FUMARIACE^. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



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I.e. rutSBfolia, Sibth. 

 21 (Fig. 12) Stem destitute 

 of scales at base. Stem 

 leaves opposite, short- 

 petioled or sessile, 1-2-ter- 

 nately-parted, leaflets petio- 

 lulate, entire or trisect, with 

 large ovate, rhomdoidal, or 

 elliptical Wbes. Flowers deep 

 Tose-colm^ed, crescentic, with 

 upturned spur, Silique ovate 

 — April and May — Alpine 

 and subalpine regions of 



Fig. 12 



Lebanon, 



Antilebanon, 



Amanus, and northward. 



2. C. solida, Smith. 

 If Stem scaly at base. 

 Stem-leaves alternate, long- 

 petioled,2-ternately parted, 

 and dissected into small, 

 ohlong lodes. Flowers pallid; 

 spur straight, or somewhat 

 deflexed at apex. Silique 

 oblong-lanceolate — Spring 

 — Middle and subalpine 

 regions of Lebanon, Anti- 

 lebanon, Nusairy Moun- 

 tains, and northward. 



Fig. 12. (a) Flower bud of Corydalis mtaefolia, 

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

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

 petal, (e) A lateral petal. (/) The lower petal (g) 

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

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

 with its slender style, and 2-lobed stigma. 



2. CERATOCAPIVOS, Durieu. 



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. Paleestina, Boiss. If Leaves ■1-2-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 ^homed. 

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

 with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or 



ARTIFICIAIi KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



* Fruiting pedicels recurved. Sepals broader than corolla. 

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



