113 KESKDACE^. (MIGNONETTE FAMILY.) 



§ § O'cary sti'pitate. Filaments soon deciduous. 

 ^ Fruiting calyx gr.oicing little^ if any. 



R. Alo|>eciiro§, Boiss. .5 to .6, hirsute tcith elongated pa- 

 pillce. Lowest leaves entire, upper pinnate or 2-ternate with oblong-lan- 

 ceolate to linear-lanceolate lobes. Raceme lo?ig, dense ; floiDcrs odor- 

 less ; pods .01 to .015 long, inflated, scabrous at angles — Spring — 

 Fields ; Me r 'Ay tin to Galilee, Samaria and Gaza. 



5. R, odorata, L. Mignonette. Ehizdm .3 to .3, glabrous 

 or sparingly scahrous. Lower leaves entire spatliulate, upper ^-parted. 

 Raceme short, loose ; floicers sweet-scented (the only species with odor) ; 

 pods .006 to .01 long, knobbed, nearly glabrous at angles — Spring — 

 Escaped from cultivation. Found wild in Wadi Zuweirah, at south 

 end of Dead Sea, (Tristram). 



IT ^ Fruiting calyx growing. 



6. R. Orieiitalis, Boiss. .3 to .6, papillose-scabrous, decum- 

 bent or ascending. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, entire or trifid. 

 Racemes loose ; "sepals linear, somewhat longer than sjmthulate lobes 

 of corolla; f)od oMong-olmvate, .01 long — Spring — Sandy fields, 

 along coast ; Hhfileh. Too near R. Phyteuma. 



\\ Pods erect, {rarely pendulous) Seeds smooth. Calyx not gro^cing. 

 7r R. lutea, L. (D .5 to .6 or more, papillose, erect. Lower 

 leaves sometimes entire, upper 1-2-ternately parted. Racemes at first 

 short dense, in fruit elongated loose ; rachis glabrous ; pedicel longer 

 than flower ; sepals linear, tapering, as long as yelloic petals ; filaments 

 scabrous; pods .01 to .013 long, er^ci or nodding, ovate to oUong — 

 Spring — Fields ; common throughout. 



Var. geiiiiina, Post. Pods obloug^ or oblong-club-shaped, 

 erect. 



Var. ovata. Post. Pods ovate, or round-ovate, truncate, erect 

 or ascending — Lattakia ; Damascus ; Aintab. 



Var. uutaii§, Boiss. Pods ovate-oblong, nodding — Bethel ; 

 Sheikh Mohammed ; Hums ; Nusairy Mountains. 



8. R. g'lobiilosa, F. et Mey. .3 to .5, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves 1-ternate, or pinnately 5-parted. Racemes loose, elongated in 

 fruit ; pedicels longer than flowers and capsule ; flowers minute 

 .0015 broad ; sepals 6, half as long as upper petals, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, denticulate; corol- ^iq 63 

 la cream-colored, petals 6, 

 the upper 3-3-lobed, lateral 

 lobes acute, the lateral petals 

 linear ; capsules disk-like, 

 6-lobed, with a mamillary 

 projection, at apex of which ^ ^''^ ^ 



IS the 3-fissured 3-dentate (q>) Winged-angled branch of M. globulQsa, 



mouth — April to May with bract, padicel ■gnd 6-merous calyx ; magni- 



fied 6 diameters. 



Vqr 1ti*c^-«rii-k«^s Pniaf . (*) '^PPer petals ; magnified 8 diameters. 



var. Orevipes, rost- Jc) The 6-lobed capsule j magnified 2 dia- 



Pedicels shorter than flower -neters. 





