HARE/S EAR. 



BUPLEURUM. 



UMBELLIFERiE. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



French, bupleure ; Italian, bupleuro. 



Shrubby Hare's Ear, or Ethiopian Hartwort, Bu- 

 pleurum Jruticosum^ is an evergreen shrub five or six feet 

 high, and branching into a large regular bush ; the bark 

 is of a purplish colour ; the leaves are sea-green ; they 

 are about four inches long and one broad, placed alter- 

 nately on the branches, oblong, smooth, stiff, and shining. 

 The branches are terminated by umbels or bunches of 

 flowers, first yellow, but fading to brown ; these blow in 

 July or August, but seldom produce ripe seeds in Eng- 

 land. It is a native of the Levant, Italy, and the South 

 of France. Gerarde cultivated it in his garden in 1596, 

 by the name of Shrub Sesely, or Ethiopian Hart- Wort ; 

 and compares the leaves, both for shape and substance, 

 with those of the oleander. 



