Plants of the Punjab. 279 
a ees 
Herss, Erect, with ALTERNATE EXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Bupleurum 
lanceolatum, 
Buplever or Hare’s 
ear, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
WB. 1.1 674 
Himalaya, 
4-9. 000 ft. 
Fagu (Collett). 
The Galis (Douie). 
Kashmir. 
Bupleurum Candollii, 
UMBELLIFERS. 
Bab, 1. 674s 
Himalaya, 
8-12,000 ft. 
Simla, Mahasu 
Matiana (Collett). 
Bupleurum 
jucundum, 
UMBELLIFERA. 
Bel. m6 T 
Kashmir, 
7-10,000 ft. 
Budrawur 
(C. B. Clarke). 
Lahul 
(Jaeschke). 
Bupleurum 
Thomsoni, 
UMBELLIFER&. ' 
Be B. Wawi6y5: 
Himalaya, 
7-9,000 ft. 
Sonamerg 
(C. B. Clarke). 
-Lear Maroins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
medium size to large, perennial, smooth; leaves, 
lower lanceolate, long-stalked, middle stem ones 38-5 by 
78 in., ovate, long-pointed, bracts none or only one, 4 
in., linear, bracteoles 2-6, narrowly lanceolate, much 
shorter than the umbels, soon falling off; flowers very 
small, yellow, on short stalks 5-6 combined on 5-8 un- 
equal rays forming a compound umbel, calyx teeth none, 
petals 5, ovate with a broad tip, the latter inflexed, the 
outer petals of an umbel enlarged, stamens 5, styles 2; 
fruit + in. of 2 one-seeded carpels hanging on to a central 
undivided stalk (carpophore), each carpel, which is convex 
externally, has 5 longitudinal obscure ridges with 3 oil 
canals (vitte) in each furrow; seeds round on section 
or concave on the inner side. 
leaves, lower stem 2-5 by 4-4 in., linear-oblong, 
upper 1-4 by 4-2 in., oblong or ovate, nearly sessile and 
stem-clasping, bracts 2-3 or none, 4-1} in, ovate or oblong, 
short-pointed, leafy, angular, bracteoles 2-5, 4-4 in., leafy, 
oblong with or without rounded ends, as long as the flower- 
ing minor umbel (umbellule), carpel } in., ridges on ripe 
carpels distinct ; otherwise like the last species. 
medium size, leaves, lower stem 1-13 in., circular, 
very shortly stalked, upper stem ones ovate, deeply heart- 
shaped, stem-clasping, bract one or none, 1-3 in., ovate, 
leafy, often stem-clasping, or heart-shaped, bracteoles 
4-5, § in., often none, oblong, short-pointed, usually shorter 
than the umbellule, fruit 4 in.; otherwise like the last 
species. 
large, leaves, stem linear, upper stem 2-4 in., 
lanceolate, long-pointed or ovate, stem-clasping, heart- 
shaped, bracts none or 1-2, lanceolate, bracteoles 5-9, 
lanceolate, long-pointed or linear, as long as the flowering 
umbellules, rays of the umbels 6-10, 1-23 in., rays of the 
umbellule often 20, fruit 4 in., oblong, carpels cylindri- 
cal, with a bluish-green waxy gloss, 5-winged, furrows con- 
taining 8-4 oil canals, carpel stalk divided, very thin; 
otherwise like the last species. 
