300 



UMBELLIFER^. LVI. BUPLEURUM. 



7/ . H. Native of Nipaul, on the mountains. Herb 2 feet high, 

 quite glabrous. Leaves 4 inches long, and an inch broad. Fruit 

 a line and a half long, Furrows of immature fruit furnished 

 with 3 vittse each. 



Zanceo/ate-leaved Hare's-ear. PI. 2 feet. 



35 B. MARGINA^TUM (Wall. cat. no. 55G.) stems erectly as- 

 cending, sparingly branched; leaves linear, acute, stiff, 5-7- 

 nerved ; outer nerves nearly marginal ; umbels 6-8-rayed; invo- 

 lucra of 3-5 acuminated lanceolate leaves; umbellules 10-12- 

 rayed ; involucels of 3-5 leaves, which are shorter than the pe- 

 dicels ; fruit oblong, ribbed, with the furrows smooth. I/. H. 

 Native of Nipaul and Kamaon. Root hard, branched, thick. 

 Herb a foot and a half high. Lower leaves 3 inches long, and 

 3 lines broad, usually obtuse from some cause ; nerves very pro- 

 minent. 



Marginate-leaved Hare's-ear. PI. 2 feet. 



36 B. TRIFIDUM (Tenore, prod. fl. neap. p. 18.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, 9-nerved : upper ones rather fal- 

 cate, much shorter than the branchlets ; involucrum of 3 very 

 short linear-subulate leaves ; involucels of 5 setaceous leaves, 

 shorter than the umbellules, which are trifid. If. . H. Native 

 of Calabria, on dry rocks. Perhaps only a var. of B. scorzone- 

 rcefolmrn or B.falcatum. 



7Vy?c/-umbelled Hare's-ear. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



37 B. FALCA V TUM (Lin. spec. p. 341.) leaves oblong: lower 

 ones oblong, petiolate : cauline ones sessile, linear-lanceolate, 

 attenuated at both ends ; leaves of involucel oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, about equal in length to the fructiferous pedicels. 

 "%.. H. Native of Middle Europe, in hedges and among bushes 

 in dry situations ; and of Siberia, on the Altaian mountains ; and 

 throughout the whole of Caucasus. Jacq. austr. 2. t. 158. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 347. Lob. icon. t. 456. f. 1. Ribs of fruit 

 elevated, narrow, and a little winged ; vittae 3 in each furrow : 

 furrows smooth, ex Koch, umb. 116. 



Var. ft, petiolare (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 514.) radical leaves 

 ovate or oval, 7-nerved. T. H. Native of the Eastern Pyre- 

 nees. B. petiolare, Lapeyr. abr. pyr. p. 141. B. rigidum ft, 

 Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 370. 



/a/cate-leaved Hare's-ear. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1739. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet ? 



38 B. RJ'GIDUM (Lin. spec. p. 342.) lower leaves petiolate, 

 oblong or oval, nerved, coriaceous : upper ones small ; stem 

 nearly naked, dichotomously panicled ; involucra of 3 small 

 leaves. I/. H. Native of the south of France, from Provence 

 to Narbonne, in rugged sterile places. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 349. 

 B. rigidum, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 370. exclusive of 

 variety ft. B. falcatum ft, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 408. Lob. icon. t. 

 456. f. 2. Ger. 608. f. 2. Bauh. hist. p. 200. f. 2. Umbels 

 3-rayed. Ribs of fruit acute, very slender, but not elevated ; 

 furrows smooth, furnished with one vitta each, ex Koch, umb. 

 115. 



Stiff Hare's-ear. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PL 2 feet. 



39 B. NI/DUM (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 331.) stem dichotomous, 

 2-leaved ; radical leaves decompound, flat, cut ; involucrum of 

 one leaf; involucels of 5 lanceolate acute leaves, which are 

 shorter than the umbellules. I/ . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers pale yellow. The rest unknown. 



Naked Hare's-ear. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1778. PI. 1| foot. 



* * Shrubby species. Tenoria and Buprestis, Spreng. I. c. 



40 B. MU'NDTII (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea. 1. p. 384.) 

 shrubby, much branched ; leaves linear-setaceous ; umbels 2-3- 

 rayed ; involucels of 5 narrow lanceolate acute leaves, which 

 are equal in length to the umbellules ; fruit oblong, smooth. "%. . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lower leaves 8 inches 



long. B. sulcatum ft Africanum, Berg. cap. 76. ? but the um- 

 bels are said to be 5-rayed, and the involucels of 5 leaves. 

