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lIciTiiarm WolfT. — Umbellifcrac-Apioideae-Ainniineae licleroclitae. 
üslhenga len: Kliasia, hier »gemein«; Tenasserini ; Mariaban Jlills, ca. 12U0 — 
2300 in (C. 15. Clarke, Ind. or. n. 1C 697, 45 417; Herb, late East Ind. Comp. n. 
2 608); reife Frücble im November. 
Var. -/. humilo Francli. in Bull. Soc. pbilorn. Paris 8. ser. VI. (1 894) H 8. — 
»Annuiim, caulis 4 — 8", e basi ramosissimus , ramis palentibus, ascendenlibus, folia 
omnia linearia, aculissima, umbellae 3 — 4-radialae, radiis filiformibus; bracteolae acutae, 
trinerves, fruclu paulo breviores; umbellulae 3 — 5-llorae; fruclus ovali pedicello breviores, 
niericarpia jugis acute 5-coslalis. 
China: Yim-nan, in pascuis [)rope coli. Ilee-Chan-men (l)elavay n. 4233), fr. Oclobr. 
Nota. Varietas humüe sec. cl. Francbct specimina parva B. Oerardii in memoriani 
revocat. a quo praeter charactcres sectionis involucelli pliyllis prominenter 3-nerviis et pedicellis 
gracilibus differt; cum var. a qua babitu rainore et foliis brevibus angustisque valde acuminatis 
longe di versa, l'ormis transitoriis conjuncta est; mihi proxima var. ß. khasiano vel forsan idem 
esse videtur. 
69. B, microcephalum Diels, Fl. v. Centralcbina in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXl.X. (l900) 
4 94. — Probabiliter perenne ; gracile. Caulis solitarius, elatus, virgatus, submelralis, 
supra basin 3^ — 3 '(2 mm crassus, teres, pnrpurascenli-albicans, foliosus, inferne simplex, 
supra medium ramis gracilibus ascendenlibus + ramulosis inslructus. Folia inferiora e 
basi dilalata anguste linearia, valde elongala, stricla, cum j)arte petioliformi usque 5 cm 
longo 15 — 20 cm longa, ad 5 mm lala, acuminala, margine ± manifeste incrassata, 
nervis 5 — 7 subparallelis prominenlibus percursa; superiora cum illis conformia, mullo 
breviora. Involucri pbylla 3 — 5, lanceolato-linearia, 1 — 2 mm tantum longa; umbellae 
2 — 3 cm lalae, radiis 3 — 6, strictis, inaequalibus, filiformibus, 1^2 — 3 cm longis. Um- 
bellulae perparvae, 2 — 2 '/ 2 mmlatae, 8 — 12-florae; involucelli pbylla minima, lanceolata 
vel spalbulata, rigidiuscula, arislata, subtus prominenter, supra subinconspicue 3-nervia, 
flores vix superantia, 2 — 2 ^ 2^111 longa, ca. 1 mm lala. Pedicelli ca. 1 mm longi, 
floribus aequilongi; petala eis in specie praecedente subconformia et subaequimagna. 
Fruclus nec immaturus nec maturus visus. — Fig. 1 6 C. 
Bisher nur aus Central-Cbina bekannt: Prov. Sze-cb‘uan: Tsaku-Lao: Wei- 
ku-an: Ta-chai-lzu (Boslborn, China n. 2529). — Wird medizinisch verwendet und 
heißt ma-wei-cb' ai-bo; blüht im August. 
Nota. Specics insignis maxiine affinis B. ienui var. khasiano, a quo nolis datis longo 
diversa. 
70. B. gracilipes Uiels, Fl. v. Centralcbina in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. XXIX. (1900) 493. 
— Pars basalis plantae certe perennis non visa; caulis (50 — 60 cm allus) e parle inferiore 
ramosus, ramis strictis sulcatis remote brevitefque ramulosis. Folia glauca, inferiora 
oblanceolata vel oblongo-elli[)tica, obtusiuscula, mucronulata , basin versus anguslata, 
subpetiolata , semiamplexicaulia , 5 — 7-nervia, nervis prominentibus ferc ut in B. 
tenui venosis, usque 6 cm longa, usque 1 cm lala; superiora lanceolata, sensirn 
minora. Umbellae radiis 2 — 5 strictis, subtiliformibus, subacqualibus, 1 ’/ 2 — 3 cm longis; 
involucri pbylla 3 — 5 lanceolata vel ovata , suboblusa, 5-nervia, 5 — 7 inm longa. In- 
volucelli pbylla 4 — 5 late ovata vel obovato-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 3( — 5)-nervia, 
nervis subtus j)rominulis, 3 — 4 mm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm lala, umbellulas 5 — I 5-tloras, 
1 1/2 — 2 mm lalas s. a. duplo superantia, frucliferis breviora. Pedicelli llores subac- 
(piantes, fruclus juveniles elongato-cylindricos, truncatos, profunde sulcatos ca. 2,5 mm 
longos, 0,5 mm lalos subaequanles. Petala ca ^4 lociga, eis sf)ecici praecedentis 
subconformia; slylopodium fruclu anguslius; slyli brevissimi, divaricali; villac vallcculares 
solitariae (ex Diels ternae), commissurales 2. 
Bisher nur aus Cenli’al-Cbina bekannt: l’rov. Sze-cb'u an: Nan-cb‘uan: llci- 
wan-ai, an Bergabbängen (Boslborn, Centralcbina n. 10 15); blüht im August und .Sep- 
tember. 
Nota. Species maxime aflinis Ä /cn«/, aquo rcccdit loliis siqu'rioriluis luajoribus, lancco- 
Jalis, nmbellis latioribus, involiicro 3 — 3-phyllo, i)byllis 5-ncrviis, involucelli j)liyllis obo\atis 
3( — 5)-nervii.s, umbellulis imiltilloris. 
