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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Bimple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Bupleurum 

 diversifolium, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B L ii. 675. 

 Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-12,000 ft. 



Petals ununited. 



medium size to large, leaves, upper stem lanceolate, 

 long-pointed, base ovate, nearly stem-clasping, hardly 

 heart-shaped, middle stem quite stem-clasping, lower stem 

 linear, bracts none or one, small, lanceolate, bracteoles 5-8, 

 narrow, lanceolate, long-pointed, shorter than the fruiting 

 umbellules, rays of the umbel 8-14, fruit ^ in., ridges dis- 

 tinct, furrows with 3 oil canals ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Bupleurum falcatum, 



Kali zewar. sipil. 



Umbellifer.^. 



F. B. I. ii. 676. 



Himalaya, 



3-12,000 ft. 



Kashmir, 



Simla, 



Mashobra 



(CoUett). 



Baluchistan 



(Lace). 



leaves radical linear, broader upwards, stem leaves 

 usually curved, half stem-clasping or sessile, long-pointed, 

 middle stem leaves linear, short-pointed, narrowed at the 

 base, more or less stem-clasping, bracts usually none or 1-5, 

 lanceolate, hardly ^ in., lanceolate, branches 4-5, narrowly 

 lanceolate, distinctly shorter than the fruiting and not 

 longer than the flowering umbellules, rays 5-8, 1| in., 

 fruit ^-i in., brown ; otherwise like the last species. 



Bupleurum 

 longicaule, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 677. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



small to medium size, leaves very variable, lower 

 stem leaves linear or lanceolate, short-pointed, upper 

 often vfidev at the base, ovate, bracts 1-3, bracteoles 5-8, 

 oblong, long-pointed, leaflike, longer than the flowering 

 or fruiting umbellule, rays 3-8, l-2|in., stoutish, streaked, 

 petals usually black ; otherwise like the last species. 



Bupleurum tenue, 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 677. 



The Plains to 



9,000 ft. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(Oollett). 



Murree. 



leaves, lower linear, sessile, 1-3 by I in., upper 

 linear-oblong, round-tipped, bristle-pointed, base nar- 

 rowed, bracts 1^4, I in., lanceolate, short-pointed, brac- 

 teoles 4-5, lanceolate-ovate with a broad tip, longer than 

 the umbellules, rays 3-8, less than an inch, never stout, 

 fruit j\-^ in., broadly oblong, yellowish- brown, ridges 

 distinct, furrows with one or no oil canal ; otherwise Hke 

 the last species. 



