Eri/nr/inm.] 
LX. UMBELLIFERjE. 
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2. E. vesiculosum (bladdery), Labill. PI. Xor. Hull. i. 73 t. 98 ; lienth. 
FI. Austr. iii. 370. Radical leaves lanceolate, oblanceolate, oblong or broadly 
linear, coarsely prickly-toothed, narrowed into a petiole, rarely above 8 or 4in. 
long and usually much shorter. Stems elongated, prostrate, having the 
appearance of stolons, but not rooting. Floral leaves opposite, cuneate or linear, 
mostly 4- to lin. long, with 3 to 5 pungent teeth or lobes. Peduncles radical or 
from the nodes, each with a small hemispherical globular or shortly ovoid head. 
Outer bracts and sometimes a few of the inner ones linear or lanceolate, rigid, 
pungent and far exceeding the flowers, the others much smaller. Scales or 
vesicles of the calyx-tube sometimes lanceolate and acute, sometimes oblong and 
obtuse. Petals with the inflected points slightly jagged. — DC. Prod. iv. 92 ; 
Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 159. 
Hali.: Darling Downs. 
The species is also in New Zealand. 
3. E. plantagineum (Plantain-like), F. r. M. in Prof. Ho;/. Sue. Tasm. iii. 
235; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 37 1. Very closely allied to F. rostratum, with the 
same habit, foliage, and flowers, but the heads sometimes 2in. long, are oblong- 
cylindrical, and the bracts smaller, a few only of the outer ones and very rarely 
1 or 2 of the upper ones projecting far beyond the flowers. 
Hah.: Darling and Peak Downs. Barcoo, Springsure. 
4. E. expansum (spreading), F. r. M. in Proc. Ho;/. Sue. Tasm. iii. 236; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 371. Radical leaves oblong or almost obovate, 2 to 3in. 
long, narrowed into a petiole, bordered by coarse prickly teeth or lobes. Stems 
erect or diffuse, dichotomous, extending to 1 or 2ft. Floral leaves opposite, short 
and broad, deeply divided into 3 or rarely 5 divaricate cuneate prickly-toothed 
lobes. Peduncles in the forks very short, each with a small globular head of 6 to 
8 or rarely more small flowers. Bracts linear or lanceolate, pungent, all, at least 
the outer ones, much longer than the flowers. Flowers scarcely 1 line long, 
including the ovary. Calyx-lobes shorter than the adnafce tube (or ovary), 
pungent-pointed as in the rest of the genus. Petals very short, the inflected end 
obtuse, entire. — Klatt in Linmea, xxix. 712. 
Hab.: Brisbane, Dawson and Burnett Rivers ; Peak Downs, Wide Bay. Moreton Bay. 
The species has some resemblance to the tropical American firtidum, but it is remarkable 
for the smallness of its flowerheads. — Benth. 
7. BUPLEURUM, Linn. 
(Derivation obscure.) 
Calyx-teeth none. Petals obovate, emarginate. Styles short. Fruit laterally 
compressed, slightly constricted at the commissure ; carpels terete or subpen- 
tagonal ; primary ridges distinct, sometimes subulate, rarely obscure ; secondary 
wanting or obscure ; vittte 1 to 3 between the primary ridges, rarely wanting or 
many ; carpophore entire, 2-fid or 2-partite. Disk depressed, rarely prominent 
in fruit. Seeds terete, sometimes slightly grooved on the inner face. Glabrous 
herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire. Umbels compound, bracts and bracteoles 
foliaceous or setaceous, or none. Flowers yellow or lurid, pedicelled or sub- 
sessile. 
1. B. rotundifolium (round-leaved), Linn. Common Hare’s-ear ; Thorow- 
wax. Cauline leaves perfoliate. Umbels 5 to 0-rayed. Involucre wanting, 
involucels 5-leaved. Fruit ribs slender. 
Hub.: This European species has become naturalised in several southern localities. 
