|44 Hermann Wolff. — Umbelliferae-Apioideae-Ammineae heteroclitae. 



suberecta, (in sicco) tenuiter coriacea, basaiia oblongo-lanceolata vel late oblanceolata, 

 acuminata, obtusiuscula, basin versus parum angustata, basi ima valde dilatata, amplexi- 

 caulia, 7 — 9-nervia, nervis plerumque n. aliis singulis multo tenuioribus longitudinalibus 

 ex reti venoso conspicuo exortis intermixtis , 10 — 15 cm longa, \ 1 / 2 — 2V2 cm lata, 

 caulina cito minora, subpetiolata vel sessilia, basalibus ceterum subconformia sed longius 

 acuminata. Umbellae haud numerosae, magnae, zb longe pedunculatae, 6 — 1 0-radiatae, 

 radiis vix inaequalibus, sat tenuibus, strictis, s. a. usque 4 cm longis ; invoiucri phylla 

 3( — 5), lanceolata, acuminata, 5 — 7-nervia. Involucelli phylla 5( — 6), anguste lineari- 

 lanceolata, longe acuminata, acutissima, 5( — 7)-nervia, usque 7 mm longa, 1 — 1 1 / 2 mm 

 lata, umbellulas multifloras s. a. longe superantia. Pedicelli tenues flores aequantes. Petala 

 flavo-virentia, pentagono-rotundata, ca. 1 mm lata, 3 / 4 mm longa, lobulo inflexo late ob- 

 triangulari, obtuso, parum breviore, apice anguste exciso eximie cucullata. Fructus ex 

 Gussone et ex Bertoloni oblongus, acute costatus; ovarium juvenile argute sulcatum; 

 vittae valleculares magnae ternae vel quaternae, commissurales 6 — 8. 



Tyrrhenische Mediterranprovinz: endemische Art auf Sicilien: Madonie, 

 an kühlen, nach Westen zu gelegenen Kalkfelsen; blüht im Juli und August. 



Nota. Species sec. cl. Gussone, Bertoloni et alios suffrulex vel planta ± suffruticosa: 

 »caules basi caespitosi, petiolorum rudimentis tecti vix palmares, cauliculi annotini . . 2 — 5-pe- 

 dales«. Specimina omnia mihi visa basi ima tantum suffruticosa, caule ceterum subplane herbaceo, 

 foliis coriaceis sed cum caule emorientibus. Mea sententia species maxi me affinis B. falcato 

 nee B. plantaginifolio , cui tantum quoad formam foliorum similis; itaque eam seriei Falcata 

 adnumeravi, quamquam cum characteribus ob involucelli phylla 5( — 7)-nervia leviter colorata haud 

 plane quadrat. 



67. B. mucronatum Wight et Walk.-Arnott, Prodi*, fl. Ind. or. (1834) 370; 

 G. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1879) 676. — B. falcatum Daiz. et Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. ( I 8 6 1 ) 108. — Basi suffruticosum. Caulis solitarius, erectus, elatus, saepe 

 flexuosus, usque metralis, remote foliosus, inferne simplex, superne vel rarius jam e 

 medio dz ramosus, ramis dz elongatis divaricatisque, raro abbreviatis et erecto-patentibus, 

 dz ramulosis. Folia firma usque subcoriacea, longiuscule curvatim mucronata, basaiia . . . , 

 caulina inferiora lineari-oblonga, basin versus angustata, apice .obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 late albo-marginata, 7 — 9-nervia, nervis subparallelis, usque 12 cm longa, 3 — 8 mm lata; 

 f. cetera similia, saepe oblongo-linearia, vix minora. Umbellae numerosae latae, longe 

 pedunculatae, 4 — 6-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, 1 — 2 cm longis; invoiucri phylla 

 semper (4 — )5, firma, ereeta, oblongo-elliptica vel late linearia, acuta, longe mucronata, 

 3 — 7-nervia, radios subaequantia vel eis usque dimidio breviora. Involucelli phylla 5 lineari- 

 vel elliptico-lanceolata, longe acuminata, acuta, (in sicco) prominenter 3-nervia, umbellulas 

 s. a. multo superantia, demum eis manifeste vel vix breviora. Pedicelli floribus sub- 

 longiores, fructibus dz dimidio breviores. Petala flavescenti-viridia, pentagono-rotundata, 

 ca. 2 / 3 mm longa, 1 mm lata, lobulo inflexo e basi lata subito in partem subquadratam 

 antice profunde excisam angustato. Fructus oblongo-ellipticus, brunneus, ad juga crassa 

 prominentia vel rarius subinconspicua dilutior, dz 4 mm longus, dz 2 mm latus ; vittae 

 in unaquaque vallecula 1 — 3, ad commissuram 2 — 4. 



Vorderindien: Süddekkan; Ceylon, in einer Höhe von ca. 1000 — 2500 m. 



f. 1. typicum G. B. Clarke 1. c. — Caulis superne parce breviterque ramosus. 

 Folia caulina media latiuscule oblonga, superiora oblongo-linearia, omnia obtusa vel 

 rarius dz acuminata, longe mucronata. Involucellum fructus subsulcatos prominenter 

 jugatos manifeste superans; vittae valleculares plerumque solitariae. 



Süddekkan (Herb. Wight n. 1 1 97; Wight, PI. penins. Ind. or. n. 1166; Hohen- 

 acker, Ind. or. n. 1105, Nilghiri, B. distichophyllum', Hooker f. et Thomson, Herb. 

 Ind. or. s. n. ; Engler, Vorderindien n. 3528, Otacamund, ca. 7300'). 



f. 2. ramosissimum (Wight et Walk. -Arn.) C. B. Clarke 1. c. — B. ramo- 

 sissimum Wight et Walk.- Arn. 1. c; Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1 840—56) t. 1 007; Spicil. 

 Neilgh. (1846 — 51) 87. — B. falcatum var. ramosissimum (Wight et Walk. -Arn.) 

 Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (1861) 108. — Subcorymbose divaricato-ramosum, ramis dz 



