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D IC T ÁM N U S angustifolius.
Narrow-leaved Fraxinella.
Linnean Class and Order. D E C A N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
NaturalOrder. B 1 0 SM .EÆ . R.B row n gen. rem. on thebot.of ter. a u st.p .\3 .
T r ib u s l. D iosmkæ E ü r o p e a næ . jF/ores irregularis. P eia/a 5, distincta.
» « » i t o numero dupla, libera, hypogyna. Discus 0. Onaria 5, distincta,
singula 4-ovulata. S ty li totidem, superiùs coaliti. Seminum testa
atra, nitida, tenuis. Embryo intrà perispermuni carnosum, album, modicè
densum, concolor, radiculâ rectâ brevi, cotyledonibus ovatis juxta positis.
— Herbæ. Yo\ìaalterna,impari-pinnata. Yioxesracemositerminales. Dios-
mea Europæana bina, è regionibus Australibus : à ceeteris Biosmeis distincta
loculis plusquàm biovulatis, structuràque seminis simùl ac flore irregulari.
Adr. de Jus. Memoires sur les Rutaces. p. 84.
D IC T A M N U S . Calyx brevis, 5-partitus, laciniis inæqualibus, deciduus.
P e ta la 5, longiora, unguiculata, lanceolata, inæqualia, irregulariter
patula (4 sursùm geminatìm opposita, quintum inferius declinatum.) Stamina
10 similiter declinata:fllamenta subulato-filiformia, inæqualia, 5 petalis
longiora : antheroe terminales. Ovaria 5, tuberculato-hispida, stipiti glabri
imposita, basi inter se connata, 3-4-ovulata, ovulis axi medio adnexis. S ty li
5, ex ángulo interno ovariorum orti, mox in unum coaliti petalis brevio-
rem, declinatum, basi hispidulum, stigmate obtuso papilloso terminatum.
Fructus stipitatus, 5-capsularis, capsulis verticillatis, inter se basi connatis,
2-3-spermis.— Herbæ graveolentes. Eolia alterna, impari-pinnata, 4-8-ju-
ga ¡foliolis serrulatis, pellucido-punctatis ; petiolis inter ju g a sæpè subalatis.
Flores in summis ramis racemosìm dispositi ; racemis infrà compositis, apice
simplicibus ; pedunculis bracteatis ; pedicellis basi medioque bracteolatis ;
speciosi, albi aut purpurascentes. Ramuli, pedunculi, pedicelli, bracteæ,
pars calycis petalorumque exterior et superior filamentorum, ovaria et fructus
glandulis crebris, substipitatis quasi hispida. Adr. de Juss. mem. sur
le ruta. p. 84-85.
D . angustifolius, racemis simplicibus, laciniis calycis subæqualibus, foliolis
oblongo-lanceolatis acutis serrulatis basi inæqualibus, petiolis alato-
marginatis.
Dictamnus angustifolius. G. Don Mart. M ill. diet. ed. nov, ined.
Perennial A/ewi several from the same root, erect, somewhat
flexuose, angular, slightly hairy, the upper part covered
with small dark-coloured glands. Leaves alternate, pinnate,
terminated by an odd leaflet : leaflets from 4 to 6 pair, distant,
opposite or sometimes alternate, almost sessile, or on
very short footstalks ; the terminal one on a longer one, oblongly
or broadly lanceolate, terminated in a sharp point,
unequal at the base, which is slightly attenuated, but rather
rounded, serrulated with numerous short sharp teeth at the
margins, dotted with numerous small dots, smooth and glossy
on the upper side, underneath penninerved, and clothed
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