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lin n. 714; Figari); in ins. Molos (Urville); in ins. Rhodo (Bourgeau 
n. 53, 124; Aucher-Eloy n. 2855); in ins. Hidra (Pichler, Heldreich) ; 
in Attica (Heldreich n. 3634). 
3. B. multiflora (Boiss. et Heldr.! Diagn. ser. 1, fase. 10, p. 8): 
dioica; foliis ambitu suborbicularibus, breviter petiolatis, calloso-as- 
peris, pallide viridibus, 5-7- palmatipartitis sectisve, segmentis iterum 
sepe lobatis; floribus femineis in racemos multifloros pedunculatos 
basi interdum ramosos dispositis; calicybus femineis corolla breviori- 
bus; stylo subexserto, stigmatibus asperis; fructu parvo, lutescente, 
indehiscente. — Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2, p. 761. 
Caules gracillimi, ramosissimi, glabri, leeves. Petiolus gracilis, pu- 
berulus, !/,-3 cent. longus. Folia supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora 
interdum glauca, basi sæpius profunde emarginata, 3-10 cent. longa 
et fere totidem lata, lobis sæpius ovato-oblongis, acutis vel obtusis, 
sinubus amplis rotundatis separatis. Cirrhi filiformes, elongati. Pe- 
duneulus communis masculus gracilis, 10-25 cent. longus, 12-30- tlo- 
rus; pedicelli filiformes, patuli, 1-1 */, cent. longi. Calyx puberulus, ad 
basim brevissime leviterque piloso-glandulosus, tubo 7-8 mill. lato. 
dentibus 1 '/,-2 mill. longis. Corolla puberula, segmentis ovato-trian- 
gularibus, acutis, flavo-viridibus, 5-nerviis, nervis viridibus. 5 mill. 
longis. Staminum filamenta dense villosa, 1 */,-2 mill. longa; antheræ 
4 mill. longæ. Pedunculus communis femineus 1-8 cent. longus, 
4-25-florus; pedicelli 2-6 mill. longi. Fructus 6-7 mill. crassus. Se- 
mina tenuissime corrugata, obscure marginata, fulva vel atro-fusca 
marmorata, 6 mill. longa, 4-4 '/, mill. lata, 2 */, mill. crassa. 
In rupestribus et umbrosis Anatoliæ australis in Pisidia ad Tchel- 
tikchi prope Bouldour (Heldreich) ; in Lycia prope Elmalu (Bourgeau 
1. 255) et ad Gorumse (Kotschy, suppl. n. 144); in Syria (Lowne. 
Hook, f. et Hanbury); prope Bayruth (Ehrenberg n. 169); prope 
Lattakieh (Post n. 3180); Tripoli (Blanche n. 224); in Antilibano 
(Gaillardot n. 388, 388 bis); prope Zebdani (Kotschy n. 124); in Pa- 
lestina (Boissier; Fox); in monte Ssoffdagh Syriæ bor. et monte Sind- 
Jar Assyriæ (Haussknecht n. 393); inter Fosa et Chiraz (Aucher-Eloy 
n. 4501); in Armenia (Bourgeau); in Persia (Belanger n. 311); in 
Mffghania (Griffith n. 977, 1294, 2527); in India occid. (Stewart). 
+ B. macrophylla (Kotschy! It. Cilic.-Kurd. 1859, n. 765): 
dioica; foliis magnis, firmis, triangulari-ovatis, longule petiolatis. 
tuberculatis asperis, canescenti-cinereis, grosse dentatis vel leviter 
