Bupleurum. 93 



33. B. Wolffianum Bornm. n. sp. — Gracile; caulis erectus, elatus, usque sub- 

 metralis, tenuis, supra basin \ i / 2 — 2 mm crassus, inferne teres, simplex, remote folio- 

 sus, superne angulosus, laxe ramosus, ramis suberectis vel erecto-patentibus quam 

 caulis multo tenuioribus, usque 30 cm longis, ramulosis, ramulis filiformibus, rectis, 

 subnudis, subsimplicibus. Folia inferiora post anthesin, basi brevi amplexicauli excepta, 

 jam emarcida, media caulina late oblongo-lanceolata, usque 10 cm longa, medio 

 8 — 15 mm lata, basin versus sensim subcuneato-angustata, deinde basi ima iterum in 

 vaginam latam , amplexicaulem dilatata, apicem versus longiuscule vel breviter acumi- 

 nata, acuta, cuspidata, inferne 9-, apice 3 — 4-nervia, nervis utrinque subaequaliter 

 prominentibus, supra subinconspicue, subtus manifestius venosis; folia caulina superiora 

 rameaque cito decrescentia, summa minima, subsubulata. Umbellae haud numerosae, 

 pedunculis filiformibus, strictis, 3 — 4 cm longis suffultae, plerumque 2-radiatae, radiis 

 subaequalibus vel inaequalibus , filiformibus, strictis, 2 — 4 cm longis; involucri phylla 

 2 — 3, perparva, subsetacea, acutissima, subtus leviter carinata, usque 3 mm longa. In- 

 volucelü phylla (3 — )5 eis involucri subconformia, minora, subtus carinata, umbellulis 

 fructiferis dimidio breviora. Umbellulae 3 — 5-florae, petala . . . ; pedicelli tenuissimi, 

 fructibus nigricanti-brunneis, ellipsoideo-oblongis , apice truncatis, ca. 3 mm longis, 

 1 y 4 mm latis 2 — 3-plo breviores; stylopodium minimum; styli brevissimi reflexi; juga 

 tenuissima, filiformia, parum prominentia; mericarpia transverse suborbicularia; pericar- 

 pium tenuissimum ; vittae parvae, valleculares binae vel ternae, commissurales 2 ; endo- 

 spermium facie subplanum. 



Armenisch-iranische Mediterranprovinz: Persien: Hasanbeili »in silvis cae- 

 duis« (Knapp); fruchtet im September. 



3 4. B. Postii Wolff n. sp. — B. libanoticum var. oligactis Post in sched. — Herba 

 glauco-viridis, 50 cm et ultra alta. Caulis albicanti-nitidus, teres, superne subquadran- 

 gulus, divaricatim furcato-ramosus, ramis teretibus, elongatis, remote breviterque ramu- 

 losis. Folia inferiora . . . , caulina media superioraque lineari-lanceolata vel sublinearia, 

 summa rameaque angustissima, cito minora, saepe involuto-subsetacea, omnia acutis- 

 sima, 3 — 5-nervia. Umbellae parvae, pedunculis filiformibus, rectis, strictis, usque 4 cm 

 longis suffultae, terminales 3-, laterales 2-radiatae, radiis capillaribus, valde inaequalibus, 

 usque 3 cm longis; involucri phylla 3( — 4), subaequilonga, sublinearia vel lineari-lan- 

 ceolata, obtusiuscula, abrupte breviterque acuminata, cuspidata vel sensim in acumen 

 acutissimum producta, obsolete 3-nervia, 3 — 4 mm longa. Involucelli phylla lineari- 

 lanceolata vel oblanceolata, leviter excavata, breviter acuminata, acuta vel acutiuscula, 

 margine subintegra, 3-nervia, nervis utrinque subinconspicuis, 2 — 2,5 mm longa, um- 

 bellulis perparvis, subglobosis, compactis, 3 — 4 mm tantum latis, 8 — 1 0-floris sub anthesi 

 subdimidio breviora. Flores ca. 3 mm longi; pedicelli crassiusculi, brevissimi; petala 

 extrinsecus glaucescenti-flavida, intus flavido-viridia , suborbicularia vel quadrato-rotun- 

 data, nervo breviter pinnato-venoso percursa, 1 — 1 1 / A mm longa, lobulo inflexo usque 

 ad basin petali descendente, 2 — 3-plo angustiore, medio angustato, apice dilatato et 

 hie profunde emarginato instrueta. Fructus haud plane maturus ovoideo-oblongus, 

 a latere manifeste compressus, apice valde truncatus, ca. 2,5 mm longus; stylopodium 

 minimum; styli brevissimi, reflexi; juga tenuissima; pericarpium crassiusculum ; vittae 

 magnae, valleculares singulae, commissurales 2. 



Syrische Zone der mittleren Mediterranprovinz: Antilibanon, Malüla; blüht 

 im Juli und fruchtet im August (Herb. Post. Coli. Syr. Protest, n. 41). 



35. B. setaceum Fenzl in Tchihat. Asie min. III. Bot. 1. (1866) 418; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient. II. (1872) 847. — Planta gracillima usque 75 cm alta. Caulis tenuis, 

 diffuse furcato-ramosissimus, ramis erecto-patentibus, tenuissimis , plerumque elongato- 

 virgatis, remote vel remotissime ramulosis, ramulis patulis, filiformibus. Folia in- 

 eriora . . ., caulina media angustissime linearia, acutissima, 3 — 5-nervia, usque 7 cm 

 onga, 1 — 2 mm lata, superiora involuto-setacea, sensim decrescentia, summa ramea- 

 ue minima, setacea, 3-nervia, omnia margine minute denticulato-serrulata. Umbellae 

 erminales pedunculis erectis, strictis, subfiliformibus, 1 — 4 cm longis suffultae, 



