liuplcunim. 
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11 . 12 397) coli, et in Herb. Mus. berolin. siib r\om\nc B. jucundi vnr. cachemirici asservala cer- 
tissinie ad B. longicaide var. strictiim pertinent. 
Nota 2. Species quoad Ibrmani folioriim iinprimis superiorum primo aspeclii B. Inngifoiio 
inaxime aflinis esse videtur, sed dispositione nervoriini, nervo rnarginali inanifestissiino, involucro 
subnullo, fructibus subalate jugatis longe ab illa spccie diversa, aut ad sectionem »Xervosa^^ 
rcferenda cst aut forsan seriem propriam sistit. 
Ser. i. Pseudodisticha WoKT. 
Folia inferiora angusla, pseudodisticiie disjiosita. 
77. B. distichophyllum Wiglit et Walk.-Arnolt, Frodr. Fl. Ind. or. I. (1834) 
370; Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1840 — 56) t. 1006; C. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. 
II. (1879) 677. — Caiidex tennis dr elongatus, reliqniis foliornm eniortvioriim dense 
obsitiis. Gaulis solitarius usqiie 40 cm altus, tennis, medullosus, superne ramis reniotis 
brevibus snberectis vel ereclo-patentibus, foliosis, siibsiniplicibus. Folia inferiora erecia, 
conferlissinia, dr manifeste dispositionem disticham aemulantia, primaria mox decidua, 
obovato-elongata, obtusa, manifeste petiolata, usqiie f cm longa, antice dr 3 mm lata, 
cetera anguste linearia vel vix lanceolato-linearia, ca. 4 — 6 cm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata, 
longe acuminata, subcuspidata, basin versus parum angustata, basi ipsa dilatata amplexi- 
caulia, nervis 5 — 7 [larallelis, supra subinconspicuis, subtus valde prominenlibus percursa; 
f. superiora rd remota illis similia, sensim minora, internodiis saepe breviora, basi haud vel 
vix angustata, semiamplexicaulia. Umbellae ca. 2 — 2 '(2 cm lalae pedunculis dr strictis 
usque 3 cm longis suffultae, 5 — 8-radiatae, radiis inaequalibus, tenuibus, s. a. usque 
2 cm longis; involucri pbylla subaequalia, anguste lineari-lanceolata, ciispidata 3( — 5)- 
nervia. Involucelli pbylla eis involucri similia, 3-nervia, nervis subtus valde prominenlibus, 
d= 3 mm longa, umbellulas parvas 15 — 2 0-floras s. a. ca. duplo su[ierantia. Pedicelli 
sulcato-angiilosi floribus duplo longiores; petala obrhomboideo-rotundata, siqierne valde 
umbonata, ca. ’/s — mm longa, lobulo inflexo dimidio breviore antice subquadrato leviter 
emarginato. Fructus maturus non visus; vittae valleculares solitariae, commissurales 2. 
Vo r derindi sehe s Fl 0 r e n geb iet : südliches Vorderindien, Nilghiri-Hills, in 
einer Höhe von ca. 7000’ (Hohenacker, Pl. Ind. or. n. ltG9; Herb. Wight n. 1196, 
Wight, Herb. Ind. or. n. M70; Hügel, Asien n. 474; Engler, Vorderindien n. 3554, 
Otacamund, grasige Abhänge im »Nebelwalde« in einer Höhe von 7400'; Metz, Ost- 
indien s. n.). 
Ser. 5. Transversevenia Wolff. 
Foliorum nervi venis manifeslis numerosis dr horizontalibiis inter sese conjuncti sunt. 
78. B. plantaginifolium Wight, Ic. pl. Ind. or. III. (1840 — 56) t. 28 1 ; C. B. Clarke 
in Hook. Fl. brit. Ind. II. (1879) 674. — Suffrutex in sicco sordide viridi-purpurascens, 
ex Clarke 2 — 3 m altus; truncus I cm crassus et ultra, inferne.. ., superne ramosus, 
usque ad ramos novellos plerumque foliis denudatus et residuis f. emortuorum delapso- 
rum obtectus. Rami novelli elati, erecti, metrales et ultra, basi usque 5 mm crassi, 
sublignosi, post fructum, ut videtur emorientes, foliosi, zt ramulosi, ramulis elongalis, 
ascendentibus, corymbum fere formanlibus. Folia ad basin ramorum novellorum con- 
ferta, in sicco tenuiter coriacea, magna, usque 1 5 cm longa, us([ue 6 cm lata, oblongc- 
elliptica vel -obovala, apice rotundata, longe rnucronata, basin versus (ut) in petiolum 
alatum vaginiformiter amplexicaulem angustata, 15 — 17-nervia, nervis a basi leviter 
divergenlibus, subrectis, usque ad marginem undulalum subcartilagineo-incrassatum lami- 
nam indivisis percurrentibus; f. superiora remota, sensim minora, oblonga vel oblongo- 
ovata, vix petiolata, usque 21-nervia, ceterum inferioribus simillima. Umbellae pediin- 
culo longo, crassiusculo, sulcato suffultae, 3 — lO-radiatae, radiis patulis, inaequalibus, 
profunde sulcatis, usque 3 cm longis; involucri phylla 3 — 5, inaequalia, obovata, obtusa, 
inferne angustata, albo-marginata, 7 — 1 l-nervia, radiis zt dimidio breviora. Involucelli 
phylla 5( — 6) oblongo-obovala vel late spalhulata, obtusa, ad basin longe angustata, 
5 — 7-nervia, umbellulas paucifloras longe superanlia. Pedicelli subalati floribus friicti- 
busque breviores; petala tlavido-brunnea, siibsemiorbicularia, ca. 1, 2 longa, •^/^ 
mm 
