RUTACEÆ. 459 
alternate,' all pinnatisect or the upper laciniate ; flowers’ in terminal 
spikes,’ at first scorpioid, foliaceous-bracteate (Central and Western 
Asia, North-eastern Africa’). 
5. Dictamnus L.—Flowers hermaphrodite irregular; sepals 5, 
subequal, subimbricate. Petals 5, alternate dissimilar, imbricated ; 
the outermost anterior declinate ; superior 4, 2-nate ascending. Sta- 
mens 10, 2-seriate, inserted below rather thick disk; filaments free 
glandular, finally declinate; anthers sublaterally 2-rimose. Gynæ- 
ceum shortly stipitate subexcentric ; germens 5, oppositipetalous free ; 
styles same in number, afterwards coalescing in column with tapering 
stigmatiferous declinate apex ; ovules in each germen 2-4, or oftener 
3, of which 2 are usually ascending ; raphe extrorse ; the third descend- 
ing; raphe dorsal. Fruit cocci usually 5, rostrate compressed, hispid- 
glandular, elastically 2-valved ; endocarp solute. Seeds subglobose ; 
testa black nitid; albumen fleshy; embryo rather thick; radicle 
short.—A graveolens herb, suffrutescent at base, sprinkled with 
slightly prominent glands; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; leaves 
serrulate pellucid-punctuate ; flowers in terminal simple or ramified 
cymiferous racemes; pedicels bracteolate (Zwrope, Temp. Asia). See 
p. 383. 
IT. CUSPARIE. 
6. Erythrochiton Nres & Mart.—Flowers hermaphrodite, re- 
gular or irregular, 5-merous; receptacle convex. Calyx widely tubular- 
campanulate (coloured), 5-agonal or costate, valvate, finally unequally- 
cut, sub-2-labiate or 3—-5-fid. Petals connate or coalescing in long 
straight or curved tubular corolla; lobes 5, imbricated, equal or 
slightly unequal, imbricate or induplicate-valvate, finally equal or 
sub-2-labiate patent. Stamens 5-7 ; filaments all connate or coa- 
lescing, adherent to tube of corolla with apices nearly free at throat, 
of which 5 are alternipetalous, all antheriferous or 3 antherless ; 
oppositipetalous 1, 2, smaller sterile; anthers erect elongated, naked 
1 At first opposite, —FENZL., in Linnea, xiv. 289, t. 2.—Borss., 
2 Small, lutescent. Fl. Or., i. 918.—Waze., Rep., i. 519; ii. 825. 
3 False (?). —T. Eversmanni BGE., in Linnea, xiv. 177, t. 
4 Spee. 1. 7. salsa STEv., loc. cit—Lenes, 1.—Anatropa tenella EMRENB., loc, cit. 
Fl. Ross., i, 592.—CLAUS, in Geb, Reis., ii. 319. 
