46 RANUNCULACEiE. (CROWI'OOT FAMILY.) 



7. D. rig-idum, D.C. Velvety-canescent, viscid, rigid, 

 much branched from base. Racemes with few, scattered, icliite, or 

 rose- colored flowers. Middle lobe of petal Mjid, much shorter than 

 lateral, rounded lobes. Spur as long as petal. Fruiting peduncle long, 

 straight, or slightly dent near a'pex. Follicle sparingly glandular-hairy, 

 oblong, curved upward, ending abrwptly in a beak one-third to one-half 

 its length — April to July — Fields, Syria and Palestine. 



8. I>. Cappadociciim, Boiss. Pubescent with white hairs 

 below, and golden hairs loith glandular lyase above. Lobes of leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate. Racemes loose ; flowers violet. Middle lobe of 

 petal oblong, bifid, as long as, and narrower than lateral lobes. Spur 

 tioice as long as petals. Fruiting peduncles sj^reading, recurved. 

 Follicles sparsely hairy, oblong, tapering into a beak one-fourth their 

 length — June — Aintab and northward. 



t t Petal obovate, broader than long, truncate, ^-toothed. 



9. D. cleserti, Boiss. Dwarf puberulent, viscid, dichoto- 

 mous from base. Leaves oblong, minute. Flowers minute, terminal., 

 yelloio. Spur horizontal, as long as petal. Follicle pubescent, oblong, 

 few seeded — Spring — Lesser desert (Barriyat Ja'far). 



1 1 1 Petal 5-lobed. Calyx spur boat-shaped icith a crozier-shap)ed 

 extremity. 



10. I>. aiitltoroideiiin, Boiss. Appressed-j^ubescent, 

 dichotomous. Flowers whitisli-rose-colored. Upper lobe of petal bifid 

 longer than intermediate triangular lobes. Lower lobes ovate, larger 

 than the rest. Follicle oblong, ending abruptly in a beak one-fourth its 

 length — Summer — Dry places from middle zone of Antilebanon, 

 Lebanon, and Coelesyria, to Aintab and northward. 



* * Follicles 3. Petals distinct, the upjper notched. 



11. 1>. peregrinuin, L. More or less pubescent, or glabrous, 

 glaucescent. Branches stiff, straight, nearly naked. Lower leaves 

 3-parted, leaflets cut into linear-lanceolate lobes. Upper leaves entire, 

 linear. Flowers molet-colored. Laminae of lateral petals a little 

 shorter than, or as long as claw. Spur straight, ascending, once and • 

 a half to tioice as long as flower. Follicles cylindrical, mucronate or 

 aristate, slightly hairy — June to October — Dry places, Syria and 

 Palestine to 1,500 m. A variable species, including D. virgatum, Poir, 

 and perhaps D. halteratum, Sibth. et 8m, 



Var. <len§uiii. Pubescent. Racemes long, dense. Calyx sparingly 

 pubescent. Spur 1^ as long as flower. 



Var. laxiim. Puberulent, or glabrous, glaucescent. Racemes 

 loose, few-flowered. Calyx as in last. Spur twice as long as flower. 

 Follicles turgid. (Z), mrgatum, Poir). The commonest variety. 



Var. eriocalyx. Calyx densely pubescent. Spur 1^ as long as 

 flower. Follicle turgid, somewhat torulose — Beilan. 



12. I>. Bovei, Decaisme. Dwarf, glabrous, excepting the 

 appressed-pubescent peduncles. Branches rigid. Lower leaves oblong- 

 spathulate, trifid. Stem leaves linear -lanceolate, acute, undivided. 



