21. FITTOSPORACE^!. 
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rarely fewer in eacli cell ; styles as many as tlie lobes or cells 
from tlieir lower angles, separate downwards, united upwards ; 
stigma simple 3-5-angular. Fr. a capsule with carp, more or 
less united bursting inwardly. Seeds few single or in pairs in 
each carp, with or without albumen ; radicle superior. — Mostly 
strong-smelling pi. sprinkled with pellucid resinous dots or 
glands. L. without stipules often pellucid-dotted and com- 
pound. FI. coiymbose y. or w. 
1. Ruta. Cal. 4-, rarely 3- or 5-partite. Pet. as many, 
clawed concave or spoon-shaped. Starn. twice as many. 
Nectariferous pores or glands on the gynophore as many as 
the stam. Ov. with as many lobes or grooves as the sep. — 
Strong-smelling glaucous pi. FI. y. the central one gene- 
rally pentamerous. 
1. Rtjta L. 
Rue. 
1. R. BRACTEOSA DC. Rue. Arruda. 
St. flexuose leafy ; 1. nearly or quite sessile 2-3-pinnate 2-3 
times as long as broad, in outline rather short broadly oblong 
or oval, the middle pinnae being the longest ; lfts. narrow oblong 
or elliptic obtuse, wedgeshaped downwards ; branches of cyme 
and pedic. quite smooth ; br. leafy rather large cordate or ovate ; 
pet. fringed contracting abruptly into the claw ; lobes of caps, 
remote acuminate. — DC. i. 710; Spr. ii. 320; Presl 215; RIB. 
8. t. 780. f. 1063 ; RFG. 5. t. 157. f. 4815 ; Koch 159 ; WB. i. 
13, 14 : Seub. FI. Az. 47. H. graveolens Buch ! 196. no. 346 ; 
Hoiks List (not Linn.). H. angustifolia Lowe in Hook. J. of Bot. 
i. 42 (not Pers.). — Suffr. per. Mad. reg. 1, cc ; PS. reg. 3, £ ; 
GD. reg. 2, c. Sunny hill-sides and rocky places near the 
sea or with a maritime exposure general in Madeira, as at the 
Brazen Head, the Piedade and other parts of Ponta S. Louren^o. 
In PS. up Pico de Baxo and P. de Conselho sparingly. March- 
June. — A low shr. about 1 ft. high, glaucous or greyish very 
strongly fetid and intensely bitter. L. crowded upwards, with 
narrow spathulate or cuneate distinct lfts. ; lowest pair of pinnre 
stipulary or set close to the st. FI. rather conspicuous greenish-y. 
Br. large compared with those of Ii. angustifolia Pers., to which 
I formerly referred this pi. 
Order XXI. PITTOSPORACE^E. 
The Pitch-seed Family. 
FI. perfect regular. Sep. 5 or 4 deciduous imbricate in bud. 
Pet. 5 or 4 slightly clawed and cohering by the claws imbri- 
