There seems some confusion in efi site between these two species. Let us see the differences: *Bupleurum longicaule* Wall. in Flora of Pakistan <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015435>: Perennial, *15-40 cm tall, *1 or more stems from the base. Lower leaves linear to lanceolate; *upper leaves lanceolate, amplexicaul, apices long acuminate*. *Involucral bracts 1-3, ovate*, unequal. *Rays 2-8.* *Involucel of 6-8 oval bractlets,* slightly connate at the base, longer than the flowering umbellet, *veins 5-7.* Petals and stylopodium almost black. *Fruit oblong; ridges slightly winged;* furrows 3-vittate.
*Bupleurum candollei *Wall. in Flora of Pakistan <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015413>: Perennial*, up to 1 m tall. *Lower leaves linear to lanceolate, veins 5-7 secondary veins prominent, apex mucronate, base narrowed; *upper leave, lanceolate to oblong, oval or ovate;* *shorter subsessible leaves intermixed with the larger leaves, veins 13-17, secondary veins distinct, apex mucronate.* *Involucral bracts 1-4, lanceolate to oval*, foliaceous. *Rays 5-10. Involucel of lanceolate to oval bractlets*, as long or longer than the flowering umbellet, *veins 3-5.* *Fruit elliptic, 4-5 mm long; ridges prominent, obtuse;* furrows 3-vittate. -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCrTJOakwYn1ue93GKyAWUCASpkkW2ks9ANcCJ6mEphig%40mail.gmail.com.
