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CRUCIFEK^. (MUSTAED FAMILY.) 



1. R. Lunaria, L. 



.2 to .4. Leaves 2-3 pin- 

 nate, with petiolulate 

 divisions, and ovate, 

 lobed segments. Petals 

 obcordate. Silides lenticu- 

 lar or elliptical, .03 long, 

 .013 broad, 2-7 seeded, 

 mucronate with short 

 style — Spring — Coele- 

 syria, Lebanon, and 

 coast to southern Pales- 

 tine ; Jordan valley. 



Fig. 26. 



Pods of Ricotia Lunaria in different stages of 

 development. 



2. R. sinuata, Boiss. et Held. © Leaves bipinnatisect, with 

 petiolulate ovate-cuneate, deeply lobed segments, those of upper leaves 

 linear. Petals retuse. Siliques .04 to .05 long, .004 broad, 7-8 seeded, 

 siinuous contracted between the seeds ; style one-third as long as 

 breadth of pod — Spring — Beilan and northward. 



27. FARSETIA, Turra. Jerba'. 



Calyx equal at base. Petals clawed, with oblong-linear limb. 

 Silicle canescent (in ours) oblong, ovate, or elliptical ; stigma 2-lobed. 

 Seeds in 2 rows, flattened, broadly winged — Low shrubby canescent 

 plants, with forked haii's, purplish flowers, and linear, entire leaves. 



Fig. 27. 



F, ^g^yptiaca, Turra. 5 •4. Silicles oblong or 

 elliptical, .015 to .02 long, .006 broad ; seeds 12 or less 

 — Spring — Around the Dead Sea and southward. 



Var. ovalii, Post. Lower, more spinescent 

 Silicles omte or elliptical, .01 to .015 long, .006 to .008 

 broad ; seeds 6 or less — Around the Dead Sea and 

 southward. {F, ovalis, Boiss.) 



2S. FIBIOIA, Medik. 



Calyx bisaccate or equal at base. Petals clawed ; limb oblong, 

 entire. Silicles hirsute, elliptical or orbicular, sometimes obovate, 

 flattened, 2-celled ; septum nerveless, vrith fine transverse veins. 

 Stigma minute, capitate. Seeds in 2 rows, flattened, winged — Peren- 

 nial herbs or low shrubs tomentose, with stellate hairs. Flowers 

 racemose-spiked (ours) yellow. 



