorsal vittse % the 

 length of the fruit, commissural 4, f the length in Wallich's examples, shorter in 

 others. 



Vae. bivittata ; fruit J in. elliptic or subobovate, commissure 2-vittate. — Sikkim 

 and Bhotan, common. — -Uppermost leaves sometimes 3-partite, and middle cauline 

 leaves sub-2-pinnate. A very doubtful plant, some specimens of which have been 

 referred to a variety of H. diversifolmm with 2-vittate commissure, but the cutting 

 of the leaves is that of H. nepalense. 



13. K. baraianicum, Km-z in Joiirn. As. Soc. 1872, pt. ii. 309, and 

 1877, pt. ii. 116 ; lower leaves 1-2-pinnate hairy, br.xts 5-8 | in. lanceolate, 



