Ruta graveolens, L.

4. R. graveolens L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 383 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Glabrous throughout; stem 14-45 cm. Lower leaves more or less long-petiolate, the uppermost subsessile; ultimate segments 2-9 mm wide, lanceolate to narrowly oblong or obovate. Inflorescence rather lax; pedicels as long as or longer than the capsule; bracts lanceolate, leaf-like. Sepals lanceolate, acute. Petals oblong-ovate, denticulate, undulate. Capsule glabrous; segments somewhat narrowed above to an cbtuse apex. Balkan peninsula and Krym; perhaps elsewhere in Mediterranean region; widely naturalized from gardens in S. & S.C. Europe. Al *B1 Bu Ga *Hs Ju Rs (K) Tu [Au Co Cz G a Ge G r He Hu It Rm]. 5. R. Corsica DC. , Prodr. 1: 710 (1824). Glabrous throughout; stem 18-45 cm, much-branched from the base upwards. Lower leaves with petioles up to 8 cm, the uppermost subsessile; ultimate segments 1*5-7 mm wide, obovate to cuneate-orbicular. Inflorescence lax, virgate; pedicels ascending, the lower up to 7 times as long as the capsule, the upper twice as long. Sepals deltate-ovate, obtuse. Petals broadly ovate, pale yellow, denticulate, undulate. Capsule-segments acuminate. • Mountains o f Corse and Sardegna. Co Sa.