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acutis striatis, ramulis ramo adpressis, umbellulis sepius binis 
altera longius pedunculata secus ramos stricte racemosis, involu- 
celli phyllis oblongis trinerviis carinatis mucronatis umbellulam 
minimam paucifloram superantibus, fructus (junioris) levis jugis 
acutis, 
Hab. in sylvaticis montis Amani; floret Junio. 
Near B. tenuissimum, Linn., but distinguished from it by its 
more densely branched stems, the oblong leaves of the involucel, 
and the smooth fruits. 
Plant 1-2 feet high, primary branches spreading, flowering and 
fruiting branchlets appressed. 
BUPLEURUM aNTIOCHIUM. Perenne, basi ligneum, caule 
erecto elato superne dichotome et anguste paniculato, foliis lan- 
ceolato linearibus acutis tenuiter quinquenerviis basi sensim 
angustatis sessilibus, umbellis parvis subzqualiter 2-8-radiatis, 
involucri et involucelli phyllis minutis triangulari-subulatis pe- 
dunculis et pedicellis multo brevioribus, fructu oblongo pedicello 
longiore, jugis alatis, valleculis 3—4-vittatis. 
Hab. propre Yokoon-Alook, ditionis Amani; floret Septembro. 
A plant in $83 Graminee ** Fructus levis tt Perennes (Boiss. 
Fl. Or. 1r. 835), near B. rigidum, L., but easily distinguished 
from it by its flaccid leaves with slender nerves; distinguished 
from B. falcatum, L., by its small 2-3-rayed umbels and much 
longer and more flaccid leaves. 
Stem 2-3 feet high ; lower leaves 6-8 inches long, 4-5 lines 
broad; fruit 23 lines long. Flowering axis zigzag. 
PIMPINELLA DEPAUPERATA.  Perennis vel biennis, glabra, 
pallide virens, caulibus elatis teretibus rigidis subnudis dichotome 
et ample paniculato-ramosis, foliis radicalibus petiolatis 1-2- 
pinnatipartitis ambitu oblongo-lanceolatis jugis primariis 8-10 
secundariis 1-3 segmentis ovato-oblongis inciso-dentatis sectisve 
dentibus mucronatis, foliis caulinis paucis depauperatis petiolis 
sémiamplexicaulibus in lacinias lineares breves 1-2-pinnatisectis, 
umbellis parvis trichotome dispositis pedunculis ineequalibus radiis 
5-6 inequalibus, pedicellis capillaceis subæqualibus fructu minuto 
glabro ovato subzquantibus stylopodiis depressis stigmate sessili 
Superatis. 
Hab. in rupestribus prope Aleih, Libani; floret Octobro. — 
In Sect. Tragium ; perennial, readily distinguished from all its 
neighbours by its tall growth, 9-4 feet; its early marcescent 
