XXXV. UMBELLA^CEyE : ^UPLEU'RUM. 



495 



carps 1 -seeded. Habit alone is sufficient to distinguish this order, 

 (i), Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen or sub-evergreen ; quite 

 entire. Flowers greenish yellow. There are only one or two ligneous 

 ripeoies hardy in British gardens, and these belong to the genus ^upleurum. 



Genus I. 



5UPLEU'RUM Tojtrn. The Bupleurum, or Hare's Ear. 

 I Lin. Si/st. Pentandria Digynia 



! Uentificatiun. Tourn. Inst., 309. t. Ifi3. ; Dec. Piod., 4. p. 127. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 290. 



Synonymes. Tenbria and JJuprestis Spreng. Syst. 1. p. 880. ; Bupliore, or Oreille de Lidvre, Fr. ; 

 Hasendhrlien, Ger. 



Derivalion. From bos, an ox, and pleuron, a side ; from the supposed quality of swelling cattle 

 I that feed on some of the species of the genus. The name of Hare's Ear, which is preserved in the 

 \ French and German, has reference to the shape of the leaves. 



Gen. Char. Calijx margin obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, strictly involutej 

 with a broad retuse point. Fruit compressed from the sides. Seed 



\ teretely convex, flattish in front. {Don's Mill.) 



I Leaves as in the order. Smooth shrubs, natives of Europe and Africa, 

 and some of Asia. Only one hardy species is in cultivation in British gardens. 



t s 1. B. FRUTico^suM L. The shrubby Bupleurum, or Hare's Ear. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 343. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 301. ; Webb Iter Hispan., p. 44. 

 I Synonymes. Ten6rj fruticbsa Spreng. in Sc/m/fes Si/st. fi p. 376. ; /^iiprestis fruticbsa Spreng. 

 I Mag.; Seseli sethiopicum Bank. Pin. IGl. ; Seseli frOtex Mor. Umi. 16. 

 I Engravings. Sibth. Fl. Gra;c.. t. 263. ; Wats. Dendr. Brit., t. 14 : and vurfigs. 905. and 906. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubby, erect- 

 branched. Leaves oblong, attenu- 

 ated at the base, coriaceou.s, 1- 

 nerved, quite entire, sessile. Leaves 

 of involucre oblong. Ribs of fruit 

 elevated, acute. Vittae broad. Bark 

 of branches purplish. Leaves of a 

 sea-green colour. {Don's Mill.) A 

 neat sub-evergreen glaucous shrub. 

 Portugal,Spain,the South of France, 

 about Nice, Corsica, Sicily, Mauri- 

 tania, and Thessaly. Height 3 ft. 

 to 4 ft. in a wild state ; 6 ft. in 

 British gardens. Introduced in 

 1596. Flowers yellow ; July and 



August. 



It is readily propagated by cuttings, 

 is of free growth in any dry cal- 

 , careous soil, and is particularly vigorous on the sea 



:oast in Kent. The blue glaucous hue of its smooth shining foliage renders 

 t a desirable addition to every collection. If planted in an open air\' situ- 

 tion, in a deep soil, not moist, and allowed to extend itself on every side, it 

 *ould soon form a large hemispherical bush, highly ornamental during winter 

 Vomits evergreen foliage, and during summer from its bright yellow flowers. 



D06. B. fruticosum. 



I 



' '&. f^'vtescens L. (Cav. Icon., ii. t. 106. ; and our fig. . in p. .) has 



ilendei elongated branches, and linear-iiUbulate, stiff, striated leaves. It is a 

 ative 01 Mauritania in Spain, and also at Tarragona. 

 B. gibralturica Lam. Diet., B. arborescens J acq. (Tc. rar., ii. t. 351. ; and 

 ur/g.^Og-J-. in p. 1 108.) grows to the height of 3 ft., and has fragrant flowers. 



