94 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Bupleurum. 



three or four. Branches widely spreading. Umbels all 

 stalked. Leaves lanceolate. 



B. Odontites. Linn. Sp. PL 342. WiUd. v. 1. 1373. Comp. 44. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 35. t. 2468. Prodr. Fl. Grcec. v.\.\ 77. Jacq. Hart. 

 yind.v.3.A7. t.9\. 



B. n. 772. Hall. Hist. v. 1 . 344. 



B. annuum, longis et angustioribus foliis. Moris, v. 3. 300. sect. 9. 

 t. 12./. 3. 



Odontites lutea. Spreng. Prodr. 33. Dalech. Hist. 1068. f. 



Perfoliata minor angustifolia, bupleuri folio. Bauh. Pin. 277- 



P. minima, bupleuri folio. Column. Ecphr. v. 1. 84. 



Perfoliatum angustifolium montanum. Ibid. t.247.f. 1. 



Auriculae leporis affinis. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 201./. 



On rocks in Devonshire. Rev. Aaron Neck. 



On the marble rocks about Torquay, Devonshire, unquestionably 

 wild. Rev. H. Beeke, D.D. 



Annual. July. 



Root tapering. Stem wiry, from 1 inch to 4 or 5 in height, (in 

 southern countries much taller,) branched, widely spreading, 

 leafy, slightly angular, polished. Leaves linear-lanceolate, ses- 

 sile, acute, from 1 to 2 inches long, erect ; lowermost stalked, 

 somewhat spatulate. Umbels lateral and terminal, erect, on 

 spreading stalks. General bracteas lanceolate, with 5 ribs, of 

 which the lateral ones are close together j partial bracteas 

 ovate, with usually 3 ribs, sometimes accompanied by 2 more, 

 near the margin. Flowers cream-coloured, with a tinge of red. 

 Anth. large, yellow. Styles scarcely discernible in the flower, 

 proceeding from a broad, depressed, greenish base. Germen, as 

 well as the fruit, with 3 very evident angles at each side, in 

 every stage of growth, the 2 marginal ones, of each seed, meet- 

 ing at X\\e juncture, which is rather of less diameter than the 

 seeds. 



Like the rest of its genus, this herb is astringent, with some bit- 

 terness, 



Gsertner's incorrect figure, if his plant be ours, seems to have 

 misled Professor Sprengel to describe the fruit as destitute of 

 ribs. It appears very improbable that this should be Pliny's 

 Odontites, with the description of which it does not agree. 



3. B. tenuissimuni. Slender Hare's-ear. 



Umbels simple, alternate, of about three flowers, with five 

 awl-shaped bracteas. 



B. tenuissimum. Linn. Sp. PI. 343. Witld. v. 1 . 1375. FL Br. 292. 



EngL Bot V. 7. t. 478. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 12. 15. 

 B. n. 774. HalL HisLv.X. 344. 

 B. minimum. Raii Syn. 221. 

 B. tertium minimum. Column. Ecphr. v. 1. 85. t. 247. f. 2. 



