112 KESEDACE^. (MIGNONETTE FAMILY.) 



§ § Ovary stvpitate. Filaments soon deciduous. 

 ^ Fruiting calyx gr.oicing little^ if any. 



R, Alopeciiros, Boiss. .5 to .6, hirsute icith elongated pa- 

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

 ceolate to linear-lanceolate lobes. Raceme lo?ig, dense ; flowers 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. KMzdm .2 to .3, glabrous 

 or sparingly scah'ous. Lower leaves entii-e spathulate, upper d-j^arted. 

 Raceme short, loose ; floicers sioeet-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 groioing. 



6. R, Orieiitali§, Boiss. .3 to .6, papillose-scabrous, decum- 

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

 Racemes loose ; sepals linear, somewhat longer than spathulate lobes 

 of corolla; pod olilong-obovate, .01 long — Spring — Sandy fields, 

 along coast ; Hhdleh. Too near R. Phyteuma. 



I \ Pods erect, {ra^^ely pendulous) Seeds smooth. Calyx not growing. 



7. R. lutea, h. (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 Imear, tapering, as long as yelloio petals ; filaments 

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

 Spring — Fields ; common throughout. 



Var. geuiiina, Post. Pods oblong or oblong-club-shaped, 

 erect. 



Var. ovata, Post. Pods ovate, 

 or ascending — Lattakia ; Damascus ; Aintab. 



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

 Sheikh Mohammed ; Hums ; Nusairy Mountains. 



8. R. globiilo§a, 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- 

 la cream-colored, petals 6, 

 the upper 2-3-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 (^a) Winged-angied 



mouth — April to May with bract, padicel ^nd 6-merous calyx ; magni- 



^ fied 6 diameters. 

 Vnr l^i'tfk'vintfks Pr»cf. (6) Upper petals ; magnified 8 diameters, 



-r. J- 1 ""^f^^'P*^*? /^^^ (c) The 6-lobed capsule ; magnified 2 dia- 



Pedicels shorter than flower -neters. 



