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 tofiiB. Orient, Abyssinia, Europe, Japan, China, Siberia. 



>^^e?n5 subglabrous, more robust than in M. minima and laciniata. Leaflets ^ in. 

 long, obovate-cuneate, faintly toothed. Peduncles short, closely 2-6-flo^vered, not 

 awned. Calyx i in. ; teeth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Pod with 2-4 spirals, . 

 tne veined face |-j in. broad Tvithout the spines, which are ^^ in. long in the type, . 

 m reduced down to mere tubercles in the var. M. aviculata, Willd. 



o. JMC. minima, ia?n7c. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 178 ; annual, stipules subentire, pod . 

 smau subglobose spiral muricated. JSoiss. Fl ChienU ii. 103. 



Kashmir, alt. 5-6000 ft., D. Thomson.— Distrib. Afghanistan, Orient, Mediter^ 

 mean, Abyssinia, Europe. 



l^inelj downy, the stems under ^ ft. long. Petioles as long as the leaflets, which are ■ 



clT- ] ^o^^^'^^^* r-| in, long, distinctly toothed. Peduncles as long as the leaves, 

 iosely 2--5:flowered, not mucronate. Cali/x ^ in., finely downy ; teeth linear-seta* - 

 leous, as long as the tube. Corolla distinctly exserted. Pod ^ in. broad, exclusive of 

 melongspmes, formed of 4-0 close spirals. "T 



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of ^ ,-^*^«^5 usually 6-foliate, the lowest pair of leaflets arising from the "base 

 adi ^^^2^^ ^^^^^ stipules. Calyx tube campanulate, teeth subequal. Corolla 

 Iift!^«^' /^*^^ ^^^ staminal tube; standard obovate clawed, exceeding 



"'"^ and incurved shortly beaked keel. Stajuens diadelpbous, filaments 

 ^nH ^^-^^^ ^^^^ ' ^^^^6^9 uuiform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style long, 

 seeds _n"^' stigma terminal. Pod linear, turgid, septate between the- 

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SessilH^^^f ^' '^^^"^^ slender, glabrous or obscurely silky. Leaflets 5, the end 

 *iced f -f 1- lowest stipule like. Flowers 4-8 in a close umbel, subtended by a re- 

 Pidate p ^^^''^^^ ^^^^' ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ 1«"& peduncle. Cahjx \ in. ; teeth lanceolate-cus— 

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 ^eleaveq •!?'°T>bo«« anthers. Stems |-1 ft., copiously stiflBy branched, covered like- 



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