J52 Hermann Wolff. — Umbelliferae-Apioideae-Ammineae heteroclitae. 



lata lacinula inflexa 3-plo angustiore, dimidio breviore, antice divaricatim subbilobulata. 

 Fructus nitidus, atro-brunneus , profunde sulcatus, 6 — 7 mm longus; juga fusca db 

 crassiuscula ; vittae magnae, valleculares singulae, commissurales 2*, endospermium ad 

 vittas profunde sulcatum, ad faciem leviter excavatum. 



Vorderindisches Florengebiet: Südliches Vorderindien: Nilghiri-Hills, in 

 einer Höhe von ca. 1800—2500 m (Herb. Wight Ind. or. n. 1169; Wight, PI. Ind. 

 or. n. -1471, in campis aridis prope Utacamund). 



Subsect. 5. Marginata Godr. ex pte. 



Sect. V. Marginata Godr. in Gren. et Godr. Fl. France I. (18 48) 7 25 ex pte. — 

 Sect. IH. Bigida Drd. in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 1 8 1 ex pte. min; 

 Calest. in »Webbia« I. (1905) 169. — Folia (inferiora) utrinque heteroneura, 3 — 1 1-nervia, 

 nervis lateralibus in facie superiore , n. marginali valde incrassato excepto, inferne e 

 nervo medio crasso eique subaequicrassis abeuntibus, subtus n. omnibus in petioli basi 

 jam sejunctis usque ad partem laminae inferiorem n. medio proximis eique dz parallelis, 

 deinde arcuatim (ut in pagina superiore) marginem versus divergentibus; inter n. prima- 

 rios rete venarum venularumque laxum valde prominens obvium; folia angusta saepe 

 tantum 3-nervia. — Species unica areae mediterraneae maxime occidentalis. 



79. B. rigidum L. Sp. pl. ed. 1. (l 753) 238; Lam. Encycl. meth. Bot. I. (17 83) 

 518; Spreng, in Roem. et Schult. Syst, veget. VI. (1820) 370 excl. syn. B. petiolare; 

 DC. Prodr. IV. (1830) 132; Boiss. Voy. Esp. II. (1839 — 45) 247; Godr. in Gren. et 

 Godr. Fl. France I. (18i8) 725; Lange in Willk. et Lange, Prodr. fl. hisp. III. (1874) 

 74; Timb.-Lagr. in Mem. Acad. Toulouse 8. ser. V. 1. sem. (1883) 143; Rouy et 

 Cam. in Rouy et Fouc. Fl. France VII. (1901) 329: Cus. et Ansb. Herb.'fl. franc. X. 

 t. 126, sec. Rouy et Garn. — B. falcatum ß. Lam. Fl. franc. ed. 1. III. (1778) 408. — 

 Tenorea rigida Bub. Fl. pyr. II. (1900) 366. — Bupleurum perenne folio rigido latiore 

 Moris. Hist. pl. oxon. III. (1699) sect. IX. t. 12, ser. 3. f. sin. exter. n. 2. — Herb. 

 Willd. n. 5646. — Basi suffruticosum, radice crassa, napiformi, rarius zb elongata, sub- 

 lignosa. Caules 1 vel plures, usque 1,5 m alti, crassi, duri, (in sicco) albicantes vel pur- 

 purascenti-albicantes, nitidi, zb flexuosi, remote foliosi, a medio vel apice tantum ramosi, 

 ramis zb elongatis, patulis vel patentissimis, zfc ramulosis. Folia basalia ca. 6 — 10, 

 erecta, in sicco coriacea, quoad formam magnitudinemque valde variabilia, late linearia 

 usque latissime obovata vel suborbicularia, zb abbreviata usque valde elongata, obtusa 

 vel zb acuminata, inferne sensim vel abrupte in petiolum validum basi ima valde dila- 

 tatum amplexicaulem vel sensim ut in petiolum late alatum angustata, cum petiolo 

 usque 30 cm longa, 3 mm — 8 cm lata; caulina cito decrescentia , saepius linearia vel 

 lanceolata, nervatura quam in f. basalibus multo simpliciore ; summa minima. Umbellae 

 longe pedunculatae , radiis 2 — 4, pro rata tenuibus, teretibus, subaequalibus, 2 — 4 cm 

 longis; involucri phylla 2 — 4, minuta, subulato-cymbiformia, obsolete 3-nervia, radiis 

 adpressa, 2 — 3 mm longa. Involucelli phylla eis involucri similia, minora, umbellulis 

 5 — 10-floris s. a. multo breviora. Pedicelli floribus duplo longiores, fructibus dimidio 

 breviores; petala subsemiorbicularia vel transverse subrectangularia, dorso obsolete reti- 

 culato-venosa, ca. % mm longa, 3 / 4 mm lata, lobulo inflexo subquadrato parum breviore, 

 leviter emarginato. Fructus badius, ellipsoideus vel ovoideo-oblongus, ca. 4 mm longus ; 

 juga filiformia, conspicua; pericarpium crassum; vittae magnae, valleculares solitariae, 

 commissurales 2 ; endospermium ad faciem subplanum. 



Auf trockenen Hügeln, an felsigen Orten, in lichten Gebüschen, Hainen, auch in 

 Macchien, bis in die subalpine Region aufsteigend; kalkstetig (?). 



Verbreitung der Gesamtart: südwestliche, iberische und ligurische Medi- 

 terranprovinz. 



Subspec. 1 . eurigidum Wolff. — B. rigidum Aut. s. str. — Caulis plerumque 

 validus modice ramosus. Folia basalia oblongo-linearia et zb longe acuminata usque 

 latissime ovata vel suborbicularia et zb obtusa vel obtusissima, manifeste petiolata vel 

 tantum ut in petiolum angustata, 5 — 11-nervia, caulina cito decrescentia. 



