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FicgurRn 24.—Starleaf (Choisya dumosa), an ornamental aromatic southwestern 
shrub, rather closely related to orange and other citrus fruits, and (though per- 
haps erroneously) suspected by goatmen of occasionally poisoning their bands: 
A, Fruiting capsule; B, flowering spray; C, detail of leaflet 
New Mexico to southern Utah and southern California and south 
into Mexico and is reputed to have medicinal properties (127). It is 
agreeably scented when dry, but when fresh the odor is offensive. 
Texas desert-rue (7. texana, syn. Rutosma purpurea), a smaller 
half-shrubby plant ranging in lower woodland types from western 
