34 Hermann Wolff. — Umbelliferae-Apioideae-Ammineae heteroclitae. 



III. (1837) 342; Sond. in Harv. and Sond. Fl. cap. II. (1 861 — 62) 542; Hiern in 

 Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr. III. (1877) 10; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. (1892) 317. — 

 Bupleurum arborescens Thunb. Prodr. fl. cap. I. (179 4) 50, Fl. cap. 1. II. 182 

 (sec. Sprengel), ed. 2. (Schultes.) (1823) 247; Willd. Spec. pl. I. 2. (1798) 1376. 

 — Tenoria arborescens (Thunb.) Spreng. Prodr. umb. in Neue Sehr. Naturf. Ge- 

 sellsch. Halle II. 1. (1813) 32 et in Roem. et Schult. Syst. veget. VI. (1820) 375. — 

 Bupleurum trifoliatum Wendl. in Wendl. u. Bartl. Beitr. II. (1825) 13. — Hetero- 

 morpha trifoliata (Wendl.) et H. collina Eckl. et Zejh. 1. c. — Bupleurum collinum 

 (Eckl. et Zeyh.) Dietr. Syn. pl. II. (18 40) 951. — Anesorhiza abyssinica A. Braun in 

 Flora XXIV. 1. (l 841) 337, t. 2, f . B (fruetus). — Heteromorpha abyssinica Höchst, 

 in Flora XXIV. 1. (1841) Intell. Bl. 2. 28 (nomen solum); Rieh. Tent. fl. abyss. I. (1847) 

 325. — Franchetella arborescens (Thunb.) 0. Ktze. Revis. gen. III. 2. (1898) 112; 

 Hiern, Cat. of Welw. Afr. pl. II. (1898) 424. — Frutex arborescens, ex Volkens 

 usque 6 m altus, habitu gracili, parce ramosus, ramis stricte erectis, alternis, zb elon- 

 gatis, vetustioribus teretibus, plerumque nudis, cortice griseo obtectis, junioribus 

 hornotinisque subteretibus , usque 5 mm crassis et ultra , cortice rubieundo, longitu- 

 dinaliter striato vel rarius rimuloso, sparse lenticellato instruetis, alternatim vel sub- 

 opposite ramulosis, ramulis zb erectis, saepissime — ut etiam rami — villosiusculis, 

 usque 30 cm longis (et ultra?), sub anthesi semper fere foliosis, demum persaepe de- 

 nudatis. Folia solitaria vel rarius bina vel etiam laxe fasciculata, alterna vel sub- 

 opposita, petiolata, petiolo erecto, tenui, subtereti usque subquadrangulo, supra piano 

 usque satis profunde angusteque canaliculato, ad angulos saepe anguste alato, basi ima 

 in vaginam haud decurrentem, amplexicaulem dilatato, usque 7 cm longo, plerumque 

 breviore; lamina tenuiter coriacea, supra nitido-viridis vel viridi-glaucescens, subtus dilu- 

 tior vel rarius undique manifeste glaucescens vel subaequaliter albicanti-glaucescens, 

 simplex vel binata vel ternata, indivisa vel rarius zb profunde trilobata vel basi uni- 

 vel bilobato-aurita, vel — plerumque in foliis solitariis — simpliciter impari-pinnata, 

 pinnis, jugo impari non addito, 1 — 3 (ex Kuntze — 7)-jugis; foliola omnia distineta 

 vel superiora zb confluentia, subsessilia vel (imprimis foliolum terminale) zb mani- 

 feste petiolulata, petiolulo brevi lamina decurrente anguste alato, integra, ut etiam folia 

 pleraque haud pinnata eisque ceterum subconformia subaequaliaque, rarius suberenata, 

 margine leviter incrassata, forma magnitudineque valde variabilia, lineari-lanceolata vel 

 elliptica vel oblonga vel lanceolata usque dz late ovata vel perraro late obovata, basi dila- 

 tata vel dz longe euneato-angustata, ad apicem versus dz longe acuminata, acuta usque 

 acutissima, vel obtusa usque manifeste emarginata, semper longiuscule mucronata, uni- 

 costata, costa dense vel rarius remote penninervia, nervis rectis vel leviter serpentinis, 

 indivisis vel ramosis, nervis singulis tenuioribus brevioribusque intermixtis, inter nervös 

 dense et valde graciliter reticulato-venosa, venis subtus magis quam supra conspieuis, 

 viridibus vel zb rutilis, nervo marginali spurio zb manifesto instrueta, margine et 

 secus costam ciliolata, demum ubique glabra, ca. usque 8 cm longa, ca. usque 

 2V2 cm lata ) plerumque minora. Umbellae numerosae, subsemiglobosae, terminales 

 semper fertiles, laterales saepe zb steriles, peduneulo tereti, subvilloso eas longitudine 

 aequante vel longiore suffultae, usque 25-radiatae, radiis subaequicrassis et subaequi- 

 longis, sub anthesi, ut etiam radioli, breviter villosis, demum glabris, usque 4 cm longis. 

 Involucri phylla 6 — 8, anguste linearia, acuta, villosiuscula, radiis multo breviora, haud 

 raro phyllo uno alterove foliaceo radios subaequante. Involucelli phylla 5 — 6, reflexa, 

 linearia, acuminata, 1 — 3-nervia, villosiuscula, 1 — 1,5 mm longa. Umbellulae sub- vel 

 semiglobosae, 15 — 20-florae: pedicelli tenues, basi subclavati, sub anthesi usque 1 mm 

 longi, floribus 2 — 3y 2 -plo longiores. Petala flavido-viridia vel dilute flavida (ex collec- 

 toribus), 1 — Py^mm longa, filamentis duplo vel magis superata. Fruetus 3 l / 2 — 

 8 mm longus; stylopodium ca. 1 mm longum, stylos reflexos subaequans, sepalis di- 

 midio longius. — Fig. 4. 



Dauerblättriger, oft baumartiger Strauch, der weit verbreitet ist durch das nord- 

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