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RUTACE^E. III. APLOPHYLLUM. 



will grow freely in any light rich soil ; and cuttings, planted 

 under a hand-glass, will soon strike root. They may be also 

 obtained from seeds, which in many species ripen in abundance. 



III. APLOPHY'LLUM (from cnrXooe, aploos, simple, and 

 <fiv\\o>>, phyllon, a leaf; leaves simple, not compound, as in Rue). 

 Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 464. t. 17. no 10. Ruta, sects. 

 3 and 4. D. C. prod. 1. p. 711. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx short, 5-parted, 

 falling off late. Petals 5, unguiculate, flat, entire. Stamens 

 10, the 5 shortest opposite the petals ; filaments dilated at the 

 base and villous on the inside ; anthers each furnished with a 

 minute gland at the point. Ovary 5-lobed, surrounded by a 

 nectariferous ring. Styles 5, constantly joined in one, dilated 

 from the base to the apex, and terminated by a capitate papil- 

 lose, 5-furrowed stigma. Capsules 5-celled, 5 -furrowed, open- 

 ing inwardly at the apex. Seeds reniform, scrobiculate, or tu- 

 berculate, fixed to the inner angle of the cells. Albumen fleshy. 

 Embryo arched, with a long radicle. Perennial herbs, rarely 

 shrubs. Leaves simple, seldom ternate, glaucous. Flowers 

 corymbose, yellow, rarely white. This genus has the strong 

 disagreeable smell of rue, as well as possessing the same medical 

 qualities, but in a lesser degree. 



1. Trifblia, D. C. prod. 1. p. 711. Leaves 3, together, 

 approximate, quite entire, lower and uppermost ones solitary, un- 

 divided. 



1 A. PATAVINUM ; middle leaves 3 together, linear, tapering 

 to the base, quite entire ; corymbs crowded ; calyxes villous ; 

 petals entire. I/ . H. Native of the mountain Saxo-Nigro, at 

 Arqua, near Padua. Ruta Patavlna, Lin. gen. 549. Michel, 

 gen. t. 19. Leaves furnished with a tooth or lobe at the base. 

 Flowers yellow, with a green central rib. 



Padua Aplophyllum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



2 A. UICHOTOMUM ; middle leaves 3 together, linear, tapering 

 to the base, quite entire ; corymbs loosely panicled, dichotomous ; 

 calyxes a little fringed. Tf.. F. Native of Persia. Ruta di- 

 chotoma, D. C. prod. 1. p. 711. Flowers yellow. Stamens 

 much dilated at the base. 



Dichotomous Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



3 A. PUBE'SCENS ; leaves nearly all 3 together, lanceolate, 

 pubescent, entire, lateral ones very short ; corymbs many- 

 flowered ; calyxes and ovaries villous. I/. H. Native of 

 Spain, near Aranjuez. R. pubescens, Willd. enum. 446. 

 R. Patavina, Poir. diet. 6. p. 335. Lam. ill. t. 345. f. 2. 

 Flowers yellow. Filaments a little fringed at the base, hardly 

 dilated. 



Pubescent Aplophyllum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL 1 ft. 



^ 2. Integrifolia. Leaves undivided, entire, solitary. 



4 A. CORDA'TVJM ; leaves entire, cordate, stem-clasping ; co- 

 rymbs many-flowered ; petals oval-oblong, quite entire ; fila- 

 ments smooth. 1J. . F. Native of Nipaul in Gosainsthan. 

 Ruta cordata, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 206. Root thick, tuberous. 

 Stem simple. Flowers small, yellow. 



Cordate- leaved Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



5 A. FUUTICULOSUM ; leaves entire, ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 and are as well as the calyxes villous ; corymbs few-flowered ; 

 petals oblong ; filaments and calyxes ciliated at the base ; ovaries 

 smooth. T? . 11 . F. Native about Damascus. R. fruticulosa, 

 Labil. syr. 1. p. 13. t. 4. Buxb. cent. 2. p. 30. t. 28. f. 1. 

 Flowers yellowish. 



Shrubby Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



6 A. TUBERCULA'TUM (Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 528. 

 t. 17. no, 10.) leaves entire, pilose, under surface as well as 

 stems and capsules tuberculated ; capsules rather pilose ; cells 

 2-sccded. ^ . F. Native of Egypt and Nubia. Ruta tuber- 



culata, Forsk. descr. 86. Flowers small, yellow. Corymbs 

 dichotomous. Petals oblong. 



