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rocks at Algesira. B. coriaceum, Lher. stirp. nov. fasc. 6. 

 (1785.) t. 67. B. obliquum, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 24. B. arbo- 

 rescens, Jacq. icon. rar. 2. t. 351. Tenoria coriacea, Spreng. in 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 345. Buprestis coriacea, Spreng. mag. B. 

 verticale, Ort. fl. esp. The whole plant is rather fragrant when 

 rubbed. 



Gibraltar Hare's-ear. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1784. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



49 B. FRUTic6suM (Lin, spec. 343.) shrubby, erect, branched ; 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at the base, coriaceous, 1 -nerved, 

 quite entire, sessile ; leaves of involucra oblong. J? . F. Na- 

 tive of Portugal, Spain, south of France, Nice, Corsica, Sicily, 

 Mauritania, and Thessaly. Sibth. fl. graec. t. 263. Wats, dendr. 

 brit. t. 14. Duham. arbr. 1. t. 43. Jaum. pi. fr. 1. t. 65. Mill, 

 fig. 74. Tenoria fruticosa, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 376. 

 Buprestis fruticosa, Spreng. mag. Seseli -Shniopicum, Bauh. 

 pin. 161. Seseli frutex, Mor. umb. 16. Ribs of fruit ele- 

 vated, acute ; vittee broad. Bark of branches purplish. Leaves 

 of a sea green colour. 



Shrubby Hare's-ear. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1596. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



50 B. DIFFO'RME (Lin. spec. 343.) shrubby, erect, branched ; 

 leaves variable on the same branch, simple or ternate ; leaflets 

 undivided or cut; umbels terminal, 8-12-rayed; leaves of in- 

 volucrum linear, acute, much shorter than the peduncles. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 71. f. 1. 

 Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 384. Thunb. fl. cap. 248. 

 Tenoria difformis, Spreng. in Schultes, syst. 6. p. 377. Bu- 

 prestis difformis, Spreng. mag. Ribs of fruit rounded and tumid, 

 lateral ones somewhat dilated ; vittae 2-3 in each furrow. This 

 shrub sends out side branches, which in the spring have on their 

 lower parts leaves, composed of many small flat leaflets, finely 

 cut like those of coriander, and of a sea green colour ; these 

 leaves soon fall off, and the upper part of the branches are closely 

 covered with long rush-like leaves, having 4 angles, coming out 

 in clusters from each joint. 



Difformed-lesived Hare's-ear. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1752. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



t Species not sufficiently known. 



51 B. POLYPHY'LLUM (Ledeb. mem. ac. sc. petrop. 5. p. 528.) 

 stem erect, striated, branched above ; leaves lanceolate, stem- 

 clasping ; umbels of many unequal rays ; involucrum almost 

 wanting ; involucels of 6 lanceolate acuminated leaves, which 

 exceed the fruit. If. . H. Native of Caucasus. Flowers said 

 to be solitary in the axils of the branches. 



Many-leaved Hare's-ear. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 ft. 



52 B.? opposiTiFbiiuM (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. p. 141.) stem 

 naked ; branches umbeHate ; lejlfres opposite, lanceolate, obtuse, 

 nerved ; involucrum almost wanting ; involucels of 5 lanceolate 

 awned leaves. O- H. Native of the Pyrenees, at a place called 

 Trancade d'Ambouilla. This species is very obscure, and very 

 doubtful whether it is an umbelliferous plant at all. 



Opposite-leaved Hare's-ear. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. All the species grow well in any common garden soil. 

 The seeds of the annual species only require to be sown in the 

 open ground early in spring. The herbaceous perennial kinds 

 are either increased by being divided at the roots, or by seeds ; 

 and the shrubby species by cuttings. 



LVII. HETEROMO'RPHA (from trtpoe, heteros, diverse, 

 and popfai, morphe, form ; leaves). Cham, et Schlecht. in Lin- 

 nae. 1. p. 385. t. 5. f. 2. D. C. coll. mem. 5. p. 43. prod. 4. p. 

