PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 

 Petals Ununited. 



Bupleurum Candollii. 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 674. 

 Himalaya 8-12.000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu Matia- 

 na (Collett). 



Bupleurum jucundum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 675. 

 Kashmir 7-10,000 ft. 

 Budraw ur(0 .B. Clarke) 

 Lahoul (Jaeschke). 



Bupleurum Thomson!. 



UmBELLIFER-5S. 



F. B. L ii. 675. 

 Himalaya 7-9,000 ft. 

 Sonamerg(C .B.Clarke). 



Bupleurum divorsifolium, 



Umbellifer^. 

 Himalaya 7-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir 9-12,000 ft. 



Bupleurum faclatum, 



Umbellifer.«. 



F. B. L ii. 676. 



Himalaya 3-12,000 ft. 



Kashmir 



Simla 



Mashobra (Collett). 



Baluchistan (Lace). 



Bupleurum longicaule, 



Umbelliper^. 

 F. B. L ii. 677. 

 Himalaya 8-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



(vittee) in each furrow ; seeds plane, or concave on 

 the inner side. 



leaves, lower stem 2-5 by ^-^ in., linear-oblong, 

 upper 1-4 by ^-f in., oblong or ovate, nearly sessile 

 and stem-clasping, bracts 2-3 or none, ^-1^ in. 

 ovate or oblong, short-pointed, leafy, angular, 

 bracteoles 2-5, \-^ in., leafy, oblong with or with- 

 out, rounded ends, as long as the flowering minor 

 umbel (umbellule), carpel ^ in., ridges on ripe 

 carpels distinct; otherwise like the last species. 



medium size ; leaves, lower stem 1-1^ in., cir- 

 cular, very shortly stalked, upper stem-ones ovate, 

 deeply heart-shaped, stem-clasping, bract one or 

 none, j-f in., ovate, leafy, often stem-clasping, or 

 heart-shaped, bracteoles 4-5, i in., often none, 

 oblong short- pointed, usually shorter than the 

 umbellule, fruit ^, in., otherwise like the last 

 species. 



large ; leaves, stem linear, upper stem 2-4 in., 

 lanceolate, long-pointed or ovate stem-clasping, 

 heart-shaped, bracts none or 1-2, lanceolate, brac- 

 teoles 5-9, lanceolate long-pointed or linear, as 

 long as the flowering umbellules, rays of the 

 umbels 6-10, l-2f in., rays of the umbellule often 

 20, fruit % in., oblong, carpels cylindrical, with a 

 bluish green waxy gloss, 5-winged, furrows con- 

 taining 4-3 oil canals, carpel stalk divided, very 

 thin ; otherwise like the last species. 



medium size to large ; leaves, upper stem lan- 

 ceolate long-pointed, base ovate nearly stem- 

 clasping, hardly heart-shaped, middle stem quite 

 stem-clasping, lower stem, linear, bracts none, or 

 one, small, lanceolate, bracteoles 5-8, narrow lan- 

 ceolate, long-pointed, shorter than the fruiting 

 umbellules, rays of the umbel 8-14, fruit i in., 

 ridges distinct, furrows with 3 oil canals ; other- 

 wise like the last species. 



leaves radical linear, broader upwards, stem 

 usually curved, half stem-clasping or sessile, long- 

 pointed, middle stem linear short-pointed, narrow- 

 ed at the base, more or less stem-clasping, bracts 

 usually none or 1-5 lanceolate, hardly \ in., lan- 

 ceolate, branches 4-5, narrowly lanceolate, dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the fruiting and not longer 

 than the flowering umbellules, rays 5-8, 1^ in ; 

 fruit i-i in. brown ; otherwise like the last species. 



small to medium size ; leaves very variable, lower 

 stem leaves linear or lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 upper often wider at the base, ovate, bracts 1-3, 

 bracteoles 5-8 oblong, long-pointed, leaflike, longer 

 than the flowering or fruiting umbellule, rays 3-8, 



