•56 FUMARIACB/E. (FUMITOTtY FAMILY.) 



* * Fridting pedicels erect or spreading 

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

 \ Sepals broader than corolla, 

 5, F. micrantlia. 

 f X Sepals narrower than corolla, or wanting. 

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

 t t 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. Oaillardoti. 

 b. Sepals narrower than corolla, 

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

 ^ 1. OFFICINAIiKS. Flowers O.Ql m. long, or less. Fruit nearly smooth. 



1. F, offlcinalis, 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 sliorter than erect-spreading 

 fruiting pedicels. Fruit obcorclate, Iroader than long — Spring — 

 Ba'albek and northward. 



2. F. Vaillantii, 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, ottuse — Spring 



— Aleppo. 



3. F. parviflora. Lam. Glaucous, diff^ise. Lobes of leaves 

 narrowly-linear, o'btus-\ Sepals ovate, dentate, acute, a little hroader 

 than the pedicel, one-sixth as long as w7«i^e, rarely pinMsh corolla. Bracts 

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



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



4. F. a§epala, Boiss. Glaucous, rigid, low, compact. Lobes 

 of leaves flat, oblong-linear, acute. 'Racemes few Jloicered, nearly sessile, 

 overtopjyed, and more or less concealed hy up>per leaves. Sepals usually 

 ahortive. Corolla white. Bracts as long as erect-sj^reading fruiting 

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

 cian coast and Lebanon to Aintab, and northward. 



5. F. inicraiitha, 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 

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

 obt«?e — Spring — Fields ; common. 



'18; F. Anatolica, Boiss. Green. Compact, erect or spreading. 

 Lobes bf 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. micrantlia. 



§ CAPREOIjATjE. Flowers between Q.(\\m, and Q.0\5 long. Fruit nearly smooth. 

 Pedicel recurved. 



