. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. , spoon-shaped, ovate, leaflike ; cells 4-ovuled— Dwarf annuals, with small cream-colored, violet-veined petals. C. Tellse, DC. 0 .1 to .3, glabrous, or slightly hairy, dichoto-mous from base. Leaves bipinnatisect into linear lobes — March toMay — Aleppo to Moab, Jerusalem, Et-Tih, and southward, and east-ward. -, 26. RICOTIA, L. Calyx bisaccate. Petals clawed, obcordate or retuse. Fruit aflat lenticular or elliptical silicle, 1-celled by disappearance of thinseptum, or
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. , spoon-shaped, ovate, leaflike ; cells 4-ovuled— Dwarf annuals, with small cream-colored, violet-veined petals. C. Tellse, DC. 0 .1 to .3, glabrous, or slightly hairy, dichoto-mous from base. Leaves bipinnatisect into linear lobes — March toMay — Aleppo to Moab, Jerusalem, Et-Tih, and southward, and east-ward. -, 26. RICOTIA, L. Calyx bisaccate. Petals clawed, obcordate or retuse. Fruit aflat lenticular or elliptical silicle, 1-celled by disappearance of thinseptum, or a linear 2-celled silique with papyraceous septum. Seedsin 1 row, flattened, wingless — Annual, sparingly hairy herbs, withpink or white flowers, and recurved fruiting pedicels. 80 CRUCIFEK^. (MUSTAED FAMILY.) 1. R. Lunaria, L. .2 to .4. Leaves 2-3 pin-nate, with petiolulatedivisions, and ovate,lobed segments. Petalsobcordate. Silides lenticu-lar or elliptical, .03 long,.013 broad, 2-7 seeded,mucronate with shortstyle — Spring — Coele-syria, Lebanon, andcoast to southern Pales-tine ; Jordan valley. Fig. Pods of Ricotia Lunaria in different stages ofdevelopment. 2. R. sinuata, Boiss. et Held. © Leaves bipinnatisect, withpetiolulate ovate-cuneate, deeply lobed segments, those of upper leaveslinear. Petals retuse. Siliques .04 to .05 long, .004 broad, 7-8 seeded,siinuous contracted between the seeds ; style one-third as long asbreadth of pod — Spring — Beilan and northward. 27. FARSETIA, Turra. Jerba. Calyx equal at base. Petals clawed, with oblong-linear canescent (in ours) oblong, ovate, or elliptical ; stigma in 2 rows, flattened, broadly winged — Low shrubby canescentplants, with forked haiis, purplish flowers, and linear, entire leaves. Fig. 27. F, ^g^yptiaca, Turra. 5 •4. Silicles oblong orelliptical, .015 to .02 long, .006 broad ; seeds 12 or less— Spring — Around the Dead Sea and southward. Var. ovalii, Post. Lower,
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