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Switzerland) ; glabrous, the buds orange-crimson. H. 

 hirsutum, L. ; pubescent, flowers small, pale yellow. 

 H. montanum, L. ; nearly glabrous, flowers pale yellow, 

 the upper pairs of leaves very distant. H. humi- 

 fusum^ L. ; stem slender, prostrate ; very local. H. 

 elodes, Huds. {Elodes palusirisy Sp.); leaves orbicular, 

 woolly, flowers pale yellow, campanulate, half-closed ; 

 bogs, very rare. The following are not British : — H. 

 Rickerij Vill. (Burseriy Sp.), (PI. 25) ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, not dotted, flowers few, large, petals spotted, 

 sepals with a broad fringe of glands, terminating in a 

 club, stem 2-ridged ; rare ; Jura, Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 

 H. numiniila7'iuin^ L. (PI. 26) ; flowers solitary or very 

 few, leaves coriaceous, glabrous, orbicular, not dotted, 

 stem glabrous, 4-12 in., whole plant tinged with red; 

 high ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



C. Stamens in five bundles ; leaves opposite : — H. 

 Androscemum^ L. {Androscemum officinale^ All.); 

 shrubby, flowers large, fruit a black berry ; woods ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Pyrenees. 



Order XXIII.— RUTACE^. 



Flowers usually regular; sepals and petals usually 4 

 each ; stamens usually 10 ; leaves with translucent dots ; 

 seed-vessel generally composed of a number of follicles. 

 A large order, chiefly of tropical and sub- tropical shrubs 

 and trees ; not alpine. 



I. RUTA, L. 



Flowers regular ; leaves deeply divided ; shrubs with a 

 strong odour. 



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