 Mundt's Hare's-ear. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



41 B. SIBTHORPIA'NUM (Smith, fl. graec. t. 264. prod. 1. p. 

 179.) plant suffrutescent ; leaves linear, rather falcate, with 

 smooth margins ; involucra usually of 3 leaves ; leaves of invo- 

 lucel linear-lanceolate, cuspidate, shorter than the umbellules. 

 Tj . H. Native of the Morea. A specimen collected near Tehe- 

 ran agrees very well with the character given to this ; and is pro- 

 bably the same. Plant only frutescent at the base. 



Sibthorp's Hare's-ear. Shrub 1 foot. 



42 B. SPINOSUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 178.) shrubby, erect; 

 floriferous branches divaricate, stiff: the deflowered ones spi- 

 nose ; leaves linear-subulate, many veined, quite entire ; invo- 

 lucra of 3-5 small subulate leaves. Jj . H. Native of Spain 

 and Mauritania. Gouan. ill. p. 8. t. 2. f. 3. Desf. atl. 1. p. 232. 

 Tenoria spinosa, Spreng. Ribs of fruit obtuse. 



Spinose Hare's-ear. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1752. Sh. 1 foot. 



43 B. FRUTICE'SCENS (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 269.) sufFruticbse, 

 erect ; branches slender, elongated, erect ; leaves linear-subu- 

 late, stifF, striated, 5-7-nerved ; involucra of 3-5 yery short su- 

 bulate leaves. Tj . H. Native of Mauritania, Spain, and be- 

 tween Perpignan and Narbonne. Cav. icon. 2. t. 106. Tenoria 

 fruticescens, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 376. Barr. icon, 

 t. 1255. Umbels small, 3-5-rayed. Ribs of fruit obtuse. 



Frutescent Hare's-ear. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1752. Sh. 1 ft. 



44 B. FOLIOSUM (Salzm. pi. exsic. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 133.) 

 suffrutescent, erect, nearly simple ; leaves sessile, half stem- 

 clasping, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, undulated, crowded, 1- 

 nerved, quite entire ; leaves of involucra ovate. \j . F. Native 

 of Mauritania, about Tangiers. Stem a foot high. Leaves broad 

 and half stem-clasping at the base. Involucra of 3 leaves ; in- 

 volucels of 4-5 leaves. Fruit ovate, with obtuse ribs. 



Leafy Hare's-ear. Shrub 1 foot. 



45 B. ELA'TUM (Guss. prod. fl. sic. 1. p. 316.) plant suffru- 

 tescent at the base ; branches elongated ; leaves membranous, 

 many veined : radical ones oblong-lanceolate, tapering into the 

 petioles: cauline ones sessile, linear-lanceolate; umbels 8-12- 

 cleft ; involucra of 4-5 short leaves ; leaves of involucels ob- 

 long, acuminated, longer than the umbellules, T^ F- Native 

 of Sicily, on calcareous rocks. Allied to B. plantagineum, but 

 the plant is frutescent at the base, and the leaves are acute. 

 Ribs of fruit smooth. 



Tall Hare's-ear. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



46 B. CANE'SCENS (Schousb. mar. beob. p. 113.) shrubby, 

 erect, branched ; leaves oblong, membranous, very blunt, quite 

 entire, sessile, with many parallel nerves ; umbels 8-10-rayed; 

 leaves of involucra oblong, obtuse, short. fj . F. Native of 

 Mogodor. Branches of a greyish white-colour. Plant glabrous. 

 Fruit like that of B.frulicbsa. Leaves much thinner, and one- 

 half smaller than those of B. plantagineum. 



Canescent Hare's-ear. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1809. Shrub 2 

 to 3 feet. 



47 B. PLANTAGI'NECM (Desf. atl. 1. p. 233. t. 57.) shrubby, 

 erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, stiff', coriaceous, 

 sessile, quite entire, many nerved ; umbels 4-1 0-rayed; leaves 

 of involucra elongated, subulate, acute. I? . F. Native of Mount 

 Atlas, near Bougie. Tenoria plantaginea, Spreng. in Schultes, 

 syst. 6. p. 376. Nerves almost diverging from the base of the 

 leaves, not parallel. 



lantern-leaved Hare's-ear. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



48 B. GIBRALTA'RICA (Lam. diet. (1784.) 1. p. 520.) shrubby, 

 erect, branched; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, 1- 

 nerved, coriaceous, glaucous, oblique, quite entire, sessile; leaves 

 of involucra lanceolate. Tj . F. Native of Gibraltar, on the 



