676 Lxx. UMBELLiTEEJi. (C. B. Clarke.) [Bupleurum. 



7. B. falcatum, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 132 ; radical leaves linear 

 broader upwards middle cauiine linear acute narrowed at the base more or less 

 ampleKicaul, bracts 1-5 lanceolate small or 0, bracteoles 4-5 distinctly shorter 

 than the fruiting' unibellule, carpels narrowly oblong, ridges not prominent, 

 fm-rows S-vittate. Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 158 ; £oiss. Fl. Orient, i. 850. B. imai- 

 colum, A. Kerner Nov. Sp. PI. dec. ii. 19. 



Himalaya; alt. 3000-12,000 ft, from K^shmie to Bhotan, frequent. Khasia 

 Mis. ; alt. 3000-6000 ft., frequent.— Disteib. Central and W. Asia, S. Europe. 



Stem 1-4 ft., erect, corymbose upwards. Radical leaves spathulate-oblong in the 

 typical European specimens, in the Indian (which belong to the form B. gramineum 

 ViU.) they are but slightly broader upwards. Cauline leaves J-amplexieaul or sessile, 

 long acuminate, secondary nerves not prominent. JBracts usually in the Indian 

 forms, sometimes a few scarcely ^ in. ; bracteoles usually not longer than the 

 flowering <unbellule, narrowly lanceolate ; rays 5-8, 1^ in. ; pedicels 5-15, usually 

 less than half the length of the fruit. Fmit i-^ in., brown ; carpels terete, ridges 

 distinct ; disc yellow or brownish, not prominent. 



Vae. 1. marginata. Wall. Cat. 566 (sp.) ; margins of the leaves prominently car- 

 tilaginous. DC. Prodr. Tf. 132. — Himalaya and Khasia Mts.; the most frequent 

 form. — Middle cauline leaves of ten completely amplexicaul, but narrowed not widened 

 close to the base. 



Vae. 2. Hoffmeisteri, Klotzsch in Keis. Pr. Waldem. Bot. 146, t. 52 (sp.); cauline 

 leaves numerous less acuminate scarcely at all amplexicaul, carpels J in. glaucous, 

 ridges very prominent. — Kashmir, alt. 8000 ft., C. B. Clarke ; Falconer, — Lea/iies 

 somewhat suddenly acute, mucronate, glaucous, primary nerves strong, secondary 

 subprominent. 



Vae. 3. nigrocarpa, Jacquem. ms. (sp.) ; stems numerous from the crown, often pro- 

 cumbent, cauline leaves ovate-lanceolate or linear widest very near the amplexicaul 

 base, bracts 3-4, ^ in. lanceolate-linear, disc prominent on the half ripe fruit purple- 

 black. B. virgatum. Wall. Cat. 565 not of W. ^ A. B. gracillimum, Klotssch » , 

 Eeis. Fr. Waldem. Bot. 148, t. 50 (sp.) — Baltistan, Kashmir, and N.W. Himalaya;'* 

 alt. 10,000-14,000 ft. frequent. Sikkim; Yakla alt. 10,000 ft., C. B. Clarke.— 

 This has all the appearance of an alpine variety of B. falcatum. The leaves vary a 

 good deal in width ; the lower always linear, the uppermost sometimes ovate. In 

 habit it agrees with an authentic example of B. baldense, var. iETieum^ Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 849, but the leaves seem never oblong. 



8. B. mucronatum, W. §■ A. Prodr. 370 ; cauline leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong mucronate often subobtuse narrowed at the base, bracts 4-5 

 lanceolate prominent, carpels elliptic, ridges prominent, furrows 2-1- (rarely S-) 

 vittate. B. ramosissimum, W. §• A. Prodr. 370 ; Wight. Ic. t. 1007. B. fel- 

 catum, Var. ramosissimum, Dcdz. Sr Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 108. B. virgatum, W. 8f 

 A. Prodr. 370, not of Wall. B. nervosum. Moon Cat. 22. 



Mrs. of the Sotjth Deccan and Ceylon ; alt. 5000-8000 ft. ; plentiful. 



Differs essentially from B. falcatum, Linn, in the fruit being eEiptic instead of 

 oblong, shorter, and narrowed at the apex. Also there are invariably present 

 4 or 5 bracts, often ^f in., the bracteoles are more prominent usually exceeding 

 the flowering umbellules, and the upper cauline leaves are less acuminate. W. & A. 

 have distinguished three forms as under : 



Vae. 1 typica ; ^tem little branched, upper leaves linear-oblong obtuse mucronate, 

 bracteoles sometimes exceeding the fruiting umbellules, carpels strongly ridged, 

 furrows usually with solitary large vittas. — South Deccan. 



Vae. 2. ramosisdma, W. & A. 1. u. (sp.) ; stem corymbose upwards, leaves less ob- 

 tuse, bracteoles about as long as the flowering umbellules, carpels distinctly ridged, 

 furrows usually 2-vittate. — South Deccan. 



Vae. 3. virgata, W. & A. 1. c. (sp.) ; habit nearly of B.falcata but the fmit very 

 markedly ellipsoid, often only \ in. long and nearly as broad, ridges not very promi- 



