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polygamous. Calyx-teeth none. Fruit glabrous, ovate, flattened, 
hardly } in. long; ridges all winged, the wings of the lateral 
broader than those of the dorsal and intermediate ridges. 
Simla, Mahasu, Huttoo, in open, grassy places ; July-October. — Simla to 
Naini Tal, 7000-9000 ft. 
11. SELINUM. From selinon, the Greek name for Celery ; 
referring to the resemblance of the leaves. — Chiefly N. temperate 
regions. 
Perennial, nearly glabrous herbs ; stems erect, finely grooved, 
hollow. Leaves pinnately divided. Umbels compound, pubescent, 
long-stalked. Bracts 1-8, linear, up to 1\ in. long, entire or lobed 
and toothed near the tip, usually fallen off in fruit. Pays 
numerous, thick, angular, nearly equal, hairy or minutely bristly. 
Bracteoles 5-12, linear, usually longer than their umbels, entire 
or lobed and toothed near the tip, persistent. Flowers white, 
polygamous, many in an umbel ; stalks slender, unequal. Calyx- 
teeth narrowly lanceolate. Fruit glabrous, ovate or oblong, 
flattened, up to X 3 X in. long ; ridges all winged, the wings of the 
lateral broader than those of the closely contiguous, dorsal and 
intermediate ridges. 
Leaves 3-5-pinnate. Leaflets divided into numerous, linear 
segments . . . 1. S. tenuifoliuvi. 
Leaves 1-2-pinnate. Leaflets lanceolate, lobed and sharply 
toothed . . . 2. S. vaginatzim. 
1. Selinum tenuifolium, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 700. Stems 
2-8 ft. Leaves large, finely divided, lower long-stalked, 4- or 5- 
pinnate, upper 3-pinnate ; leaflets pinnatisect ; segments linear, 
acute, entire or toothed. Fruit ovate, ^ in. long. 
Mahasu, Matiana, Shali, Huttoo ; July-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 
6000-18,000 ft. 
Aromatic ; highly esteemed as sheep fodder by the hill shepherds. Native 
name Khes havo, referring to the leaves. 
2. Selinum vaginatum, C. B. Clarke ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 700. 
Stems 2-4 ft. Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, 
pinnatifid ; segments sharply and irregularly toothed, often lobed. 
Fruit oblong, ^ in. long. 
Mahasu, Huttoo ; July-October. — W. Himalaya, 6000-12,000 ft. 
12. ANGELICA. From the Latin angelus, a divine messenger ; 
some species were once believed to be efficacious against poison, 
witchcraft &c. — Chiefly N. temperate and arctic regions. 
Angelica glauca, Fdgew . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 706. A glabrous 
herb ; stem erect, hollow, 4-12 ft., finely grooved. Leaves 
