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Hermann WollT. 
Umbelliferac-Apioidoae-Ararnineae heteroclilae. 
suberecta, (in sicco) lenuiter coriacea, basalia oblongo-lanceolata vel late oblanceolata, 
acuminata, obtusiuscula, basin versus parum angustala, basi ima valde dilalata, ainplexi- 
caulia, 7 — 9-nervia, nervis plerumque n. aliis singulis inullo tenuioribus longitudinalibus 
ex reti venoso conspicuo exortis intermixtis, 10 — 15 cm longa, 1 V 2 — 2 72 cm lata, 
caulina cito minora, subpetiolata vel sessilia, basalibus ceterum subconformia sed longius 
acuminata. l'mbellae haud numerosae, magnae, ± longe pedunculatae, 6 — 1 0-radiatae, 
radiis vix inaequalibus, sat tenuibus, strictis, s. a. usque 4 cm longis; involucri pliylla 
3( — 5 ), lanceolata, acuminata, 5 — 7-nervia. Involucelli phylla 5( — 6), anguste lineari- 
lanceolata, longe acuminata, acutissima, 5( — 7)-nervia, usque 7 mm longa, 1 — 1 72 rtmi 
lata, umbellulas multitloras s. a. longe superantia. Pedicelli lenues llores aequantes. Petala 
ilavo-virentia, pentagono-rotundata, ca. 1 mm lata, mm longa, lobulo inflexo late ob- 
triangulari, obtuso, parum breviore, apice anguste exciso eximie cucullata. Fructus cx 
Gussone et ex Bertoloni oblongus, acute costatus; ovarium juvenile argute sulcatum ; 
vittae valleculares magnae ternae vel quaternae, commissurales 6 — 8. 
Tyrrhenische Mediterranprovinz: endemische Art auf Sicilien: Madonie, 
an kühlen, nach Westen zu gelegenen Kalkfelsen; bhiht im .luli und August. 
Nota. SpeCies sec. cl. Gussone, Bertoloni et alios suffrulex vel planta dr suffruticosa: 
»caules basi caespitosi, petiolorum rudimentis tecti vix palmares, cauliculi annotini . . 2 — 5-pe- 
dales«. Specimina omnia mihi visa basi ima tantum suffruticosa, caule ceterum subplane herbaceo, 
foliis coriaceis sed cum caule emorientibus. Mea senlentia spccies maxime affinis B. falcato 
nec B. pla7itaginifolio , cui tantum quoad formam foliorum similis; itaque eam seriei Falcata 
adnumeravi, quairnjuam cum characteribus ob involucelli phylla 3( — 7;-nervia levitcr colorata haud 
plane quadrat. 
67. B. mucronatum Wight et Walk.-Arnott, Prodr. 11. Ind. or. (1834) 370; 
C. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. 11. (187 9) 676. — B. falcatuvi Dalz et Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. (I 86 I) 108. — Basi suffruticosum. Gaulis solitarius, erectus, elatus, saepe 
llexuosus, usque metralis, remote foliosus, inferne simplex, superne vel rarius jam e 
medio dz ramosus, ramis zb elongatis divaricatisque, raro abbreviatis et erecto-patentibus, 
ziz ramulosis. Folia Firma usque subcoriacea, longiuscule curvatim niucronata, basalia . . . , 
caulina inferiora lineari-oblonga, basin versus angustata , apice obtusa vel acutiuscula, 
late albo-marginata, 7 — 9-nervia, nervis subparallelis, usque 12 cm longa, 3 — 8 mm lata; 
f. cetera similia, saepe oblongo-linearia, vix minora. Umbellae numerosae latae, longe 
[ledunculatae , 4 — 6-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, 1 — 2 cm longis; involucri phylla 
semper (4 — )5, lirma, erecta, oblongo-elliptica vel late linearia, acuta, longe mucronata, 
3 — 7-nervia, radios subaeipiantia vel eis usque dimidio breviora. Involucelli phylla 5 lineari- 
vel elliptico-lanceolata, longe acuminata, acuta, (in sicco) prominenter 3-nervia, umbellulas 
s. a. multo superantia, demum eis manifeste vel vix breviora. Pedicelli lloribus sub- 
longiores, fructibus ± dimidio breviores. Petala tlavescenti-viridia, pentagono-rotundata, 
ca. 73 nina longa, 1 mm lata, lobulo inflexo e basi lata subito in partem subi[uadratam 
antice profunde excisam angustato. Fructus oblongo-ellipticus, brunneus, ad juga crassa 
prominentia vel rarius subinconspicua dilutior, dz 4 mm longus, dz 2 mm latus; vitlae 
in unaquaque vallecula 1 — 3, ad commissuram 2 — 4. 
Vorderindien: Süddekkan; Ceylon, in einer Höhe von ca. 1 000 — 2500 m. 
f. 1. typieum, G. B. Clarke I. c. — Gaulis superne parce brcviterque ramosus. 
Folia caulina media latiuscule oblonga, superiora oblongo-linearia, omnia obtusa vel 
rarius dz acuminata, longe mucronata. Involuc.ellum fructus subsulcatos prominenter 
jugatos manifeste superans; vittae valleculares plerumque solitariae. 
Süddekkan (Herb. Wight n. 1197; Wight, PI. penins. Ind. or. n. 1166; Hohen- 
acker, Ind. or. n. 1105, K\\g\{\v\j B. distichop>hyUuvi\ Ilooker f. et Thomson, Herb. 
Ind. or. s. n. ; Engler, Vorderindien n. 3528, Otacamund, ca. 7300’). 
f. 2. ramosissimum (Wight et Walk.-Arn.) C. B. Clarke I. c. — B. ramo- 
sissimion Wight et Walk.-Arn. I. c. ; Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1840 — 56) t. 1007; Spicil. 
Neilgh. (1 846 — 51) 87. — B. falcatum var. ramosissimum (Wight et Walk.-Arn.) 
Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (1 861) 1 08. — Subcorymbose divaricato-ramosum, ramis zb 
