Bupleurum. 
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Unibellae magnae nunierosae, pedunculo eas dz aequante, in umbellis lateralibus ±z 
arcualim deflexo suffullae, 8 — 15-radiatae, radiis inaequilongis, subfiliforaiibus, s. a. 
± arcuatim ascendentibus et usque 3 cm longis, postea dz elongatis et reflexo-divari- 
catis; involucri pbylla 5 — 8 subaequalia, foliis summis subconformia, radiis 3 — 6-plo 
breviora, reflexa. Involucelli pbylla i — 6 ovata, 5 — 7-nervia, breviter acuminata, 2 — 
3 mm longa, dz 1,5 mm lata, umbellulas parvas multifloras s. a. subsuperantia vel 
saepius aequantia, postea eis breviora. Pedicelli floribus ca. duplo longiores, fructibus 
dz dimidio breviores. Petala pentagono-rotundata, ca. 1 mm longa, lobulo inllexo sub- 
(juadrato vix breviore. Fructus ex Alb off caesius, ovato-oblongus, 3 mm longus, jugis 
argutis tenuibus; vittae valleculares binae vel ternae, commissurales 4 — 6. — Fig. 17. 
Provinz des Kaukasus: endemischer Bestandteil der Jura- und Kreideflora des 
colchischen Beckens: Abchasien, auf steinigen .Vlpenwiesen, in einer Höhe von 1 800 — 
2300 m (Alboff, Abchasie n. 322, 323); Circassien. 
Nota. Species insignis quoad habitum et folia certe ad ser. Falcata pertinens involucellis 
5 — 7-nerviis et nervis longiuscule venosis diversa; forsan rectius seriem propriam sistit. 
74. B. lanceolatum Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 551; DC. Prodr. IV. (1 830) 132 ; 
C. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1 879) 674. — Caules 1 vel plures, usque 
metrales, satis tenues, albicanti-virides , medullosi, remote foliosi, a medio vel rarius 
jam inferne ramis tenuibus, ziz elongatis, erecto-patentibus, remote ramulosis instructi. 
Folia magna, tenuia, flaccida, (in sicco) supra sordide viridia, subtus dilute glaucescenti- 
viridia, inferiora e basi subcordata vel rotundata late ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, breviter 
acuminata et acuta vel sensim in acumen longissimum acutissimum, saepe dz manifeste 
caudatum producta, petiolo alato laminam aequante vel longiore suffulta, 7 — 9-nervia, 
nervis e basi arcuato-divergentibus, dz eleganter venosis, usque 10 cm longa, usque 
6 cm lata, superiora sensim decrescentia, brevius latiusque petiolata vel (summa) sub- 
sessilia, plerumque acutiora, internodiis 2 — 3-plo breviora, 5 — 7-nervia. Umbellae pe- 
dunculo 2 — 5 cm longo suffultae, 4 — 7-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, patulis, filiformibus, 
usque 3 cm longis; involucrum nullum(?) vel monophyllum. Involucelli phylla 3( — 5) 
perparva, inaequalia, lanceolata vel sublinearia, acuminata, 3( — 5)-nervia, umbellulis ca. 
5 — 1 5-floris s. a. 2 — 3-plo breviora. Pedicelli filiformes, quadranguli, usque 4 mm 
longi, floribus 2 — 3-plo longiores, fructus dz aequantes. Flores parvi; petala subsemi- 
orbicularia, superne umbonata, Yz — Vs longa, Y2 ^^^a, lobulo inllexo subquadrato 
vix breviore, apice obsolete crenulato vel emarginato instructa. Fructus e basi cordata 
ovoideus, ad apicem manifeste attenuatus, dz 4 mm longus; mericarpia curvata, dorso 
valde convexa, transverse suborbicularia; juga tenuissima vix conspicua; vittae minutae, 
valleculares ternae, commissurales 2. 
Central-Asien: weit verbreitet im nordwestlichen Teile des Himalaya, von Kaschmir 
bis Nepal, nach Clarke in einer Höhe von 1 2 00 — 300 0 m; blüht im Herbst (C. B. Clarke, 
Dalhousie n. 23 162, fol. angust. acut., n. 28 340; Duthie, PI. N. W. India n. 1155, 
fol. latiss. breviter acuminat. ; Herb. Kashmir n. 1 3 073, fol. latis; Wallich, Nepal 
n. 551, fol. angust. long. acuminat., typus!; Herb, late East Ind. Comp. n. 503, Gur- 
hwal, fol. angust. acutiss.; Hügel, Himalaya n. 493). 
Nota. Specics variat foliis angustis usque latissimis, breviter vel longe acuminatis, acutis 
vel acutissimis tantopere, ut formae distinctae describi non possint. 
75. B. Candollei [B. Candollii) Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 552; DC. Prodr. (1 830) 
131; C. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1 879) 674. — Caulis solitarius (an semper?) 
stricte erectus, usque metralis, late fistulosus, remote foliosus, superne vel a medio 
ramis paucis erecto-patentibus dz abbreviatis et subsimplicibus vel rarius dz elongatis et 
ramulosis instructus. Folia omnia late albo-marginata, basalia et caulina inferiora 
latiuscule linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, mucronato-acutissima, basin versus ut in 
petiolum angustata vel rarius manifeste petiolata, cum petiolo usque 1 5 cm longa, 5 — 
8 mm lata, basi 9 — 19-, apice 3-nervia, nervis lateralibus tenuibus inferne n. medio sub- 
parallelis deinde marginem versus divergentibus, rectis, subindivisis, caulina media superi- 
oraque saepe laxe fasciculata, sessilia, breviter vaginanti-amplexicaulia vel breviter petiolata, 
