208 XLV. UMBELLIFER2E 
Leaves at most ^ in. broad, usually less. 
Leaves 4-10 in. long ; margins thick . . . . 3. B. falcatum. 
Leaves 1-3 in. long ; margins thin. 
Leaves obtuse, bristle-tipped ; nerves 5-7, prominent 4. B. tenue. 
Leaves finely acute ; nerves about 11, not prominent 5. B. Maddeni. 
1. Bupleurum lanceolatum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 674. Stems 
1-5 ft. Leaves ovate up to 3x2 in., ovate-lanceolate up to 
5x2^ in. or narrowly lanceolate up to 4 x 1 in., usually tapering 
to a fine point ; lower leaves stalked, upper nearly sessile. Bracts 
none or only one, linear, up to J in. long. Bracteoles 2-6, 
narrowly lanceolate, much shorter than their umbels, falling off 
after flowering. Fruit ovoid, hardly } in. long ; ridges obscure. 
Eagu ; August, September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft. 
2. Bupleurum Candollii, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 674. Stems 
1-3 ft. Leaves sessile, more or less stem-clasping, oblong up to 
5x1 in. or ovate-oblong up to 2xf in., usually finely pointed. 
