Order 26. Geraniacea. 45 



opposite oblong, flowers rose purple or white, spur very long, 

 incurved, wings auricled. Konkans (>.) 



*I. Lawii, small, much branched, smooth, leaves opposite oblong, 

 flowers large, lip small without spur, wings 3-lobed. A very 

 beautiful species. S. Konkan (D), I. tomentosa, small, leaves opposite 

 oblong, rough above, flowers purple, one or two in each axil, on 

 longish hairy stalks, lip inflated into a very short spur. Mahablesh- 

 war. Fonda Ghaut (!>.) *L latifolia, stout, two or three feet high, 

 smooth, leaves ovate lanceolate, flowers large solitary, pale purple 

 with green lips and spur. Konkan, common (D.). 



Any one who could collect all the species obtainable in the 

 Presidency, and get them properly identified, would do a great 

 service. It would have to be done mostly in the rains. 



ORDER 27. RTITACE^i. 



In this order H. has included Aurantiaceae, which, from its 

 very decided characteristics, I think it well to keep separate as 

 much as possible. 



TRIBE KITTED. Rues. 



Herbs, rarely shrubby, flowers regular, disk thick, ovary 

 deeply 3 to 5-lobed. 



PEGANUM. Leaves alternate, petals 4 or 5, stamens 12 to 

 15, inserted at the base of the disk, some without anthers. 



Note. This genus, unlike the order generally, has neither glands 

 nor smell. 



*P. harmala. A large smooth-branched plant, with thick 

 foliage, leaves multifid, segments linear, acute, flowers solitary 

 in the axils, white with green veins, capsule round, 3 or 4- 

 celled. Syrian rue. Harmdra, ispand* 



Bijapore and Indapore, and very abundant in Sind. Widely 

 distributed through the least fertile parts of the world (all over 

 Afghanistan, Bellew) ; and in a barren part of Morocco Hooker 

 found it forming at intervals green patches among the general 

 barrenness. " The Turks use the seeds both as a spice and for dyeing 

 red." Chambers. 



Ruta graveoleus. Common rue, Santdp, santuri is commonly 

 cultivated. 



"Rank- smelling rue." Spenser. 



" Sour herb of grace 

 Rue even for ruth." Richard II. 



This is thus explained by 0. Knight : " The rues like the oranges 

 abound in oil glands, but with a different result, the smell in that case 

 being as disagreeable, as in most of the orange family it is sweet. 

 From this fact rue is said to express ruth or sorrow, and then, by 



