FUMARIACE^. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



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1 .C. rutaefolia, Sibth. 

 71 (Fig. 12) Stem destitute 

 of scales at base. Stem 

 leaves opposite, short- 

 petiolecl or sessile, 1-2-ter- 

 nately-parted, leaflets petio- 

 lulate, entire or trisect, with 

 large ovate, rhomboidal, or 

 elliptical lobes. Flowers deep 

 Tose-colm^ed, crescentic, %oith 

 upturned spur, Silique ovate 



— April and May — Alpine 

 and subalpine regions of 

 Lebanon, Antilebanon, 

 Amanus, and northward. 



2. C. solida, Smith. 

 Jl Stem scaly at base. 

 Stem-leaves alternate, long- 

 petioled, 2-ternately parted, 

 and dissected into small, 

 oblong lobes. Flowers ptallid; 

 spur straight, or somewhat 

 dejiexed at apex, Silique 

 oblong-lanceolate — Spring 



— Middle and subalpine 

 regions of Lebanon, Anti- 

 lebanon, Nusairy Moun- 

 tains, and northward. 



Fig. 12 



Fig. 12. («) Flower bud of Corydalis rutaefolia, 

 Sibth, (Zi) One of the caducous sepals, (c) A flower, 

 after the separation of the calyx, (rf) The upper 

 petal, (c) A lateral petal. (/) The lower petal {g). 

 The upper set of stamens, with a long spur. (A) The 

 lower set of stamens, without spur, (i) The pistil, 

 with its slender style, and 2-lobed stigma. 



2, CERATOCAPXOS, Dueieu. 



Upper set of stamens spurred at base. Stigma minute, flattened, 

 dilated. Nutlets 1 -seeded; capsules 1-2-seeded; seeds not arillate — 

 Perennial, climbing, tendril-bearing vines, with short racemes of small 

 rose-colored flowers. 



C. Palaestina, Boiss. 2^ Leaves°l-2-ternate ; leaflets petiolulate, 

 ovate, obtuse, entire, mucronulate. Bracts in flower a little longer, 

 and in fruit a little shorter than pedicel — Feb. to May — Hedges and 

 rocks ; coast range and maritime plains of Syria and Palestine. 



3, FUMARIA, L. Fumitory. Shahtarraj. Riz-ud-dejdj. 



Spur of upper set of stamens often obsolete. Stigma 2-homed. 

 ISTutlet indehiscent. Seeds not arillate — Annuals, without tendrils, 

 with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or 

 spikes. 



ARTIFICIAL KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



^ Fruiting pedicels recurved. Sepals broader than corolla. 

 7, F. Capreolata, 6, Anatolica, S, Tliureti. 



