370 i UMBELLIFERÆ. BUPLEURUM, 
1141. (1) B. distichophyllum (W. & A.:) perennial: stems erect, simple 
and twiggy below, flexuose and almost simply branched upwards : leaves 
distichous and usually crowded near the base of the stem, more distant up- 
wards, somewhat erect, from narrow-linear and much acuminated to linear- 
subulate, very sharp, amplexicaul, striated on the under side : general umbel 
with 5-8 rays; partial with 10-13 flowers : leaflets of the involucre and in- 
volucel about 5 or 6, linear acuminated and very sharp; the former about 
twice as short as the rays, the latter usually longer than the fruit : fruit pro- 
minently ribbed, rather shorter than the pedicels ; interstices flattish, with 
single vittæ.— Wight ! cat. n. 1196. 
* 1142. (2) B. virgatum (W. & A.:) perennial: stems Sic twi 
simple or nearly so below,;with a few flower-bearing almost leafless s ort 
branches towards the top: leaves linear, shortly but very sharply pointed, 
few-nerved, lower ones long and narrow, upper broader and shorter: gene- 
ral umbels with 4 rays; partial with 5-6 flowers: leaflets of the involucre | 
and involucel oblong-linear, pointed ; the former 3-4, 3-4 times shorter 
the rays; the latter 4-6, about the length of the flowers, shorter than the 
fruit: fruit about 3 times longer than the pedicels, strongly ribbed ; inter- 
stices striated, with 3 vittee. 4 
Our specimens are from Ceylon, but we insert it here, as it is probably like- 
wise a native of the southern mountainous districts of the Peninsula. In ha- 
bit it approaches closely to B. tenue, Don, and B. longicaule, Wall. 
1143. (3) B. mueronatum (W. & A.:) perennial: stems from a horizontal 
woody shoot, erect, slightly branched or simple below, flexuose upw 
with short and almost simple branches: leaves linear, bluntish with a long 
mucro, somewhat coriaceous, pellucid on the margin, amplexicaul, 
nerved: general umbel with 5-6 rays ; partial one with 6-12 flowers: leaflets 
of the involucre and involucel linear-oblong, mucronate ; the former 2-3 parts 
shorter than the rays, the latter longer than the flowers and shorter than t h 
fruit: fruit sharply ribbed, twice as long as the pedicels ; interstices flattis 
with single vittee.—Wight ! cat. n. 1197. 
1144. (4) B. ramosissimum (W. & A.:) perennial diffuse and hic 
branched: leaves Sar inen with a Mid Lees narrowed towards = 
base, amplexicaul, 5-9 nerved, between coriaceous and membranaceous : E 
neral umbels with 5-8 rays ; partial with 8-12 flowers: leaflets of the Inv? 
cre and involucel about 5, oblong-linear, mucronate; the former 2-3 py 
shorter than the rays ; the latter rather longer than the flowers, shorter nem 
the fruit: fruit about a half longer than the pedicels, strongly ribbed ; n 
stices with 1-2 vittze.— Wight ! cat. n. 1198. 
TRIBE IV.—SESELINEJE&. Koch. 
Fruit, when cut transversely, terete or nearly so, Meri with 5 filiform or 
winged ridges, of which the lateral ones Segor deny and either equal bry 
little broader than the others. Interstices with 1 or more vitte, very rarely wi 
= Seed somewhat teretely convex on the back, flattish in front. Raphe 
nal or nearly so, Umbels perfectly compound. 
VIII. F(ENICULUM. Adans.; DC.; Gaertn. fr. 1. t. 28. " 
dis ‘ 
Margin of the calyx tumid, obsolete, and without teeth. Petals roun 
entire, involute, the involute portion somewhat square and retuse. ^ p 
somewhat terete. Mericarps with 5 prominent bluntly keeled se m e 
which the lateral ones are marginal and a little broader than the others. Ta e. 
terstices with single vittæ. Commissura with 2 vitte. Seed nearly wt E 
 rete.—Herbaceous annual, biennial or perennial plants. Stems terete, 9e 
