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71. B. Maddenii (B. Maddeni) C. B. Clarke in Hook. FJ. brit. Ind. II. (1879) 

 678. — Perenne, basi vix suffrulicosum. Gaules plures, usque 65 ein alti, herbacei, fere 

 a medio dense ramosi, ramis suberectis, abbreviatis, foliosis, vix ramulosis, inferioribus 

 ± 10 cm longis, ceteris ad apicem caulis versus valde sensim brevioribus. Folia basalia 

 conferta, falcata, anguste linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, ad basin sensim 

 angustata, 5 — 7-nervia, n. eximie parallelis, supra subinconspieuis, subtus prominentibus, 

 fere ut in B. tenui venosis, usque 1 cm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata, caulina inferiora lon- 

 giora, magis falcata, zb amplexicaulia, suffulcientia sensim breviora sed latiora, saepe 

 anguste lanceolata, acuta vel acutissima, 5-nervia, suprema iroprimis ramea lanceolata, 

 7 — 9-nervia, cuspidato-acutissima. Inflorescentia valde elongata, panniculata; umbellae 

 numerosissimae, parvae, s. a. ± 1 cm lalae, radiis 4 — 8 abbreviatis, tenuibus, quadran- 

 gulis, inaequalibus, vix 1 cm longis, involucri phylla 2(— 3) oblanceolata multo superantibus. 

 Involucelli phylla 5 oblonga vel oblanceolata, breviter acuminata, subtus prominenter 

 3-nervia, umbellulas s. a. manifeste superantia, postea eis ± dimidio breviora. Pedicelli 

 flores subaequantes, fructibus junioribus dimidio breviores; petala rhomboideo-rotundata, 

 vix Y 2 mm l° n g a j dorso minute reticulato-venulosa, lobulo inflexo rectangulari vel sub- 

 quadrato parum breviore. Slylopodium fruetu immaturo ca. \ mm longo manifeste 

 jugato subaequilatum ; vittae valleculares ternae, commissurales 4. 



Nordwest-Himalaya: Mussoorie (Madden, Jameson, nach Clarke); Simla 

 Lady Dalhousie, nach Clarke); Kunawur, in einer Höhe von ca. 2000 — 2600 m 

 Hooker f. et Thomson, Herb. Ind. or. n. 8!). 



Nota. B. Maddenii certe speciem distinetam sistit, itaque cl. Clarke, qui eam forsan 

 formam montanam depauperatam B. falcati var. Hoffmeisteri esse putavit, assentiri non possuru. 



72. B. Dielsianum Wolff nov. spec. — Perenne, gracillimum. Caulis solitarius 

 erectus, elatus, usque 75 cm altus, tenuis, foliosus, supra medium ramosus, ramis 

 tenuibus, suberectis, vix ramulosis, usque 1 cm longis. Folia basalia anguste linearia, 

 breviter acuminata, obtusiuscula, basin versus sensim ut in petiolum laminam zb ae- 

 quantem vel ea duplo breviorem angustata, cum petiolo usque 5 cm longa, 3 — 4 mm 

 lala, 5 — 7-nervia, nervis primariis n. singulis seeundariis tenuioribus longitudinalibus 

 intermixtis; f. caulina subereeta, Ulis similia, brevius petiolata vel subsessilia, ad apicem 

 caulis versus sensim minora. Umbellae haud numerosae, ca. 3 cm latae, longe pedun- 

 culatae, terminales 6 — 10-, laterales 4 — 6-radiatae, radiis patulis, filiformibus, inaequali- 

 bus, usque 3 cm longis quam involucri phylla I — 2 lanceolata 5-nervia 10 — 1 5-pIo 

 longioribus. Involucelli phylla lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata vel obovata, apice obtusius- 

 cula, ca. 2 mm longa, \ mm lata, umbellulas parvas 4 — 5 mm latas, <0 — \ 2-floras 

 subsuperantia. Pedicelli capillares floribus multo longiores, s. a. 6 — 7 mm, postea usque 

 10 mm longi. Flores perparvi; petala flava, minima, vix 7 3 mm longa, trapezoidea, 

 lobulo inflexo triangulari quam petalum 2 — 3-plo breviore. Fructus juvenilis ca. 3 mm 

 longus , nigricans; stylopodium ovario multo latius; vittae valleculares ternae (usque 

 quinae), commissurales 4( — 8). — Fig. \GE. 



China: im Norden der Provinz Shensi: T c ai-pa-shan (Giraldi n. 583 3); Qua- 

 in-shan (Giraldi n. 5754); blüht im August. 



73. B. Bischawianum Alboff, FI. alp. Transcauc. occ. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. III. 

 (1895) 521, nomen; Prodr. Fl. colch. (1895) 102. — B. Iiischawi Alboff in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. II. (1894) 450. — Glaucescenti-viride. Caudex crassus, obliquus, sublignosus. 

 Caules plures, erecti, elati, 50—75 cm alti, a basi vel a medio remote ramosi, ramis 

 zb elongatis, vix ramulosis, s. a. erecto-patentibus, postea zb reflexis. Folia firma, 

 basalia anguste oblanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusiuscula, inferne sensim 

 vel abrupte in petiolum supra canaliculatum subtus convexum lamina usque duplo 

 longiorem vel rarius ea breviorem angustata, 7 — 9-nervia, nervis leviter palmatis, n. aliis 

 singulis tenuioribus subaequicrassis ante marginem desinentibus intermixtis, cum petiolo 

 8 — 10 cm longa, 1 —1,5 cm lata; caulina inferiora bas. similia, brevius latiusque petiolata, 

 superiora saepius subopposita, sensim minora, e basi subcordata amplexicauli zb late 

 ovato-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, usque 25-nervia, 1— 5 cm longa, */ 2 — 2 cm lata. 



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