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coriaceous, pustular and pubescent, nerveless. Cymes dlchotomously brancliea, divi- 

 sions pubescent and glandular. Mowers ^ in. diam., the centre one of each ^y^^7 

 Besbile, the others shortly pedicelled. Sepals very short broad, obtuse. P^^^^ °™^"' 

 ate.— The specimens are not in a good state, but I believe them to be referable to tms 

 species. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. ,. 



RuTA (Haplophylt.um), sp., Aitchison ( CaL Punjab and Sindh PL 30) from Pesbawur 

 {Stewart) is undeterminable. 



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A perennial-rooted herb/ Leaves alternate, 2-pinnate, leaflets quite 

 entire. Flowers in compound terminal leafy panicled cymes, white, pedicels 

 slender. Ca/ya; 4-5-lobed, persistent. Petals ^-b, obovate-oblong, imbncate. 

 Stamens 6-8, inserted at the base of an urceolate disk, filaments filiform, in^ 

 alternate shorter ; anthers oblong. Omr^ long-stipitate, 3-5-lobed, narrowea 

 below, lobes 1-celled distant ; styles 3-5, ventral, connate, stigma siimie, 

 ovules 6-8 in each cell, pendulous from the middle of the axis. J^rm 

 of 6-8 free membranous ventrally dehiscing few-seeded carpels. P^«<^ 

 reniform, testa black granulate, albumen fleshy; embryo arcuate. 



1. B. albiflora, Reich, Cmspect. 197. Ruta albiflora, Hook. Exot. Fl<yr. 

 t. 79 ; Wall Cat. 1203. R. japonica, Suh. 





Temperate Himalaya, from Marri to Sikkira, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 

 4-6000 ft.— DisTRiB. Japan, * i - . -: ^ 



A slender erect branching perennial-rooted herb, 1-2 ft., 'glabrous or somewDa 

 pubescent. Leaves 2-3 pinnate; petiole slender; leaflets i-f in., obovate or oix 

 date, glaucous beneath; membranous, the terminal largest, petioled. Cymes leafy, ma t 



flowered. Flowe 



Calyr very sma 



Pe/ais oblong, obtuse. Pedicel of ovary variable in length. Fruit J-| m. diam. 



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Branching glabrous or pubescent perennial-rooted herbs. \J^^^^g^ 

 alternate, entire or multifid, not glandular ; stipules setaceous f''^* 

 solitary, in subterminal leaf-opposed peduncles, white. Sepals 4-5, oi 

 tohaceous and pinnatifid, persistent. Petals 4-5, subequal, i^''"';\g 

 Stamem 12-15, inserted at the base of the disk, some antherless ; W*™;L 

 dilated below ; anthers linear. Ovarij globose, deeply 2-3-lobed ,^ si> 

 basal, twisted, 2-3-keeled above, the keels stigmatose ; ovules many in *^^^ 

 cell, inserted in the inner angle. Fruit globose, 3-4-celled, ay ^ 



3-valved or fleshy and indehiscent, cells many-seeded. '^^^«^*"°i „''t^Je« 

 spongy, rough, albumen fleshy ; embryo curved.— Distrib. Species 4, w. 



of the Mediterranean, W. Asia, and Mexico. 



This genus is perhaps better placed in Zygaphylltoe. 



1. P. Karmala, Linn.; glabrous, stem dichotomously anc 



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