RUT 



leaves from bottom to top, and in June will be clofely 

 lee with iiowersvipon their edges, which make a very 

 beautiful and odd appearance, and renders it worthy 

 of a place in every good colleftion of plants. Tliis 

 is alio propagated by parting the roots as the former, 

 which fhould not be done very often -, becaufe, if the 

 roots are not permitted to remain fome time to get 

 ftrcngth, they will produce but weak fhoots, and 



few flowers; and in the ftrength of their 



very 



Ihoots and number of flowers, the greateft beauty of 

 thele plants confifl:. This fort grows plentifully at 

 Madeira, from whence the feeds may be procured ; 

 but thefe commonly lie in the ground a year before 

 rhe plants come up, fo fliould be fown in pots filled 

 with frefti earth, and placed under a hot-bed frame 

 in winter to fcreen the feeds from the froft, and the 

 following fpring the plants will appear. 

 The eighth ibrc was difcovered by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun, growing naturally at Carthage^a in New Spain ^ 

 this rifes with flirubby fl:alks eight or ten feet high, 

 which divide into many branches, and are garniflied 

 with ftiff fpear-fhaped leaves three inches long, and 

 one broad in the middle, ending in acute points ; 

 they are fometimes ranged in whorls round the 



ftalks; and at others they are oppofite. The flowers 

 are produced in loofe bunches at the end of the 

 branches, {landing upon flender fo.ot-ftalks ; they are 

 fmall, of a red colour, and fhaped like thofe of the 

 firfl fort. 



This plant is tender, fo mufl: be kept in a ftove 

 during the winter, otherwife it will not live in England. 



RUT A. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 257. tab, 133. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 469. [This plant is called Ruta, of puw to 

 preferve, becaufe it is a plant very good to preferve 

 health.] Rue, 



The Characters are, 

 The flower has a fljort permanent empalement cut into 

 five parts ; it has four or five oval petals which fpread 

 cpen^ and are narrow nt their bafe^ and eight or ten awl- 

 fhaped fpreading ft aniina the length of the petals^' crowned 

 by Jhort ere£i fummits^ with a gibbous germen having a 

 crofs furrow^ marked with ten fpots^ fuppofting an ereB 

 . awl-Jhaped ftyle crowned by a ftngle ftigma. The germen 

 afterward becomes a gibbous capfule with five lobes and five 



' cells opening in five parts at the top^ and filled with rough 

 angular feeds. " . ' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl fedion of 

 Linnaeus's tenth clafs, which contains thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have ten fl:amina and one fl:yle. 

 The Species are, 



Ruta {Hortenfis) foliis decompofitis, floribus o£lan- 

 dris, ftaminibus corolla longioribus. Rue with decom- 

 pounded leaves^ and flowers having eight ft amina which 



than the petals. Ruta hortenfis latifolia. 



I. 



are 



longer 



C. B. P. 336. Broad-leaved Gar den Rue. 



2. Ruta {Altera) foliis decorrijioritis, foliolis oblongo- 

 ovatis, ftaminibus corolla sequantibus. Rue with de- 

 compounded leaves^ the fmall leaves oblong and oval^ and 



ftamina equalling the petals. Ruta hortenfis altera. C. 

 B. P. '>^i(i. Another Garden Rue. 



3. Ruta {Sylveftris) io\m inferioribus decompofitis, fo- 

 liolis linearibus, fummis qmnquefidis trifidifque. Rue 

 with decompounded linear leaves below ^ and the upper ones 

 five or three-pointed. Ruta fylveftris minor. C, B. P. 



336. Smaller wild Rue. 



4. Ruta {Chalepenfts) foliis decompofitis, floribus de- 

 candris marginibus petalorum ciliatis. Rue with de- 

 compounded leaves, flowers having ten ftamina^ and the 

 borders of the petals of the flower hairy. Ruta Cha- 

 lepenfis latifolia, florum petalis villis fcatentibus. 

 H. L. BroadAeaved Aleppo Rue with hairy petals to the 

 flower. ~ 



5. Ruta {Ciliatis) foliis compofitis, floribus decandrls, 

 petalis florum ciliatis. Rue with compounded leaves, 

 flowers having ten ftamina, and hairy petals 'to the flower. 

 Ruta Chalepenfis tenuifolia, florum petalis villis fca- 

 tentibus. Mor. Hifl:. 2. 508. Narrow-leaved Aleppo 

 Rue, ^vith hairy petals to the floxver. 



