56 FUMARIACE^. (PUMITOIIT FAMILY.) 



* * Fruiting pedicels erect or spreading 

 t Flowers smaller than F, officinalis, ie., less than 0,01 m. long. 

 f Sepals broader than corolla, 

 5, F. micrantlia. 

 J X Sepals narrower than corolla, or wanting. 

 2, F. Vaillantii, 3, parviflora, 4, asepala. 

 I f Flowers as large as, or larger than F. officinalis, ie., 0,01 m. or more in length, 

 a. Sepals as broad as, or broader than corolla. 

 11, F. GaiJlardoti. 

 b. Sepals narrower than corolla, 

 1, F. officinalis, 9, macrocarpa, 10, Judaica. 

 $ 1. OFFICINAL ES. FlowersO.Olm.long,orle.ss. Fruit nearly smooth. 



1. F. offleiiiali§, L. Lobes of leaves flat, oblong-linear. 

 Sepals ovate, acuminate, acutely dentate, a little narrower than pink 

 corolla, and one-third as long. Bracts a little shorter than erect-spreading 

 fruiting pedicels. Fruit ohcordate, hroader than long — Spring — 

 Ba'albek and northward. 



2. F. Vaillaiitii, Loisel © Glaucous, rigid. Lobes of leaves 

 flat, narrowly linear. Sepals oblong, acute, dentate, narrower than 

 pedicel, one-eighth to one-tenth as long as pink corolla. Bracts as long 

 as erect-spreading fruiting pedicels. Fruit globular, ohtuse — Spring 



— Aleppo. 



3. F. parviflora. Lam. Glaucous, diffuse. Lobes of leaves 

 narrowly-linear, ohtuf^r^ Sejoals ovate, dentate, acute, a little hroader 

 than the pedicel, one-sixth as long as w7u^e, rarely pinkish corolla. Bracts 

 as long as erect-spreading fruiting pedicels. Fruit globular, apAculate 



— Feb. to May — Fields and grassy places ; everywhere. 



4. F. asepala, Boiss. Glaucous, rigid, low, compact. Lot^es 

 of leaves flat, oblong-linear, «cw^6. TXaceuies few Jloicered, nearly sessile, 

 overtojjped, and more or less concealed l)y upper leaves. Sepals usually 

 alorti'De, Corolla white. Bracts as long as erect-spreading fruiting 

 pedicels. Fruit globular, apiculate — Feb. to May — Fields ; Phceni- 

 cian coast and Lebanon to Aintab, and northward. 



5. F. micraiitha. Lag. Green. Compact, erect or spreading. 

 Lobes of leaves narrowly linear. Sepals round-ovate, half as long as, 

 and broader than rose-colored corolla. Bracts somewhat longer than 

 erect-spreading fruiting pedicels. Fruit globular, somewhat keeled, 

 obtuse — Spring — Fields; common. 



6. F. Anatolica, Boiss. Green. Compact, erect or spreading. 

 Lobes of leaves narrowly-linear. Sepals, ovate-acuminate, dentate, half 

 as long as, and a little broader than pink corolla. Bracts larger than 

 recurved fruiting pedicels. Fruit globular, obtuse — Spring — Fields ; 

 Mt. Carmel to Aintab, and northward. Too near F. micrantha. 



$ CAPREOIiAT-SJ, Flowers between 0.01 m, and 0.015 long. Fruit nearly smooth. 

 Pedicel recurved. 



