Bupleurum. 



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subearnosa, late linearia usque oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula vel breviter acuminata, apice 

 acuto vel acutiusculo breviter subcucullata, 3- vel sub-5-nervia, ut ea involueri scabrius- 

 cula vel rarius laeviuscula, umbellulas perparvas compactes 8- 12-floras 3 — 4 mm latas 

 superantia, 4 — 5 mm longa, l-l,5mra lata; pedicelli inaequales, floribus subdimidio 

 breviores. Petala glaucescenti-flavida, ovato-orbicularia, breviter unguiculata, extrinsecus, 

 ut etiam ovarium, oculo nudo farinosa, sub lente puberulento-granulata vel -papillulosa, 

 margine superiore denticulato-papillulosa, nervo pinnatim venoso percursa, ca. 1 mm 

 longa, lobulo inflexo late rectangulari vel antice dilatato usque ad basin petali descen- 

 dente eximie cucullata. Fructus maturus non visus; ovarium sub anthesi ca. 1 ,5 mm 

 longus; juga subinconspicua. — Fig. 13/, K. 



Auf Steppen und grasigen Kalkbergen des armenisch-iranischen Mediterran- 

 gebietes, bis in die subalpine Region aufsteigend: Assyrien, Kurdistan; blüht im Juli 

 und August. 



Var. a. typicum Wolff. — Caulis albicans, dz nitidus, subteres, ramis (in sicco 

 saltem) nitido-albicantibus teretibus instructus. Involucelli phjlla subcarnoso-incras- 

 sata, oblongo-obovata vel late linearia, apice subobtusa vel breviter abrupte acuminata, 

 subquinquenervia, margine latiuscule scarioso sublaevia. 



Bisher nur aus der assyrischen Wüste bei Seytun bekannt (Aucher-Eloy, Herb. 

 d'Or. n. 3630; Haussknecht, It. Orient. (1865) s. n.). 



Var. /)'. Haussknechtii (Boiss.) Wolff. — B. Hanssknechtii Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 1. c. — Glaucescens; caulis superne angulosus; rami glaucescenti-virides, quadranguli. 

 Involucelli phylla vix incrassata, lanceolata, zb acuminata, acumine acuto vel acutiusculo, 

 3-nervia, ad marginem anguste scariosum et subtus ad nervös scabriuscula. 



Kurdistan: Auf kurzgrasigen Triften des Pir Omar Gudrun, ca. 1200 m hoch 

 (Haussknecht!); Riwandous (Bornmüller, It. pers.-turc. (1892/3) n. 1234). 



Ser. 4. Echinata Wolff. 



Fructus ad juga et valleculas glochidibus in series longitudinales dispositis obtectus. 

 45. B. Sintenisii Aschers, et Urb. in litt, ad Sintenis (1888)! ex Hüterin Österr. 



B. Rigoi Huter in sched. — Planta nana, eximie 



bot. Zeitschr. LV. (1905) 360. — 

 glauca : radix caulem longitudine 

 superans; caulis acute angulosus, 

 ad angulos scabridus, ramosus, 

 ramis remotis, expansis, subpro- 

 cumbentibus vel patulis, subsim- 

 plicibus, apice tantum breviter 

 ramulosis, 2 — 5 cm longis. Folia 

 basalia lineari-lanceolata, inferne 

 ut in petiolum angustata, juxta 

 apicem zzz cartilaginea, apice ipso 

 acuta, ad marginem (in sicco) 

 dz involutum scabrida, nervis 

 3( — 5) supra subinconspicuis, sub- 

 tus manifestis ibique scabridis per- 

 cursa, usque 20 mm longa, 1 — 

 1,5 mm lata, caulina rameaque 

 similia., sensim minora. Umbellae 

 terminales usque 6 mm longe pe- 

 dunculatae, laterales subsessiles, 



omnes 3 — 5-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, usque 8 mm longis; involueri phylla foliis 

 summis subconformia umbellas subsuperantia. Involucelli phylla linearia, acuta, ad 

 marginem et subtus ad nervös scabrida, umbellulas 6 — 1 0-floras =b superantia; pedi- 

 celli vix 1 mm longi, flores aequantes, fructibus breviores. Petala obovato-rotundata, 



Fig. 14. 

 A Habitus. 



Bwplcurwn Sintenisii Aschers, et Urb. 

 B Flos. C Petaluni. D Involucelli phyllum. 

 (Icon origin.) 



