Bupleurum. 149 



Umbellae magnae numerosae, pedunculo eas zb aequante, in umbellis lateralibus zb 

 arcuatim deflexo suffultae, 8 — 1 5-radiatae , radiis inaequilongis , subfiliformibus, s. a. 

 zb arcuatim ascendentibus et usque 3 cm longis, postea zb elongatis et reflexo-divari- 

 catis; involucri phylla 5— 8 subaequalia, foliis summis subconformia, radiis 3— 6-plo 

 breviora, reflexa. Involucelli phylla 4 — 6 ovata, 5 — 7-nervia, breviter acuminata, 2 — 

 3 mm longa, zb 4,5 mm lata, umbellulas parvas multifloras s. a. subsuperantia vel 

 saepius aequantia, postea eis breviora. Pedicelli floribus ca. duplo longiores, fructibus 

 ± dimidio breviores. Petala pentagono-rotundata, ca. 1 mm longa, lobulo inflexo sub- 

 quadrato vix breviore. Fructus ex Alb off caesius, ovato-oblongus, 3 mm longus, jugis 

 argutis tenuibus; vittae valleculares binae vel ternae, commissurales 4 — 6. — Fig. 17. 



Provinz des Kaukasus: endemischer Bestandteil der Jura- und Kreideflora des 

 colchisehen Beckens: Abchasien, auf steinigen Alpenwiesen, in einer Höhe von 1800 — 

 2300 m (Alboff, Abchasie n. 322, 323); Circassien. 



Nota. Species insignis quoad habitum et folia certe ad ser. Falcata pertinens involucellis 

 5— 7-nerviis et nervis longiuscule venosis diversa; forsan rectius seriem propriam sistit. 



74. B. lanceolatum Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 551; DG. Prodr. IV. (1830) 132; 

 G. B. Glarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1879) 674. — Caules 1 vel plures, usque 

 metrales, satis tenues, albicanti-virides , medullosi, remote foliosi, a medio vel rarius 

 jam inferne ramis tenuibus, zb elongatis, erecto-patentibus, remote ramulosis instructi. 

 Folia magna, tenuia, flaccida, (in sicco) supra sordide viridia, subtus dilute glaucescenti- 

 viridia, inferiora e basi subcordata vel rotundata late ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, breviter 

 acuminata et acuta vel sensim in acumen longissimum acutissimum, saepe zt manifeste 

 caudatum producta, petiolo alato laminam aequante vel longiore suffulta, 7 — 9-nervia, 

 nervis e basi arcuato-divergentibus , zb eleganter venosis, usque 1 cm longa , usque 

 6 cm lata, superiora sensim decrescentia, brevius latiusque petiolata vel (summa) sub- 

 sessilia, plerumque acutiora, internodiis 2 — 3-plo breviora, 5 — 7-nervia. Umbellae pe- 

 dunculo 2 — 5 cm longo suffultae, 4 — 7-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, patulis, filiformibus, 

 usque 3 cm longis; involucrum nulluni (?) vel monophyllum. Involucelli phylla 3 (—5) 

 perparva, inaequalia, lanceolata vel sublinearia, acuminata, 3( — 5)-nervia, umbellulis ca. 

 5 — 1 5-floris s. a. 2 — 3-plo breviora. Pedicelli filiformes, quadranguli, usque 4 mm 

 longi, floribus 2 — 3-plo longiores, fructus zb aequantes. Flores parvi; petala subsemi- 

 orbicularia, superne umbonata, y 2 — 2 / 3 mm longa, i / 2 mm lata, lobulo inflexo subquadrato 

 vix breviore, apice obsolete crenulato vel emarginato instructa. Fructus e basi cordata 

 ovoideus, ad apicem manifeste attenuatus, zb 4 mm longus; mericarpia curvata, dorso 

 valde convexa, transverse suborbicularia; juga tenuissima vix conspicua; vittae minutae, 

 valleculares ternae, commissurales 2. 



Gentral-Asien: weit verbreitet im nordwestlichen Teile des Himalaya, von Kaschmir 

 bis Nepal, nach Clarke in einer Höhe von 1 200 — 3000 m; blüht im Herbst (C. B. Clark e, 

 Dalhousie n. 23162, fol. angust. acut., n. 28340; Duthie, PI. N. W. India n. 1155, 

 fol. latiss. breviter acuminat. ; Herb. Kashmir n. 13 073, fol. latis; Wallich, Nepal 

 n. 551, fol. angust. long, acuminat., typus!; Herb, late East Ind. Comp. n. 503, Gur- 

 hwal, fol. angust. acutiss.; Hügel, Himalaya n. 493). 



Nota. Species variat foliis angustis usque latissirais, breviter vel longe acuminatis, aeutis 

 vel acutissimis tantopere, ut formae distinctae describi non possint. 



75. B. Candollei (B. Candollii) Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 552; DG. Prodr. (1830) 

 131; G. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1 879) 674. — Caulis solitarius (an semper?) 

 stricte erectus, usque metralis, late fistulosus, remote foliosus, superne vel a medio 

 ramis paucis erecto-patentibus zb abbreviatis et subsimplicibus vel rarius zb elongatis et 

 ramulosis instructus. Folia omnia late albo-marginata, basalia et caulina inferiora 

 latiuscule linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, mucronato-acutissima, basin versus ut in 

 petiolum angustata vel rarius manifeste petiolata, cum petiolo usque 1 5 cm longa, 5 — 

 8 mm lata, basi 9 — 19-, apice 3-nervia, nervis lateralibus tenuibus inferne n. medio sub- 

 parallelis deinde marginem versus divergentibus, rectis, subindivisis, caulina media superi- 

 oraque saepe laxe fasciculata, sessilia, breviter vaginanti-amplexicaulia vel breviter petiolata, 



