426 DR. G. E. POST: DIAGNOSES 
foliolis parvis, capitulis parvis, calycis hirsuti eximie 10-costati, 
corolla albida basi attenuata duplo brevioris laciniis triangulari- 
acuminatis trinerviis tubo duplo brevioribus patentibus inferiore 
alteris subduplo longiore deorsum uncinata. uU 
Hab. in agro ad radices montis Alsadami (Jebel Quléb) inter 
Quréyah et el-Kufr, ditionis Haurán. l 
A dwarf annual, near T. maritimum, L., but differing in its small, 
few-flowered heads, smaller leaves, and the long inferior lobe of 
the calyx. 
Plant 3-4 inches high ; stem branching from base; leaflets 3 
lines long, 14-2 broad, oblong obovate-cuneate, ciliate-margined ; 
flowering heads twice as large as a pea, with white flowers; 
fruiting heads a little larger; calyx 2 lines long in flower, 4 lines 
in fruit. 
ASTRAGALUS TRACHONITICUS. Perennis, adpresse canescens 
basi suffruticens, caulibus nanis fere a basi ramosis, ramis erectis 
floriferis foliis brevioribus, stipulis lanceolatis acuminatis albo- et 
nigro-pilosis, foliolis 3-7-jugis oblongis vel linearibus acutis, 
pedunculis folio multo brevioribus, floribus 2-5 racemosis axi 
tortuoso, bracteis pedicello brevissimo longioribus lanceolatis, 
calycis albo- et nigro-pilosi dentibus lanceolatis subulatis tubo 
basi valde gibboso cylindrico sextuplo brevioribus, corolla quam. 
calyx vix duplo longiore, leguminis erectis versus basin subarcuatis 
subpannosis linearibus sensim in rostrum eis octuplo brevius 
attenuatis. . 
Hab. ad viam prope Sowarat-el-Kebirah, ditionis el-Lejé 
(Haurán) ; floret Aprili. 
A greyish-coloured species in the section Xiphidium, differing 
from its neighbours by its small size, erect pods, and few flowers. 
Plant 3 inches high, overtopped by long upper pods; leaflets 
3-5 lines long, 1 line broad; flowers pink, an inch long; pods 
somewhat terete or cylindrical, 24 inches long, 2 lines broad. 
VICIA NARBONENSIS, L., var. pILosa. Folial-juga. Legumina 
typo latiora, pilis basi tuberculatis obsita. 
Hab. in sylvaticis inter es-Salt et Hesbán. 
X. UMBELLIFERZ. 
BuPLEURUM BorssreRri. Annuum, caulis erectus elongatus 
gracilis a basi dichotome ramosissimus, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
