213 LEGUMINOSiB. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



3. CROTAL-ARIA, L. Rattlkbox. 



Lobes of calyx free, rarely some- Fig. 88. 



what bilabiate. Stamens connate in a 

 short sheath, split above. Pod turgid, 

 generally many-seeded — Shrubs with 

 simple, exstipulate leaves. 



C. ^gyptiaca, Benth. 5 -^^- 

 tash. Branches erect, glabrous or ap- 

 pressed-canescent, at length spines- 

 cent. Leaves caducous, small, ovate, 

 canescent. Flowers minute, racemed ; 

 pod ovoid, twice to thrice as long as 

 calyx, glabrous — February and March 

 Sinai ^"'^ °^ ^' -^gyp^i^-ca. 



4. LiUPIlVlJS, L. LupiWE. Turmus. 

 Calyx deeply 2-lipped, often bracteolate. Wings usually connate 

 at apex. Stamens all connate in a closed tube. Pod more or less 

 flattened, divided by transverse partitions, many-seeded. Cotyledons 

 thick, green — Annual herbs with digitate leaves. 



* Seeds rough tubercled. 



1. L«. pilo$u§, L. FiU-larri. .5, hirsute. Leaflets obovate 

 to oblong. Raceme short, whorled ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels shorter 

 than calyx ; keel boat-shaped ; pod hirsute, .02 broad, 3-4-seeded — 

 Spring — Common along coast and interior. Flowers deep Uue. 



2. Tu, Palse§tiiiiis, Boiss, © Fdl-harri. Turmus .5 or more, 

 hispid. Leaflets obovate to linear. Raceme remotely whorled ; bracts, 

 linear, soon deciduous ; pedicels scarcely shorter than calyx ; keel curved 

 beneath at an obtuse right angle ; pod . 02 broad, very hirsute, 3-4- . 

 seeded — Spring — Southern Palestine and adjacent desert. Flowers 

 yellow tinged with Uue. 



* * Seeds smooth. 



3. Tj, liir§utiis, L. © .5, covered with spreading, rusty hairs. 

 Leaflets odovate-spathulate, to oblong-spathulate, hirsute on both' sides. 

 Raceme ovate, obscurely whorled ; bracts aicl-shaped ; lower lip of 

 calyx trijid ; blue corolla twice as long as calyx ; pod rusty-hirsute, 

 3-5-seeded ; seeds greyish brown — Spring — Along coast. 



Var. micranthus, Boiss. Flowers half as large as in type. Pod 

 2-3-8eeded. Seeds spotted — Antilebanon near Rasheiyah. 



4. lu, angustifolius, L. ® Turmus-esh-Sheitdn. .3 to .4, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent. Leaflets linear-spathulate. Raceme rather dense ; 

 flowers short-pedicelled, alternate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; lower 

 lip of calyx 2-d-denticulate ; corolla blue ; pods .06 long, .008 broad, 

 3-6-seeded ; seeds ovate, grey, mottled with white spots and irregular 

 yellowish lines — Spring — Coast and mountains to 1000 m. 



5. I., reticulatus, Desv. © Appressed-pubescent. Leaflets 

 linear, grooved. Raceme rather loose ; flowers short-pedicelled, alter- 

 nate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; lower lip of calyx nearly entire ; 

 corolla pale blue; pods .06 long, .008 broad ; seeds ovate-globular, 

 white, UacJc-netted^ with deeper colored, black-dotted spots. 



