4>'i xxxin. RUTACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ituta. 



coriaceous, pnstular and pubescent, nerveless. Cymes dichotomously branched, divi- 

 sions pubescent and glandular. Flowers | in. diam., the centre one of each cynnile 

 sessile, the others shortly pedicelled. Sepals very short broad, obtuse. Pttols timbri- 

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

 species. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



I JUT A (HAPLOPHYLU:M\ pp., Aitcltison(f'nt. Punjab and Sindh PI . 30) from Peshawur 

 rt) is undeterminable. 



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2. BCBNNINGHATTSENIA, Reickb. 



A perennial-rooted herb. Leave* alternate, 2-pinnate, leaflets quite 

 entire. Flowtr* in compound terminal leafy panieled cymes, white, pedicels 

 slender. Calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent. J\-f<//.< 4-5, obovate-obloni:, imbricate. 

 ru ; -8, inserted at the base of an urceolate disk, filaments filiform, the 

 alternate shorter ; anthers oblong. Ov<irn long-stipitate, 3-5-lobed, narrowed 

 below, lobes l -eel led distant ; styles 3-5, ventral, connate, stigma simple: 

 ovules 6-8 in each cell, pendulous from the middle of the axis. Fruit 

 of 6-8 free membranous ventrally dehiscing few-seeded carpels, 

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



1. B. albiflora, //' /</,. Cottyxct, i'.7. Ruta albiflora, II ',]:. F.rof. Flr. 

 t. 7!); Wall. Cat. 1203. R. japoriica, Siili. 



TKMI-KKATK HIMAI.AVA, from Marri to Sikkim, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; KIIASIA Mrs., alt. 

 1 i '.DUO ft. 1 Ms-run:. Japan. 



A sleiuh'r erect branch in^ perennial-rooted herb, 1-2 ft., glabrous or somewhat 

 '.pinnate: petiole slender; leaflets \-'\ in., obovate or ibei>r- 

 l.-nienus lieneath, niemli'-annus, the terminal largest, petioled. <"///// x leafy, niany- 

 il. /-',<. /'v/'.s- \-}, iii. diam., inelined or noddii'ir, pure white. Calyx v.-vy small. 

 oblong, obtuse. Pedicel of ovary variable in length. Fruit \-^ in. diam. 



3. PEQANUIVI, Linn. 





Branching glabrous or pubescent perennial-rooted herbs. / 

 alternate, entire or multifid, not glandular ; stipules setaceous. /' 

 solitary, in subterminal leaf-opposed peduncles, white. ,sV-y^//.s 4 5, often 

 foiiaceous and pinnatifid, persistent. / } </<//x 4-5, subequal, imbricate. 

 ^'mnnis \-2 -15, inserted at the base of the disk, some antherless ; filaments 

 dilated below; anthers linear. ()vrn globose, deeply 2-3-lobed ; styles 

 basal, twisted, 2s-3-keeled above, the keels Btigmatose ; ovules many in eacli 

 cell, inserted in the inner angle. Fruit globose, 3-4-celled, dry and 

 3-valved or fleshy and indehiscent, cells many-seeded. Seeds angled , te.-ta 

 spongy, rough, albumen fleshy ; embryo curved. DiSTRiB. Species 4, natives 

 of the Mediterranean, \V. Asia, and Mexico. 



This genus is perhaps better placed in 



1. P. Harmala, Linn.; glabrous, stem dichotomously and corymbosely 

 branched, leaves multifid, segments linear acute, petals elliptic-oblong, fruit 

 capsular. Wall. Cat. 1204; jBo/x.s. /'/. Orient, i. 917; W. & A.Prodr. 146; 

 Dah. & Gibs. Bvmb. Fl. 45. 



North-West India, from Sixinr, the PANJAB, and the KASHMIR plain to DELHI and 

 AURA ; the WESTERN DECCAN. DISTKIB. Soongaria, Arabia, N. Africa, and westward 

 to Hungary and Spain. 



A bush, 1-3 ft. high, much branched and densely foliaged. Stem stout, flexuous. 



