Bupleurum. Q\ 



B. Phylla elliptico-oblonga vel late ovata vel oblongo-ovalia vel 

 ovalo-rotundata, apice =fc obtusa vel obtusiuscula, brevitei* 

 mucronulata, 3 — 9-nervia. 



a. Umbellae omnes 2 — 6-radiatae. 



a. Phylla majuscula, 10 — 14 mm longa, 4 — 6 mm lata, 



late ovata vel ovato-elliptica , — in sicco saltem — 



eximie straminea vel viricli-flavida, =b diaphana, 5 — 



7-nervia . . 1 7. B. aleppicum. 



ß. Phylla minora, usque 6 mm longa, 2,5 — 3 mm lata. 



I. Involucri phylla 2 — 5. 



1. Involucellum oblongum vel fere obverse cam- 

 panulatum, phyllis stramineis, elliptico-oblongis 

 vel ovalibus vel ovato-rotundatis, apice obtusis, 

 brevissime acuminatis, semi- vel subpellucidis, 

 3 — 5-nerviis. Radii 2 — 5, patuli, involucro 



2 — 3-plo longiores 1 8. B. Karglii. 



2. Involucellum subglobosum; phylla ovato-rotun- 

 data, valde excavato-concava, 5 — 9-nervia. Radii 



2 — 3, strictissimi, involucro 5 — I 0-plo longiores. 1 9. B. erubescens. 



II. Involucrum constanter monophyllum 20. B. pulchellum. 



b. Umbellae brevissime uniradiatae 2 I . B. capillare. 



G. Phylla anguste ovato-lanceolata, sensim longe acuminata, 



subpungenti-acutissima, 3 — 5-nervia, nervo medio utroque 

 latere venoso, venis inferne rectis superne eleganter ± deor- 

 sum arcuatis cum n. lateralibus submarginantibus , latere 

 exteriore aveniis vel breviter venosis anastomosantibus, vel 

 nervis omnibus subaveniis; phylla inter nervös venasque ± 

 hyalina vel rarius dz impellucida. 



a. Umbellae omnes zfc longe pedunculatae 22. B. Fontanesii. 



b. Umbellae laterales breviter pedunculatae, terminales sub- 

 sessiles. 



a. Phylla apice recta, in sicco db vitreo-diaphana, 3-nervia, 



nervis plane aveniis 23. B. nodiflorum. 



ß. Phylla apice manifeste rellexa, opaca, post anthesin 

 impellucida, 3 — 5-nervia, nervis fere ut in n. 22 ve- 

 nosis 2 4. B. brevicaule. 



Ser. 1. Aristata (Godr.) Wolff. 



Odontites Spreng, in Mag. Gesellsch. naturf. Freunde Berlin VI. 2. (181 2) 258 

 ex pte. — Sect. IV. Aristata Godr. in Gren. et Godr. Fl. France I. (1848) 724. — 

 Sect. III. Eubupleura Subsect. 4. Aristata (Godr.) Briq. Monogr. (1897) 52, 115. — 

 Phylla involucelli dz longe acuminata, acuta vel acutiuscula, zb longe aristata. 



11. B. glumaceum Smith in Sibth. et Smith, Fl. graec. prodr. I. (1806) 177; 

 Spreng. Umb. min. cogn. (1818) 18, t. III., f. 5.; Schult, in Roern. et Schult. Syst. 

 veg. VI. (1820) 381 in obs. II.; Reichb. Icon. bot. II. (1824) 71, t. 179, f. 312; 

 DG. Prodr. IV. (1830) 128; Reichb. f. Ic. fl. germ. et helv. XXI. (1867) 24, t. 46 

 [t. 1890],J. II. — ic. haud bona; Boiss. Fl. Orient. II. (1872) 837; Halacsy, Consp. 

 fl. graec. I. (1901) 688. — B. flavum Forsk. Fl. aegypt.-arab. (1775), Suppl. 205. — 

 B. gracüe d'Urv. En. pl. Orient. (1822) 30 (sep. ex Mem. soc. Linn. I.). — Odontites 

 luteola Spreng, in Roem. et Schult. 1. c. 380 ex pte. — B. Odontites var. glumaceum 

 (Smith) Gesät, in Bibl. ital. LXXXII. (1836) 387 et in Linnaea XI. (1837) 315. — 

 Caulis plerumque tenuis, raro validior, ca. 20 — 75 cm altus, a basi vel magis superne 

 pseudodichotome ramosus vel ramosissimus, ramis patulis vel erecto-patentibus vel 



