Bifora Hoffm. Bifora testiculata, (L.) Roth

18. Bifora Hoffm. View in CoL 1

Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate; lobes linear or filiform. Sepals small or absent. Petals white, obcordate; apex inflexed. Fruit didymous; mericarps almost spherical, attached by the small commissure but separating when ripe. Ridges scarcely visible. Lobes of upper leaves linear, flat; rays 1—3(—5); petals of all flowers nearly equal; style c. 0-2 mm 1. testiculata

Lobes of upper leaves filiform; rays 3-8; outer petals of marginal flowers much larger than others; style 1-1-5 mm 2. radians

1. B. testiculata (L.) Roth View in CoL , Enum. 1(1): 888 (1827).

Glabrous annual 20-40 cm. Stem usually freely branched. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, oblong in outline; lobes of upper leaves linear, flat, entire or lobed. Rays up to 10 mm, 1—3(—5). Bracts 0 or 1; bracteoles 2-3, subulate. Petals of all flowers nearly equal. Fruit 2-5-3-5 x 4-5-7 mm, rugose, shortly beaked; style not more than 0-2 mm, scarcely as long as stylopodium. S. Europe. Al BI Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.