*210 
XLV. UMBELLIFERiE 
umbel ; stalks in fruit much elongated, drooping.' Petals soon 
falling off. .Fruit smooth. 
Simla, common in woods; July-September. — W. Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. 
2, Pimpinella diversifolia, DC . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 688. Hairy 
or pubescent ; stems 2-5 ft. Leaves 1-pinnate ; leaflets 3 or 5, 
rarely reduced to only 1, very variable in shape, lanceolate 
1^-5 x 1-2 in., or sometimes, in the radical leaves, broadly ovate 
Fig. 64. Pimpinella diveesifolia. 
and about 1 in. across, coarsely or finely, irregularly toothed, 
usually cordate, often long-pointed. Bracts none or 1-2. Pays 
10-20. Bracteoles 3-8 or none. Flowers white, 8-16 in an 
umbel ; stalks in fruit elongated. Fruit roughly pubescent. 
(Fig. 64.) 
Simla, common ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-10,000 ft. — 
China. 
6. 0SM0HHXZA. From the Greek osme, odour, and rhiza, 
a root ; the root smells like Aniseed. — N. Asia, N. America and 
the Andes. 
Osmorhiza Claytoni, C. B. Clarke ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 690. A 
perennial, erect herb, 2-5 ft. Leaves large, 2-pinnate ; leaflets in 
