XXXV. UMBELLA‘CEZ : BUPLEU'RUM. 495 
carps l-seeded. — Habit alone is sufficient to distinguish this order. 
(L. Don.) 
eaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen or sub-evergreen ; quite 
entire, Flowers greenish yellow. — There are only one or two ligneous 
species hardy in British gardens, and these belong to the genus Bupletrum. 
Genus I. 
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BUPLEU‘RUM Tourn. Tut BurpLeurum, or HaRE’s Ear. 
Lin. Syst. Pentandria Digynia 
I4entification. Tourn. Inst., 309. t. 163. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 127.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 296. 
Synonymes. Tendréa and Bupréstis Spreng. Syst. 1. p. 880.; Bupliore, or Oreille de Liévre, Fr. ; 
Hasenghrlien, Ger. 
Derivation. From bous, an ox, and pleuron, a side; from the supposed quality of swelling cattle 
that feed on some of the species of the genus. The name of Hare’s Ear, which is preserved in the 
Freuch and German, has reference to the shape of the leaves. 
Gen, Char. Calyx margin obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, strictly involute, 
with a broad retuse point. Fruit compressed from the sides. Seed 
teretely convex, flattish in front. (Don’s Mill.) ; 
Leaves as in the order. — Smooth shrubs, natives of Europe and Africa, 
and some of Asia. Only one hardy species is in cultivation in British gardens. 
ga 1. B. rrutico‘sum £. The shrubby Bupleurum, or Hare’s Ear. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 343. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 301.; Webb Iter Hispan., p. 44. 
Synony Tendra fruticdsa Spreng. in Schultes Syst. 6 p.376.; Bupréstis fruticdsa Spreng. 
Mag.; Seseli ethidpicum Bauh. Pin. 161 ; Séseli frdtex Mor. Unzd. 16. 
Engravings. Sibth. Fl. Grec., t. 268.; Wats. Dendr. Brit., t. 14,; and ourjigs. 905. and 906. 
Spec. Char., $c.  Shrubby, erect- 
branched. Leaves oblong. attenu- 
ated at the base, coriaceous, 1- 
nerved, quite entire, sessile. Leaves 
of involucre oblong. Ribs of fruit 
elevated, acute. Vittz broad. Bark 
of branches purplish. Leaves of a 
sea-green colour. (Don's Mill.) A 
neat sub-evergreen glaucous shrub. _ 
Portugal, Spain, the South of France, 
about Nice, Corsica, Sicily, Mauri- 
tania, and Thessaly. Height 3 ft. 
to 4ft. in a wild state; 6ft. in 
British gardens. Introduced in 
1596. Flowers yellow; July and 
August. + 
It is readily propagated by cuttings, 96. a. futicosum. 
is of free growth in any dry cal- 
careous soil, and is particularly vigorous on the sea 
coast in Kent. The blue glaucous hue of its smooth shining foliage renders 
it a desirable addition to every collection. If planted in an open airy situ- 
ation, in a deep soil, not moist, and allowed to extend itself on every side, it 
would soon form a large hemispherical bush, highly ornamental during winter 
frors its evergreen foliage, and during summer from its bright yellow flowers. 
905. B. fruticbsum. 
B, frutéscens L. ( Cay. Icon., ii. t. 106. ; and our Jig. _ «inp. -) has 
slender elongated branches, and linear-vibulate, stiff, striated leaves, It is a 
native or Mauritania in Spain, and also at Tarragona, 
B. gibraltérica Lam. Dict., B. arboréscens Jacg, (Ic. rar., ii, t. 351. ; and 
our fig.2094. in p. 1108.) grows to the height of 3 ft., and has fragrant flowers, 
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