Plantae 30 usque 40 cm altae, glabratae; caule reducto. Folia radicalia pin¬nata, 3 usque 6 cm longa. Pedunculi circa 20, 10 usque 30 cm longi, rubelli et brunneoli sed glabrati. Involucrum e bracteis 5-8 albis, marginatis, minute pubescentibus. Involucellum involucro simile sed pruinosum. Dentes calycis minuti et triangulares. Stylopodium depressum et nigrum; styli 1.5 mm longi. Fructus oblongus, sed dorsaliter compressus 3-3.5 mm longus; costis lateralibus alatis, valleculis dorsalibus unvittatis sed lateralibus uni sive bi-vittatis; commis¬sura bivittata. Facies interior seminis plans sed leviter concava.

Plants 30 to 40 cm tall, glabrous; base scaly and fibrous. Stem reduced. Leaves radical, glabrous, 3-6 cm long, pinnate; pinnae oval to ovate, 2-4 mm long. Peduncles c. 20, 10-30 cm long; 2-3 mm thick, reddish brown, glabrous, striate. Involucre of 5-8 linear white margined, minutely pubescent bracts, 5-8 mm long. Base of umbel pubescent. Involucel of 5-8 linear, white margined bractlets, pruinose, 4-5 mm long, veins reddish brown. Calyx teeth minute, triangular. Stylopodium depressed, black; styles 1.5 mm long, divaricate. Fruit oblong, dorsally compressed, 3-3.5 mm long, 2 mm broad; dorsal and intermediate ridges elevated; lateral winged; dorsal furrows 1-vittate, lateral I-(2)-vittate; commissure 2-vittate. Inner seed face slightly concave.

Type: Chitral, Upper Yarkhum Vy., Schmid 2365 (RAW).

Distribution: Chitral in W. Pakistan.

This species resembles a Ligusticum but the lateral dorsal furrows are univit¬tate. It differs from Cortia depressa in not having sessile to shortly pedunculate umbels and divided bractlets.