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7. 8. falcatum, Linn. ; DC. ProJr. iv. 132 ; radical leaves linear 

 "broader upwards middle cauline linear acute narrowed at the base more or le^ 

 amplexicaul, bracts 1-5 lanceolate small or 0, bracteoles 4-5 distinctly shorter 

 than the fruiting umbellule, carpels narrowly oblong, ridges not prominent, 

 furrows 3-vittate. Jacq. FL Austr. t. 158 ; Boiss. FL Orient. I 850. B. imai- 

 colum, A. Kerner Nov. Sp. PI. dec, ii. 19. 



Himalaya; alt. 3000-12,000 ft., from Kashmib to Bhotan, frequent. Khasia 

 Mts. ; alt. 3000-6000 ft., frequent.— Distrib. Central and W. Asia, S. Europe.^ 



Stem 1-4 ft., erect, corymbose upwards. Eadical leaves spathulate-oblong in the 

 typical European specimens, in the Indian (which belong to the form B. gramtnem 

 Vill.) they are but slightly broader upwards. Cauline leaves J-amplexicaul or sessile, 

 long acuminate, secondary nerves not prominent. Bracts usually in the Indian 

 forms, sometimes a few scarcely \ in. ; bracteoles usually not longer than the 

 flowering umbellule, narrowly lanceolate ; rays 5-8, 1^ in.; pedicels 6-15, usually 

 less than half the length of the fruit. Fntit l~^ in., brown; carpels terete, ndges 

 distinct ; disc yellow or brownish, not prominent. - 



q^'«l? Var. 1. marginata, Wall. Cat. 566 (sp.); margins of the leaves prominently car- 

 tilaginous. BC.Prodr.iY. 132.— Himalaya and Khasia Mts.; the most frf^^^^ 

 form.— Middle cauline leaves often completely amplexicaul, but narrowed notwidenea 

 close to the base. \ r a 



Var. 2. Hoffmeisteri, Klotzsch in Eeis. Pr. Waldem. Bot. 146, t. 52^(8?.); cauline 

 leaves numerous less acuminate scarcely at all amplexicaul, carpels \ im g^^^^^^ ' 

 ridges very prominent.— Kashmir, alt. 8000 ft., (7. J5. Clarke; Falconer. —Leam 

 somewhat suddenly acute, mucronate, glaucous, primary nerves strong, eecon »7 

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Var. 3. niQrocarpa, Jacquem. ms. (sp.) ; stems numerous from the crown, ^^|^^.^ i 

 cumbent, cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate or linear widest very near the amplexic 

 base, bracts 3-4, J^ in. la nceolate- linear, disc prominent on the half ripe fr^^/^Yi« 

 black. B. virgatum. Wall Cat. 655 not of W, # A. B. gracillimum, ■^?^^*^^^. . 

 Eeis. Pr. Waldem. Bot. 148, t. 50 (5^.)— Pakistan, Kashmir, and N-W. Jlimaia} 

 alt. 10,000-14,000 ft. frequent. Sikkim; Yakla alt. 10,000 ft., C. B. ^^^^^^-^ 

 This has all the appearance of an alpine variety of B. falcatum. The leaves varj^^ 

 good deal in width ; the lower always linear, the uppermost sometimes ovate. ^^^ 

 habit it agrees with an authentic example of B. baldense, var. (snemn, Boiss. 

 Orient, ii. 849, but the leaves seem never oblong. 



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8. B. mucronatum, W. ^ A. Prodr. 370; cauline leaves Un^o 



subobtuse narrowed 

 ptie, ridges prominent 



bracts 



vittate. B. ramosissimum, W. §• A. Fi-odr. 370 ; Wightflc. t. 1007. B. 

 catum, Var. ramosissimum, Dalz. (§- Gils. Bomb. FL 108. B. virgatum, • 

 A. Prodr. 370, not of Wall. B. nervosum, Moon Cat. 22. 



Mts. of the South Deccan and Ceylon ; alt. 5000-8000 ft. ; P^^^^.^^fl^^'.^etcad of 

 Differs essentially from B. falcatum, Linn, in the fruit being eUiptic m ^^^^ 

 oblong, shorter, and narrowed at the apex. Also there are ^^^^^, J^^eeding 

 4 or 5 bracts, often ^f in., the bracteoles are more prominent usually :^ ^ j^ 

 the flowering umbellules, and the upper cauline leaves are less acummate. v ^ 

 have distinguished three forms as under: . mucronate, 



Var. 1 typica ; stem htde branched, upper leaves linear-oblong ob;"®® T^ jj^ged, 

 bracteoles sometimes exceeding the fruiting umbellules, carpels stronfe.ij' 

 furrows usually with solitary large vittae,— South Deccan. 



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Var. 2. ramosissivia, W.& A. I.e. (sp.) ; stem corymbose upwards, J?*J^, ^idgeA 

 tmse, bracteoles about as long as the flowering umbellules, carpels distincL ^ ^ 

 farrows usually 2-vittate.— South Deccan. , ^ fiiA fruit very 



Var. 3. virgata, W. & A. 1. c. (sp.) ; habit nearly of B. falcata but tne j. 



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