6. Ruta (Zf>///5//^2) foliis fimplicibus indivifis. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 384. Rue with fingle undivided leaves. Ruta 



R U 



fylveftris linifolia Hifpanica. Bocc. iMuf. 2 n 9, 

 mid Spanijh Rue ivlth a Flax leaf. ' ^" 



7. Ruta {Montana) caule erefto coivmbofo, foliis com- 

 poiitis, fionbus decandris, aaminibus corolla lonc^i 

 oribus. Rue with en ercci corymlus ftalk, compound 

 leaves, and flc-tvers havhig ten ftr.-nina -juhich are longer 

 than the petals. Ruta fylvellns montana, Cluf. Hilt. 

 Wild Mountain Rue. 



tranches. 



with leaves without foot-ftalks terminating the 

 Pfeudo Ruta patavina trifolia, floribus lu- 

 teis umbellatis. Michel. Gen, 22. tab. 19. Baftard 

 Rue with trifoliate leaves, and yellow flowers in umbels. 

 The firft fort is the common Rue, which has been 

 long cultivated in the gardens, and is that which is 

 directed to be ufed in medicine, but of late years the 

 fecond fort has fo generally prevailed, as almoft to 

 fupplant the firfl: in the gardens about London ; that 

 being hardier than the firfl:, is not fo liable to be 

 killed by fevere frofl:. 



The firfl: rifes with a flirubby fl:alk to the height of 

 five or fix feet, fending out branches on every fide, 

 garniflied with decompounded leaves, whofe fmall 

 leaves (or lobes) are wedge-fliaped ; they are of a 

 gray colour, and have a fl:rong odour. The flowers 

 are produced at the end of the branches, in bunches 

 almoft: in form of umbels ; they are compofed of 

 four yellow concave petals, which are cut on their 

 edges, and eight yellow ftamina which are lonc^er 

 than the petals, terminated by roundifli fummits. 

 The germen becomes a roundifli capfule, with four 

 lobes punched full of holes, containing rough black 

 feeds. It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in 

 autumn. 



The fecond fort hath a flirubby fl:alk which rifes three 

 or four feet high, fending out many branches gar- 

 niflied with decompounded leaves, which are nar- 

 rower than thofe of the former fort ; they are of a 

 bluifli gray colour, and have a fl:rong odour. The 

 flowers grow in longer and lopfer bunches than the 

 former ; they have four Ihort, concave, yellow pe- 

 tals, and eight fhort fliamina of equal length with 

 the petals. The'teed-vefl^el is like that of the former, 

 but fmaller. This fort is more commonly to be found 

 in gardens than the firfl:. 



The third fort grows naturally in Spain. The lower 

 leaves of this are compounded of feveral parts, which 

 are joined to the midrib in the fame manner as other 

 branching winged leaves, and are garniflied with fmall 

 linear leaves, (landing without order. The fl:alks 

 rife from two to three feet high, branching out from 

 the bottom ; thefe are garniflied with leaves which 

 are divided into five parts, and thofe at the top into 

 three, which are as fmall and narrow as thofe at the 

 bottom i they are of a gray colour, but are not fo 

 ftinking as thofe of the other. The flowers grow at 

 the end of the branches in loofe fpikes, which are ge- 

 nerally reflexed ; the petals of the flower are yellow, 

 and appear in June ; thefe are fucceeded by fmall 

 feed-veflfels filled with angular black feeds. It flowers 

 in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The feeds of the fourth fort came from Aleppo, and 

 it has alfo been brought from the Cape of Good 

 Hope; this hath flrrong flirubby ftalks which ri:'c 

 about three feet high, dividing into many branches, 

 which are garniflied with decompounded kaves lar- 

 ger than thofe of the common fort, and have a ftronger 

 odour. The flowers are difpofed almoft in form of 

 an umbel at the cncl of the branches ; they have five 

 concave yellow petals, vvliofc borders are ie: with fine 

 hairs, and ten fl:amina which are of equal length with 

 the petals. This fort flowers in June, and the feeds 

 ripen in autumn. The feed-vefl^els of this are much 

 larger than thofe of the common fort. - 

 The fifth fort grows naturally at Aleppo; this hath 

 flirubby ft-alks,' which are fmaller, and do not rife fa 

 high as thofe of the former fort. The leaves are 

 much narrower and grayer than thofe, but have the 

 fame fl:rong odour ; the flowers are fmaller, and have 



five' petals, which are pretty clofe fet with fmall 



hairs ; 



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