UmbeLlifer^. 171 



Buplcurum mucronatum Wight and Arnott ; F.B-L ii 

 676, VII 8 ; common Hare's-ear. A slender green stem- 

 med, sometimes tall and> well branched herb, with narrow 

 grass-like erect leaves and terminal panicles of yellow- 

 flowered umbels. Fruits with five prominent ridges, and 

 in the furrows one to two vittas. 



Gen. Dist. Mountains of South India and Ceylon. 



^ type : Herh. Wight Prop. 1 197 ! Stem usually 2 feet, 

 but may be as tall as a man and much branched. Leaves 

 2 to 7 inches by ^ inch, linear oblong or oblanceolate, 

 mucronate. Bracts of the umbellules narrow, acute. 

 Fruits black, t. 126. 



Pulneys : on the open downs frequent. Nilgiris. Fyson 

 348, 1122, 2042, 2100. Bourne 954, 2638, 4630. 



*^ var ramossima Wight ; Herh. Prop. 1 198. Stem J^ 

 inch thick with prominent ridges at the nodes, exces- 

 sively branched upwards. Leaves comparatively short 

 and broad, I to 2j^ inches by % to ^ inch, but also 4 by 

 Yz inch oblanceolate, obtuse, mucronate. Main peduncles 

 of the umbels J^ to I inch, slender ; secondary peduncles 

 ^ to I inch filiform : involucral bracts prominently 

 oblanceolate mucronate. Fruit % inch. Wight Ic. t. 

 1007. 



Nilgiris : near Ootacamund. Bourne 5259. 



■^** var virgatum ; Herh. Wight Prop. 1 165 (from 

 Ceylon). Stem simple or nearly so below, twiggy. Leaves 

 about y^ inch by 2 inches. Rootstock a tuber' I inch 

 thick. Fruit markedly ellipsoid, often V^ inch only- 



In grass on the Kodaikanal downs, near Gundattu shola, 

 Lidcot valley and the road to Lone Cottage. Bourne 154, 9541* 

 955. 



Bupleurum distichophyllum Wight and Arnott ; 

 Herh. Wight Prop. I196!; F.B.L ii 677, VII 9- Stem 

 slender 4 to 8 inches. Leaves narrow, I to 2 inches, 



