34 
Hermann Wolff. — Umbolliferae-Apioideae-Ammineae lieleroclitae. 
III. (1 837) 342 ; Sond. in Ilarv. and Sond. Fl. cap. II. (1 861 — 62) 542; Hiern in 
Oliv. Fl. Irop. Al'r. III. (1877) 1 0; Engl, llocligebirgstl. Irop. Afr. (1892) 3 1 7. — 
Bapleimmi arhorescois Tliunh. Prodr. 11. cap. I. (1794) 50, Fl. cap. l. II. 182 
(sec. Sprengel), ed. 2. (Schultes.) (1 823) 247; Willd. Spec. pl. I. 2. (1 798) 1 376. 
— Tenoria arborescens (Thunb.) Spreng. I’rodr. uinb. in Neue Sehr. Naturl'. Ge- 
sellscb. Halle II. 1. (1813) 32 et in Roem. et Schult. Syst, veget. VI. (1820) 375. — 
Bupleunim trifoUatum Wendl. in Wendl. u Bartl. Reitr. II. (1 825) 1 3. — Hetero- 
morpha trifoliata (Wendl.) et II. collina Eckl. et Zeyh. 1. c. — Bupleurum collinum 
(Eckl. et Zejh.) Dietr. Syn. pl. II. (1 840) 951. — Anesorhiza abyssinica k. hrmn in 
Flora XXIV. 1. (1 841) 3 37, t. 2, f. B (l'ructus). — Hetcroniorpha abyssinica Höchst, 
in Flora XXIV. 1. (l84l) Intell. Bl. 2. 28 (nomen soluin); Rieh. Tent. fl. abyss. I. (1 847) 
3 2 5. — FranchetcUa arborescens (Thunb.) 0. Ktze. Revis. gen. 111. 2. (189 8) 112; 
Hiern, Cat. of Wehv. Afr. pl. II. (1 898) 424. — Frutex arborescens, ex Volkens 
iis(pie 6 m altus, hahitu gracili, parce ramosus, ramis stricte erectis, alternis, ± elon- 
gatis, vetustioribus teretibus, plerumque nudis, cortice griseo obtectis, junioribus 
hornotinisque subteretibus , usque 5 mm ci’assis et ultra, cortice rubicundo, longitu- 
dinaliter striato vel rarius rimuloso, sparse lenticellato insti'uctis, allernatim vel sub- 
opposite ramulosis, ramulis zb erectis, saepissime — ut etiam rami — villosiusculis, 
usque 30 cm longis (et ultra?), sub anthesi semper fere foliosis, demum persaepe de- 
nudatis. Folia solitaria vel rarius bina vel etiam laxe fasciculata, alterna vel sub- 
opposita, petiolata, petiolo erecto, tenui, subtereti usque subquadrangulo, supra plano 
usque salis profunde angusteque canaliculato, ad angulos saepe anguste alato, basi ima 
in vaginam haud decurrentem, amplexicaulem dilatato, usque 7 cm longo, plerumque 
breviore; lamina tenuiter coriacea, supra nitido-viridis vel viridi-glaucescens, subtus dilu- 
lior vel rarius undique manifeste glaucescens vel subaequaliter albicanti-glaucescens, 
Simplex vel binata vel ternata, indivisa vel rarius zb profunde trilobata vel basi uni- 
vel bilobato-aurita, vel — plerumque in foliis solitariis — simpliciter impari-pinnata, 
pinnis, jugo impari non addito, 1 — 3 (ex Kuntze — 7)-jugis; foliola omnia distincta 
vel superiora zb confluentia, subsessilia vel (imprimis foliolum terminale) zb mani- 
feste petiolulata, petiolulo brevi lamina decurrente anguste alato, Integra, ut etiam folia 
pleraque haud pinnata eis([ue ceterum subconformia subaequaliaque, rarius suberenata, 
margine leviter incrassata, forma magnitudine(pie valde variabilia, lineari-lanceolata vel 
elliptica vel oblonga vel lanceolata us(iue zb late ovata vel perraro late obovata, basi dila- 
tata vel zb longe cuneato-angustata, ad a[iicem versus zb longe acuminata, acuta usque 
acutissima, vel obtusa usque manifeste emarginala, semper longiuscule mucronata, uni- 
costata, costa dense vel rarius remote penninervia, nervis rectis vel leviter serpentinis, 
indivisis vel ramosis, nervis singulis tenuioribus brevioribus(iue intermixtis, inter nervös 
dense et valde graciliter reticulato-venosa, venis subtus magis quam supra conspieuis, 
viridibus vel zb rutilis, nervo marginali spurio zb manifesto instructa, margine et 
secus costam ciliolata, demum ubique glabra, ca. usque 8 cm longa, ca. us(iue 
2 ’/ 2 cm lata, plerumque minora. Umbellae numerosae, subsemiglobosae, terminales 
semper fertiles, laterales saepe zb steriles, pcdunculo tereti, subvilloso eas longitudine 
aequante vel longiore suffultae, usque 2 5-radialae, radiis subaequicrassis et subaequi- 
longis, sub authesi, ut etiam radioli, breviter villosis, demum glabris, uscpie 4 cni longis. 
Involucri phylla 6 — 8, anguste linearia, acuta, villosiuscula, radiis multo breviora, haud 
raro ph}’llo uno alterove foliaceo radios subae(iuantc. Involucelli phylla 5 — 6, rellexa, 
linearia, acuminata, 1 — 3-nervia, villosiuscula, 1 — 1,5 mm longa. Umhellulae sub- vel 
semiglobosae, 15 — 20-llorae: jicdicelli tenues, basi subclavali, sub anthesi uscpie 10 mm 
longi, floribus 2 — 3'/2-plo longiores. Petala flavido-viridia vel dilule flavida (ex collec- 
loribus), 1 — I ^2 nun longa, lilamentis diijilo vel magis superala. Fructus 3'/2 — 
8 mm longus; slylopodium ca. 1 mm longum, stylos rellexos subaequans, sepalis di- 
midio longius. — Fig. 4. 
Dauerblattriger, oft baumartiger Strauch, der weit verhreitet ist durch das nord- 
afrikauischc Hochland und die St oi)pen|)rovinz und durch die os ta fri k auiseh e 
