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sessiles, G-T-radiatae, 3 cm. longae, totiusqne in diametro. Umbellnlae 

 5 mm. longaG totiusque in diametro, 15-20 florataB. Flores albi, 

 pedicellis 3 mm. longis, involucri bracfceis 0. Calycis dentés 

 obsoleti. Petala ovata § mm. longa, acuta in acumen inflexum 

 producta, ad costam leviter impressam emarginata. Stylodia con- 

 vexa. Fructus late ovatus a latere compressus, ad commissuram 

 constrictus. Carpella 5-gona, juga œqualiter prominula, obtusa ; 

 carpophora apice bifida. 



Hab. in humidis Maruyama, leg. Rev. U. Faurie, Mai. 1903, 

 (No. 122). 



Pimpinella Linn. 



Pimpinella diversifolia DC. Prodr. IV. p. 122 ; Clarke in Hook. 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. p. 688 ; Forbes et Hemsl. Ind. Fl. Sin. I. p. 329. 



Hab. Taitô : Shinkôkô, leg. T. Kawakami et Z. Kobayashi, 

 Juni. 1906, (No. 1508). 



DisTRiB. Japan and China ; common on the mountains of 

 North India. 



Observ. a glabrous herb, 50-70 cm. high, striate, leaves tri- 

 foliolate, long petioled, lateral leaflets nearly sessile, obliquely ovate, 

 acuminate at the apex, round at the base, 4J cm. long, 3 cm. 

 broad, terminal one ovately lanceolate 5 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, 

 acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base or sometimes rotun- 

 dato, serrate, pubescent, petiolulate, petiolules 1 cm. long, trinerved, 

 petioles of leaves at the basal portion of the stem very long 7 cm. 

 long, base of the petioles dilated, embracing the stem, leaves at the 

 upper portion are shortly petioled, petioles dilated along its length, 

 embracing the stem. Involucral leaves linear 5 mm. long. Umbella 

 T) mm. long as broad ; carpels ovately semiglobose 1\ mm. 



