486 XXXIII. RUTACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rvta- 



coriaceons, pustular and pubescent, nerveless. Cymes diohotomously branclied, divi- 

 sions pubescent and glandular. Jinowem k "• diam., the centre one of each cyninle 

 sessile, the others shortly pedicelled. Sepcds very short broad, obtuse. Petote hmbri- 

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

 species. 



DOUBTFDL SPECIES. 



EuTA (Haplophtlt.cm), sp., AitcM8on{Cca. JPimjab andSindhPl. 30) from Peshawur 

 {Stewart) is undeterminable. 



2. BCCVMIMGHAtrSEITIA, Beiclib. 



A perennial-rooted herb. Leaves alternatej 2-pinnate, leaflets quite 

 entire. Flowers in compound terminal leafy panicled cymes, white, pedicels 

 slender. Ccdyx 4-5-lobed, persistent. Petals 4-5, obovate-oblong, imbricate. 

 Stamens 6-8, inserted at the base of an urceolate disk, filaments filiform, the 

 alternate shorter ; anthers oblong. Omr?/ long-stipitate, 3-5-lobed, narrowed 

 below, lobes l-ceUed distant ; styles 3-5, ventral, connate, stignia sinmle; 

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

 of 6-8 free membranous ventrally dehiscing few-seeded carpels. Seeds 

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



1. B. albiflora, Reich. Campect. 197. Euta albiflora, Hook. Exot. Flor. 

 t. 79 ; Wall. Cat. 1203. E. japonica, Si/:b. 



Temperate . Himalata, from Marri to Sikkim, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; Khasia Mts., alt. 

 4-6000 ft. — DisTRiB. Japan. 



A slender erect branching perennial-rooted herb, 1-2 ft., glabrous or somewhat 

 pubescent. Leaves 2-3-pinnate ; petiole slender; leaflets i_-| in., obovate or ohcor- 

 date, glaucous beneath, membranous, the terminal largest, petioled. Cymes leafy, many- 

 flowered. Flowers \-\ in. diam., inclined or nodding, pure white. Calyx very small. 

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



3. FEGAVrvm, Linn. 



Branching , glabrous or pubescent perennial-rooted herbs. ■ Leaves 

 alternate, entire or multifid, not glandular ; stipules setaceous. Flowers 

 solitary, in subterminal leaf-opposed peduncles, white. Sepals 4r-5, often 

 foliaceou's and pinnatifid, persistent. Petals 4-5, subequal, imbricate. 

 Stamens 12-lS, inserted at the base of the disk, some antherless ; filaments 

 dilated below ; anthers linear. Ovary globose, deeply 2-3-lobed ; styles 

 basal, twisted, 2-3-keeled above, the keels stigmatose ; ovules many in each 

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

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

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

 of the Mediterranean, W- Asia, and Mexico. 



This genus is perhaps better placed in Zygophyllece. 



1. P. Karmala, Liun. ; glabrous, stem dichotomously and corymboSely 

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

 capsular. Wall. Cat. 1204; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 917 ; W. & A.Prodr. 146; 

 Bah. <k Gibs. Brnnh. Fl. 45. 



Noitli- West India, /rom Sindh, the Pasjab, and the Kashuhr plain to -Delhi and 

 Agra ; the Western Deccan. — Distrib. Soongaria, Arabia, N. Africa, and westward 

 to Hungary and Spain. 



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



