. A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns. Botany. RUTACEAE 577 Rusbya Britton (Anthopterus EP.). Ericaceae (in. 2). i Bolivia. Rusbyanthus Gilg. Gentianaceae (i). i Bolivia. Rusbyella Rolfe. Orchidaceae (ll. 19). i Bolivia. Ruscus (Tourn.) L. Liliaceae (vil). 3 Medit., Eur. R. acuhatus L., butcher's broom, in Brit., a small shrub. In the axils of scaly 1. stand leaf-like phylloclades; half-way up each is another scaly L, in whose axil stands the fl. Berry. [Cf. Asparagus and Semele.] Rush, Junc'iis; beak-, Khynchospora; bul-, Typha; Dutch-, Eqtd- setutu; flowering--, Bit f omits; -gras
. A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns. Botany. RUTACEAE 577 Rusbya Britton (Anthopterus EP.). Ericaceae (in. 2). i Bolivia. Rusbyanthus Gilg. Gentianaceae (i). i Bolivia. Rusbyella Rolfe. Orchidaceae (ll. 19). i Bolivia. Ruscus (Tourn.) L. Liliaceae (vil). 3 Medit., Eur. R. acuhatus L., butcher's broom, in Brit., a small shrub. In the axils of scaly 1. stand leaf-like phylloclades; half-way up each is another scaly L, in whose axil stands the fl. Berry. [Cf. Asparagus and Semele.] Rush, Junc'iis; beak-, Khynchospora; bul-, Typha; Dutch-, Eqtd- setutu; flowering--, Bit f omits; -grass (Am.), Sporobolus; spike-, Eleocharis; wood-, Litznla. Ruspolia Lindau. Acanthaceae (). 2 Somaliland. Russelia Jacq. Scrophulariaceae (n. 4). 8 trop. Am. K. juncea Zucc., often cult., is xero. with much reduced 1. and pendulous green stems. Shoots sometimes appear under cult, with broad 1. (perhaps a reversion to an ancestral type). Russian thistle, Salsola Kali, L., var. tragns Moq. Russowia C. Winkler. Gompositae (n). i Turkestan. Rust, Berberis, Triticittn. Rustia Klotzsch. Rubiaceae (i. i). 6 trop. Am. Ruta (Tourn.) L. Rutaceae (i). 50 Medit, As. R. graveolens L., rue, cult., is a strongly smelling shrub, owing to the presence in the 1., &c., of an ethereal oil. The terminal fl. of the infl. is 5-merous, the lat. fls. 4-merous. The sta. lie in pairs in the boat-like petals; one by one they bend upwards over the stigma, dehisce and fall back; when all have done this, the stigma ripens, and finally the sta. again move up and effect self-fert. Chiefly visited by small flies. Rue is a narcotic and stimulant. Rutabaga, Brassica cainpestris L. Rutaceae (EP., BH. add § II to Meliaceae). Dicots. (Archichl. Gera- niales). 100 gen., with 800 sp. trop. and temp., esp. S. Afr. and Austr. Most are shrubs and trees, often xero., frequently of heath- like habit ( Diosma). L. alt. or opp., exstip., usu. cpd., with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pag
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