 1 34. Bupleurum species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals roundish, entire, closely involute, ending in a broad retuse 

 point. Fruit obovate-pyriform, 5-winged ; mericarps of 2 forms ; 



the outer one 2-winged, and the inner one 3-winged ; wings 

 running from the teeth of the calyx, and therefore are the cari- 

 nal ribs extended ; vittae one in each furrow, and 2 in the com- 

 missure. A glabrous Cape shrub, with the habit of Bupleurum 

 fruticbsum. Leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, rarely somewhat 

 triple-nerved, sometimes quite entire, sometimes 3-lobed, tri- 

 partite or ternate. Umbels of many rays. Involucra and in- 

 volucels of many short leaves. Flowers yellow as in Bupleurum. 



1 H. ARBORE'SCENS (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c.) Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Bupleurum arborescens, Thunb. 

 prod. p. 50. fl. cap. 247. Bupleurum trifoliatum, Wendl. et 

 Bartl. beitr. 2. p. 13. Tenoria arborescens, Spreng. prod. umb. 



Arborescent Heteromorpha. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1810. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. Any common soil will answer this shrub ; and cuttings 

 are easily rooted. 



Tribe V. 



SESELI'NE^ (plants agreeing with Seseli in important 

 characters) or Orthospermae paucijugatae teretiusculse, Koch, 

 umb. 102. D. C. prod. 4. p. 135. Transverse sections of fruit 

 terete, or nearly so. Mericarps with 5 equal filiform or winged 

 ribs : lateral ribs marginating, and often a little broader than 

 the rest. Seed somewhat teretely convex on the back, and flat- 

 tish in front. Raphe marginal or submarginal. 



LVIII. LICHTENSTEI'NIA (in honour of M. Von Lich- 

 tenstein, Professor of Medicine at Berlin, a celebrated German 

 botanist). Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 394. D. C. prod, 

 4. p. 135. but not of Willd. nor Wendl. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals elliptic, drawn out into a long acumen, which is bent in 

 nearly to the base. Fruit nearly terete, variable in length, 

 crowned by the teeth of the calyx in the immature state, and by 

 the stylopodium and short spreading styles. Mericarps smooth, 

 with 5 filiform ribs, lateral ones marginating ; vittae large, soli- 

 tary under each rib, but none in the commissure nor furrows. 

 Perennial herbs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, yielding an 

 aromatic juice. Radicalleaves cut. Stems erect, fistular, naked, 

 branched, furnished with sheathing scales or abortive leaves. 

 Terminal umbels compound, fertile : lateral ones often sterile. 

 Involucra and involucels of many short marcescent leaves. 

 Flowers yellow ? This genus from the situation of the vittae 

 agrees alone with Melanoselmum, but the form of the fruit is 

 very different. 



1 L. LA'CERA (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 395.) leaves sca- 

 brous, almost undivided or jagged : lobes irregularly serrated : 

 serratures setaceously cuspidate ; fruit oblong. lf..G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, on the Devil's mountain. Sieb. pi. 

 exsic. no. 213. Hermas rudissima, Reichb. in Spreng. syst. 4. 

 p. 118. CEnanthe exaltata, Thunb. prod. p. 50. fl. cap. p. 254. 

 ex herb. Juss. Leaves like those of Eryngium. Umbel 15- 

 rayed; involucra of 10 leaves. Immature fruit blackish when 

 dried. 



Jagged-leaved Lichtensteinia. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



2 L. TRIFIDA (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 39.) leaves glabrous, 

 ternate, rarely 2-4 cleft ; leaflets lanceolate, entire or toothed ; 

 fruit elliptic. 3. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, at 

 Schurfdeberg. CEnanthe obscura, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 890. Um- 

 bels 10-20-rayed. 



Trifid Lichtensteinia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 L. PYRETHRIFOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht. 1. c. p. 397.) leaves 

 glabrous, pinnatifid : lobes ovate, cut, serrated ; fruit elliptic. 

 I/. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the woods of, 

 Ruyterbosch. Sieb. pi. cap. exsic. no. 211. and 222. Bubon 

 proliferum, Burm. fl. cap. p. 8. CEnanthe inebrians, Thunb. 



