Bupleurum. 1(J5 



Im ganzen Verbreitungsgebiete (Holl, Madeira [1827] s. n.; Lowe, PI. mader. 

 n. 410; Mandon, PI. mader. n. 14, 121; Husnot, PI. canar. n. 498; Bornmüller, 

 PI. mader. n. 670 — 73; PI. canar. n. 2 421, 2422). 



Var. ß. angustifolium Wolff. — Rami hornotini virgati, usque 75 cm longi, 

 superne valde ramulosi. Folia erecta ramis subadpressa, saepius imprimis ad ramos 

 steriles fasciculata, sublinearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, longe acuminata vel sub- 

 obtusa, basin versus vix angustata, 5 — 7-nervia, inferiora usque 1 cm longa, 4 — 6 mm 

 lata. Inflorescentia panniculam amplam formans; umbellae numerosae, saepe subglobosae, 

 radiis abbreviatis. Umbellulae quam in var. a. minores, 8 — 1 2-florae. 



Canarische Inseln (Bourgeau, PI. canar. n. 450, 452: It. canar. II. n. 1355; 

 Bolle, Kuegler, Hildebrandt). 



94. B. dumosum Goss. et Bai. in sched. ad Balansa, PI. Marocc. (1867) ex Coss. 

 in Bull. Soc. bot. France XX. (1873) 58 et 249; Ball, Spicil. fl. marocc. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. bot. XVI. (1878) 465. — Suffrutex dumosus 1 — 1 ^ m altus; truneus cortice 

 cinereo-fuscescente vel-nigrescente obtectus, foliis denudatus, superne ramosus; rami 

 novelli subnumerosi, virgati, elongati, anguloso-striati, ramulosi. Folia ad basin ramorum 

 novellorum (et vetustiorum) dz conferta, persaepe fasciculata, superiora remota, solitaria, 

 vix decrescentia, omnia coriacea, anguste oblonga vel spathulato-oblonga, obtusa, abrupte 

 mucronata, basin versus angustata, subpetiolata, amplexicaulia , usque 2 cm longa, 

 2 — 3 mm lata, 3( — 5)-nervia, nervis subparallelis, lateralibus ante apicem desinentibus. 

 Umbellae parvae, 3 — 4-radiatae, radiis strictis, tenuibus, quadrangulis, subaequalibus, 

 usque 4V2 cm , longis; involucri phylla 3 — 4, ovato-lanceolata, breviter acuminata, 

 3-nervia, radiis multo breviora. Involucelli phylla (3' — )5, sublinearia, basi breviter 

 connata, patula, 1 Y2 — - mm longa? V2 — ' mm ^ ata ; 3-nervia, umbellulis ca. 6-floris 

 demum breviora. Petala . . . ; fruetus subsessilis, brunneus, nitidulus, ovoideus, zb ttyi mm 

 longus, zb 1 mm latus; juga filiformia parum prominentia; valleculae in sicco 2-striatae; 

 pericarpium crassum; vittae magnae, valleculares singulae, raro binae vel ternae, com- 

 missurales 2 ; endospermium ad vittas leviter sulcatum, facie obsolete excavatum. 



Südwestliche Mediterranprovinz: Südost-Marokko, bisher nur vom Djebel 

 ATt Ougourt bei Keira bekannt, hier in einer Höhe von ca. 1 100 111 wachsend (Balansa, 

 IM. Marocc. [ 1 86 7] s. n.); reife Früchte im Mai. 



Sect. V. Coriacea Godr. 



Sect. VI. Coriacea Godr. in Gren. et Godr. Fl. France I. (1848) 725; Drude in Engl. u. 

 Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 181 ; Calest. in »Webbia« I. (1905) 169. — Folia tenuiter vel 

 zb crasse coriacea, sempervirentia, (nervis lateralibus nullis vel 2 — 4 tenuissimis parallelis 

 mox desinentibus neglectis) unicostata, costa valde remote vel densissime parallelinervia, n. 

 rectis vel leviter serpentinis us(|ue ad marginem conspieuis vel antea obsoletis, sub angulo 

 4O—45 vel minore abeuntibus; lamina inter nervös laxe et subobsolete vel valde con- 

 spicue et densissime reticuloso-venosa ; n. marginalis verus nullus. — Vittae valleculares 

 magnae vel raro ± obliteratae, intrajugales minutae, omnes solitariae. — Suffrutices zb 

 elati, zb ramosi. Species 3 arcae mediterraneae imprimis maxime occidentalis incolae. 



A. Folia remote et subinconspicue venosa, ca. 5 — 8 cm longa, 



3 — 10 mm lata; planta ca. usque 75 cm alta 95. B. foliosum. 



B. Folia imprimis subtus dense vel densissime reticulato-venosa, 

 majora; plantae usque bimetrales et ultra. 



a. Nervi zb serpentini, parum conspicui, juxta marginem 

 subdesinentibus; folia ut in petiolum basi vaginiformiter 



zb amplexicauli-decurrentem angustata 96. B. gibraltarieum. 



b. Nervi usque ad marginem recti et distineti; folia breviter 

 sed manifeste petiolata, petiolo basi ima angusta hori- 

 zontali, numquam in vaginam zb decurrentem et amplexi- 



caulem dilatato ". . 97. B. fruücosum, 