Var. a, Forskahlii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 711.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate. 



Var. ft, Montbretii (D. C. prod. 1. p. 711.) leaves obovately 

 cuneated. 



Tubercled Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



7 A. GLA'BRUM; leaves entire, oblong-linear, glandular beneath 

 as well as the stems, smooth on both surfaces as well as the 

 stems, calyxes, and capsules ; petals oblong-linear. 3. F. 

 Native between Mosul and Bagdad. Ruta glabra, D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 711. Corymbs dichotomous. Flowers yellowish. Fila- 

 ments fringed. 



Smooth Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



8 A. VILLOSUM ; leaves entire, lower ones oblong, the rest 

 linear, and are as well as the stems pubescent ; calyxes and 

 ovaries hairy ; petals oblong. If,. H. Native of Caucasus and 

 Iberia, in fields exposed to the sun. Ruta villosa, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 310. R. parviflora, Desf. cor. Tourn. t. 54. 

 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 28. f. 2. Flowers small, yellowish, racemose. 



Villous Aplophyllum. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



9 A. LINIFOLIUM ; leaves entire, oblong-lanceolate, tapering 

 to the base, and are as well as the stems, smoothish ; calyxes 

 very short, a little ciliated ; ovaries villous ; petals ovate. If. H. 

 Native of Spain near Valentia, Cyprus, and various parts of 

 Greece. Ruta linifolia, Lin. spec. 549. Andr. bot. rep. t. 565. 

 Smith, fl. graec. 370. Bocc. mus. t. 73. f. 3. Flowers yellow, 

 corymbose. 



Flax-leaved Aplophyllum. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1752. PI. 1 ft. 



10 A. SUAVE'OLENS ; leaves entire, spatulately-lanceolate, 

 glaucous, smoothish ; calyxes a little fringed ; ovaries quite 

 smooth ; petals ovate. Jj . H. Native of Tauria and Bess- 

 arabia, in exposed places. Ruta suaveolens, D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 711. Ruta linifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 309. Ruta linifoiia, 

 var. grandiflora, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2254. Flowers yellow, co- 

 rymbose, having the smell of those of Primula officinfdis. 



Var. ft, congesta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 711.) flowers few, but 

 crowded. 3/.H. Native on Mount Olympus. Flowers having 

 the scent of those of the lemon. 



Smeet-scented Aplophyllum. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



11 A. BUXBAU'MII ; leaves entire, lanceolate, tapering into 

 the petiole, somewhat puberulous ; branches of panicle dicho- 

 tomously corymbose, divaricating, compressed at the forks ; 

 filaments fringed at the base. Ij. . F. Native of Thrace, near 

 Rodosto in fields, as well as of Troy and of Syria. Ruta Bi;x- 

 baumii, D. C. prod. 1. p. 711 Buxb. cent. 2. t. 28. f. 2. 

 Flowers yellowish. Petals oblong. Ovary smoothish. 



Buxbaum's Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



12 A. ACUTIFOLIUM ; leaves entire, oblong, on very short 

 stalks, acute at both ends, and are, as well as the stems, 

 smooth ; lower ones opposite ; panicle corymbose, dichotomous ; 

 calyxes very acute, a little fringed ; capsules smooth. If. . F. 

 Native of Persia, between Kermancha and Amadan. Ruta 

 acutifolia, D. C. prod. 1. p. 711. Flowers yellowish. 



Acute-leaved Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



ISA. LINEA^RE ; leaves entire, linear, smooth, dotted beneath ; 

 corymbs few-flowered, dichotomous ; petals linear-oblong ; 

 capsules smooth, 3-lobed. I/. H. Native of the south of 

 Siberia. Ruta linearis, D. C. prod. 1. p. 712. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. 



.Linear-leaved Aplophyllum. PI. 1 foot. 



14 A. THESIOIDES ; leaves entire, linear-lanceolate, smooth ; 

 stems puberulous towards the top ; corymbs crowded ; sepals 

 roundish ; filaments dilated at the base and hairy inside, y.. H. 

 Native of the eastern shore of the Caspian sea. Rutathesicides, 



