36 RANUNCULACE^. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.) 



Var. Syriaca, Boiss. Leaflets regularly coarse-tootlied. Carpels 

 less convex — Tripoli. 



Var. iiitegrifolia, Post. Leaflets entire. With type. 



2. THAL.ICTR1JM, L. Meadow-Rue. 



Flowers without involucre. Sepals 4-5. Petals wanting. Carpels 

 dry, without tails, grooved lengthwise — Perennial herbs with 

 ternately or pinnately decompound leaves, and small panicled flowers. 



1, T. Orientale, Boiss. 2f Leaves 3 - ternately compound ; 

 leaflets obovate. Sepals petaloid, white, longer than stamens. Carpels 

 3 - 6 ; stigma oblong, straight — AjDril to June — Clefts of rocks near 

 Ghazir. 



2. T. minus, L, 2f Leaves 3 - pinnately compound ; leaflets 

 ovate or more or less cuneate- obovate, 2-3 - fid or lobed. Panicle 

 23yramidal spreading. Sepals fugacious, as long as filaments or shorter. 

 Carpels 3-8 ; stigma short, obliquely adherent to carpel. 



Var. nutans, Kegel. Smooth, Leaflets sometimes white beneath, 

 acutely lobed or cut — Early Summer — Shady places. Mt. Cassius, 

 and northward. 



3. AlVEMOXE, L. Windflower. j^*- 



Involucre distant from flowers, composed of three leaves, more 

 or less dissected. Calyx corolla-like ; sepals 5 to 15. Corolla 

 wanting. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, without tails — 

 Perennial herbs with handsome flowers, aad ternately parted or 

 dissected leaves. 



1. A. Coronaria, L. If c>W*i.\\ j'Vu Root tuberous. Sepals 

 5-7 obovate^ pubescent without. Carpels covered with dense wool, 

 ending in a long flliform style. Torus ovate or oblong — February to 

 April. 



Var. typica, Post. Calyx scarlet^ or yellow^ or rosecolored. 

 Sepals broad. Leaves much dissected. Flowers sometimes 0.07 m. 

 broad — Everywhere in Syria and Palestine below sub-alpine regions. 



Var. caerulea, Post. Leaves as in last. Flowers generally 

 somewhat smaller, blue. Sepals obovate-oblong — With type. 



Var. parviflora, Boiss. Divisions of leaves not much dissected. 

 Scapes long. Flowers small, blue. Sepals oblong — Rather rare. 



Var. incisa, Boiss. Leaves as in last. Flowers medium, blue - 

 Beirut. 



2. A. blanda, Schott et Kotscliy. If Root tuberous, oblong, 

 rarely cylindrical. Sepals 9-15, oblong-linear, blue, smooth without. 

 Carpels pubescent, ending in a short black style ; stigma spherical, 

 black. Torus hemispherical. — Spring — From Taurus to Lebanon, 

 1000 to 2000 m. Flower about 0. 02 m. broad. Leaves termitely 

 decompound. 



