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Stewartiella baluchistanica E. Nasir, sp. nov.

Plantae c. 1 m altae, base fibrous, caule ramoso. Folia basalia, longe petio¬lata 4-pinnata c. 20 cm longa; segmenta ultima linearia I-4 cm longa atque coriacea acutaque; folia caulina pauca atque redacta. Umbellae compositae, radiis formantibus umbellas secundarias; involucri bracteae 5 parvae lineares; 6-10 radii secundarii 2-3 cm longi. Pedicelli floris 6-7 cm longi. Stylopodium complanatum; styli 2 mm longi. Fructus dorsaliter compressi oblongi, 5 mm lon¬gi, 3 mm lati; costae aequaliter alatae, base latae; vittae circum seminem numerosae, minutae, in costis alatis paucae.

Plants c. 1 m tall, base fibrous. Stem branched. Leaves mostly radical, long petioled, 4-pinnate, c. 20 cm long; ultimate segments linear, I-4 mm long. coriaceous, stiff, acute; cauline leaves few, reduced. Umbels terminal and axillary. Rays with secondary umbels; secondary rays 6-10, 2-3 cm long. Involucre of 5 small linear bracts, deciduous. Bractlets similar to the bracts. Flower pedicels 6-7 mm long. Calyx teeth minute. Stylopodium flattened; styles 2 mm long, divaricate. Fruit dorsally compressed, oblong, 5 mm long, 3 mm broad; ridges equally winged, broad at the base; vittae minute, numerous around the seed, a few in the ridges. Inner seed face plane.

Type: D-4 Baluchistan, Maslakh, 5000 ft., about 30 miles N.W. of Quetta, Zaffar Ali 4932 (RAW).

Distribution: Collected from the type locality only.


 

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