Bupleurum. 151 



n. 12 397) coli, et in Herb. Mus. berolin. sub nomine B. jucundi var. cachemirici asservata cer- 

 tissime ad B. longicaule var. strictum pertinent. 



Nota 2. Species quoad formam foliorum imprimis superiorum primo aspectu B. longifolio 

 maxime affinis esse videtur, sed dispositione nervorum, nervo marginali manifesüssimo, involucro 

 subnullo, fructibus subalate jugatis longe ab illa specie diversa, aut ad sectionem »Nervosa< 

 rcferenda est aut forsan seriem propriam sistit. 



Ser. 4. Pseudodisticha Wolff. 

 Folia inferiora angusta, pseudodistiche disposita. 



77. B. distichophyllum Wight et Walk.-Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. or. I. (1834) 

 370; Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1840 — 56) t. 1006; G. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. 

 II. (1879) 677. — Caudex tenuis zb elongatus, reliquiis foliorum emortuorum dense 

 obsitus. Gaulis solitarius usque 40 cm altus, tenuis, medullosus, superne ramis remotis 

 brevibus suberectis vel erecto-patentibus, foliosis, subsimplicibus. Folia inferiora erecla, 

 confertissima, dz manifeste dispositionem disticham aemulantia, primaria mox decidua, 

 obovato-elongata, obtusa, manifeste petiolata, usque % cm longa, antice dz 3 mm lata, 

 cetera anguste linearia vel vix lanceolato-linearia, ca. 4 — 6 cm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata, 

 longe acuminata r subcuspidata, basin versus parum angustata, basi ipsa dilatata amplexi- 

 caulia, nervis 5 — 7 parallelis, supra subinconspicuis, subtus valde prominentibus percursa; 

 f. superiora dz remota illis similia, sensim minora, internodiis saepe breviora, basi haud vel 

 vix angustata, semiamplexicaulia. Umbellae ca. 2 — 2*^ cm latae pedunculis zb strictis 

 usque 3 cm longis suffultae, 5 — 8-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, tenuibus, s. a. usque 

 2 cm longis; involucri phylla subaequalia, anguste lineari-lanceolata, cuspidata 3( — 5)- 

 nervia. Invotucelli phylla eis involucri similia, 3-nervia, nervis subtus valde prominentibus, 

 dz 3 mm longa, umbellulas parvas 15 — 20-floras s. a. ca. duplo superantia. Pedicelli 

 sulcato-angulosi floribus duplo longiores; petala obrhomboideo-rotundata, superne valde 

 umbonata, ca. i / s — 1 / 2 mm longa, lobulo inflexo dimidio breviore antice subquadrato leviter 

 emarginato. Fructus maturus non visus; vittae valleculares solitariae, commissurales 2. 



Vorderindisches Florengebiet: südliches Vorderindien, Nilghiri- Hills, in 

 einer Höhe von ca. 7000' (Hohenacker, PI. Ind. or. n. 1169; Herb. Wight n. H96, 

 Wight, Herb. Ind. or. n. H70; Hügel, Asien n. 474; Engler, Vorderindien n. 3554, 

 Otacamund, grasige Abhänge im »Nebelwalde« in einer Höhe von 7400 '; Metz, Ost- 

 indien s. n.). 



Ser. 5. Transversevenia Wolff. 



Foliorum nervi venis manifestis numerosis dz horizontalibus inter sese conjuncti sunt. 



78. B. plantaginifolium Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1840 — 56) t. 281 ; G. B. Clarke 

 in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1879) 674. — Suffrutex in sicco sordide viridi-purpurascens, 

 ex Clarke 2 — 3 m altus; truncus \ cm crassus et ultra, inferne . . ., superne ramosus, 

 usque ad ramos novellos plerumque foliis denudatus et residuis f. emortuorum delapso- 

 rum obtectus. Rami novelli elati, erecti, metrales et ultra, basi usque 5 mm crassi, 

 sublignosi, post fructum, ut videtur emorientes, foliosi, ± ramulosi, ramulis elongatis, 

 ascendentibus, corymbum fere formantibus. Folia ad basin ramorum novellorum con- 

 ferta, in sicco tenuiter coriacea, magna, usque \ 5 cm longa, usque 6 cm lata, oblonge - 

 elliptica vel -obovata, apice rotundata, longe mucronata, basin versus (ut) in petiolum 

 alatum vaginiformiter amplexicaulem angustata, 15 — 17-nervia, nervis a basi leviter 

 divergentibus, subrectis, usque ad marginem undulatum subcartilagineo-incrassatum lami- 

 nam indivisis percurrentibus ; f. superiora remota, sensim minora, oblonga vel oblongo- 

 ovata vix petiolata, usque 2I-nervia, ceterum inferioribus simillima. Umbellae pedun- 

 culo longo, crassiusculo, sulcato suffultae, 3 — 10-radiatae, radiis patulis, inaequalibus, 

 profunde sulcatis, usque 3 cm longis; involucri phylla 3 — 5, inaequalia, obovata, obtusa, 

 inferne angustata, albo-marginata, 7 — H-nervia, radiis ± dimidio breviora. Involucelli 

 phylla 5( — 6) oblongo-obovata vel late spathulata, obtusa, ad basin longe angustata, 



5 7-nervia, umbellulas paucifloras longe superantia. Pedicelli subalati floribus fructi- 



busque breviores; petala flavido-brunnea, subsemiorbicularia, ca. i / 2 mm longa, 3 /4 mm 



