Ruta chalepensis L.

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349. Ruta chalepensis L. var. bracteosa DC.
Prodr. 1:710 (1824).
Phytogeogr. value : A Mediterranean species, penet-
rating into the Sudano-Deccanian region.
Occurs in Palestine in all parts of IVIediterranean territories.
A frequent component of Cistetum salviaefoUi Its occurrence in
tropical Arabia and Abyssinia is probably due to introduction ;
commonly used by natives as a kouse-plant for its pungent odour.
Samaria, N. of Nablus,, rocky place in a destroyed Batha
1. VI. 1935.
Leg. A. Eig.
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