396 UMBELLIFEB^. [PEucEDANrM. 



dorsal and intermediate ridges usually distinct, but not prominent. 

 Seed nearly circular in horizontal section. 



Common in wet places within the area. Distrib. Plains of Punjab 

 and Bengal, ascending to .",000 ft. on the Himalaya, Assam, Burma ; 

 also in Java, China and Japan. 



^AE. corticata, F. B. I. I.e. CE. corticata Edgexo. — Leaves often simply 

 3-partite. Fruit subgiose, smaller. Banks of the Delhi Canal (Edge- 

 worth), Moradabad (T. Thomson). 



8. PEUCEDANUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 708. 



Perennial 2;labrous or pubescent herbs (the Indian species). Leaves 

 1-3-pinnate or twice or thrice 3-partite, ultimate leaflets lanceolate or 

 ovate, rarely linear, toothed or entire. Umbels compound, rays usually 

 numerous ; bracts various, bracteoles many few or 0. Flowers 

 often polygamous, usually white or yellow. Calyx-teeth obsolete or 

 small. Petal? obovate, emarginate or 2-fid. Ovary glabrous. Fruit 

 much dorsally compressed, ellipsoid, oblong or orbicular ; carpels 

 scarcely convex on the back, more or less acutelyi winged on the margin, 

 dorsal and marginal ridges little elevated or obsolete, lateral winged ; 

 dorsal furrows I-vittate, lateral 1 -rarely 2-vittate. Seed much dorsally 

 compressed, inner face plane. — Suecies about 160, throughout the 

 greater part of the world, few tropical. 



1. p. graveolens, Bentk & Ha-. /. in Gen. Fl, i, 919 ; F. B. I. ii, 709; 



Field Sf Gard. Crops part Hi, 45, t. xc ; Watt F. D. Anethum Sowa, 

 Boxh. ; Fl. Ind. ii, 94 ; W. ^ A.Prod. 372 ; Royle Til. 229. - Yern. Soiva {Dill), 



A glabrous perennial herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 2-3-pinnate; ultimate 

 segments i-1 in., linear. Bracts and hracteoles ; pedicels many. Petals 

 yellow. Styles small. Fruit ^ by ^2 in., narrowly winged, 2-3 times as 

 broad as thick ; dorsal intermediate ridges distinct, slender; vitt(B large, 

 solitary in each furrow, 2 on the commissure. 



Cultivated as a cold-weather crop throughout the greater portion of the 

 area for its fruits, which form an important ingredient in curries. The 

 leaves "are also used as a potherb. The fruit is used medicinally by the 

 natives, also for colic in horses. The plant is sometimes met with as 

 a weed of cultivation. 



2. P. Dana, Buch.-Ham. ; F. B. I. ii, 709. 



A glabrous perennial herb. Steins 6-24 in., naked upwards. Leaves twice 

 or thrice 3-partite, or sub-2-pinnate ; ultimate segments up to 2 in. long, 

 linear-oblong or ovate, entire or sparingly toothed Bracts o- 5, i-in. 

 long, linear or linear-lanceolate. Rays 5-10, hracteoles 4->, linear; pedi- 

 cels many, 5-in. Flowers small, yellow. Calyx-teeth obsolete. Styles 



