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41. TTUBELLACEJE. 
and broadly ovate ; all mucronate. FI. conspicuous and hand- 
some from the large bright greenish-y. partial inv. and orange- 
y. pet. Umbels numerous mostly 3-rayed, never more, rarely 
less. Partial inv. unequal, the 3 outer larger than the 2 inner 
and 3 or 4 lines long or broad, in fr. as in fl. horizontally spread- 
ing. Cal. -rim quite obsolete. Pet. deep waxy-y., middle lobe 
broad strongly involute. Stylopod waxy dull y.-gr. flat broadly 
discoidal or dilated hemispherical very large much broader than 
the very short styles. Fr. large tumid short abruptly truncate. 
— One of the handsomest pi. of its tribe, the large leafy golden- 
y. partial inv. twice or more than twice as long as the crowded 
deeper- v. tufts of fl., which they enclose like a 5-leaved cal. 
or the fl. bracts of a Comm. 
b. Perennial shrubby. 
2. B. salicifolium (Sol. MSS.) Lowe. 
Glaucous, erect ; branches smooth slender elongate erect or 
pendulous naked downwards ; 1. sessile coriaceous flat many- 
nerved narrow-lanceolate acuminate at each end ; umbel 6-12 
or 14-rayed, gen. and partial inv. small very short lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate reflexed ; fr. linear or narrow-oblong, valleculte 
longitudinally striate 1-vittate. — Novit. p. 21 or 543; Buch! 195. 
no. 288. B. aciphyllum WB ! ii. 154. t. 70. — Shr. per. Mad. reg. 
3, \ . On perpendicular rocks and sides of most of the principal 
ravines ; Rib. de S ta Luzia near the Waterfall, Rib. da Metade, 
Curral das Freiras, Serra d’Agua under and beyond Pico Grande, 
&c. June-Sept. — A straggling often pendulous shr. with few re- 
mote long weak slender naked very smooth and even, straight or 
slightly curved ascending or flauntingly erect branches 1-2 lines 
in diam. and 1-2 or 3 ft. long, hard still' and woody, leafy only up- 
wards. Whole pi. 2-4 ft. high very glaucous and smooth in every 
part. L. somewhat oblique, but not inequilateral, about 3 in. long, 
3-6 lines wide, crowded towards the ends of the branches, some- 
what stilf and coriaceous but thin with many straight parallel 
and equal nerves on each side of the somewhat stronger but in- 
conspicuous midrib, gradually acute at both ends with a slightly 
hooked or curved point at the tip. Umbels terminal and lateral 
at the ends of the branches forming a sort of loose naked ter- 
minal panicle with a small inconspicuous narrow 1. at each 
division ; their stalks 1-2 in. long angular striate. Fl. small y. ; 
partial umbels distinct or not confluent, 10- or 12-fld., with 0 or 
7 minute ovate abruptly pointed inv. Gen. rays slender smooth 
about an inch long with 5 or 0 short lanceolate inv. 1-3 lines 
long. Stylopod large dilated waxy-v. Styles very short di- 
vergent. Fr. 2^-3 lines long not quite 1 line broad, often a little 
curved by abortion of one of the mericarps ; ribs prominent, their 
interstices not granulate but longitudinally ribbed and striated. 
