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1 1 Pods deflexed^ sometimes ascending, then spreading. 

 X Podi cylindrical, tapering at tip ; sutures indistinct. 

 § Pods striate lengtlnoise. Flouers .008 to .013 long, yellow. 

 10 F. strangulata, 13 Aleppica, 13 Coelesyriaca. 

 § § Pods reticulate or smooth. 

 IT Seeds ovate or oUong. Flowers .006 to .01 long, yellow, or whitish. 

 14 T. Spruneriana, 15 Hierosolymitana, 1 6 Kotschyi, 17 Sibthorpii. 

 IT IT Seeds cylindrical . Flowers .004 to .008 long, yellow or pinh. 

 18 cylindracea, 19 filipes, 20 lilacina, 21 velutina. 

 X X Pods linear to linear-ollong, more or less fiattened, short-lealced. 

 § Flowers racemed- capitate. 

 23 T. corniculata, 23 hamosa, 24 laciniata. 



§ § Flowers urnlelled-capitate. 

 25 T. maritima, 26 stellata. *> 



XXX Pods capitate, fiattened, 1-seeded, loitli or without a hooked deaJc. 

 27 T. spicata, 28 minima. 



* * Podsjiat, parchmeni-liJce, striate toitJi transverse, 2}ccradlel oi' netted 

 nerves, dejiexed ; Jiowers yellow. 



t Pods capitate-umbelled, semilunar, sutures not winged or toothed. 



29 T. glomerata. 



t t Pods racemed, falcate, one or l)oth sutures spiivy-ciliate or eroded- 

 dentate. 



30 T. Arabica, 31 radiata, 32 ScUumbergeri. 



1. T. asoresi, C.A.M. .05 to .2, velvety, stems erect or dif- 

 fuse. Stipules half-ovate, lanceolate, the lower dentate ; leaflets obo- 

 vate, dentate at tip. Peduncle twice as long as leaf ; heads densc, 

 ovate, in fruit oblong ; calyx half as long as blue, .012 long corolla ; 

 pods hirsute, lanceolate, .015 long, somewhat curved, 4-6-seeded — 

 Spring — Plain between Aintab and the Euphrates. 



2. T. ISesscriana, Ser. .3 to .5, sparingly hairy, erect or decum- 

 bent. Leaves oblong-obovate-cuneate to oblong-linear. Peduncles 

 twice as long as leaves ; heads ovate, in fruit oblong, spike-like ; pods 

 .003 long, twice to thrice as long as calyx ; beak shorter than pod ; 

 seeds 1-2 — Spring — Fields ; Beirut. A plant of Asia Minor, proba- 

 bly adventive in Syria.' 



3. T. Fcenum-Oraecuui, L. Fenugreek. EMIbaJi. .3 to .5, 

 sparingly pubescent, erect. Leaflets obovate, to oblong, dentate to- 

 ward tip. Flowers solitary, rarely twin, yelloioish-ichite ; pods linear, 

 terete or somewhat flattened, slightly curved or straight, .08 to . 15 long, 

 .004 thick, tapering into a beak one-third their length ; seeds 10-20 

 — Spring — Fields. Perhaps escaped from cultivation. The sweet 

 gmelling seeds are used to give savour to hay that has become musty. 



Var. Berytliea, Post. A lower plant. Leaflets obovate-cuneate 

 to oblong cuneate. Flowers cserulescent. Nerves of pods only slightly 

 anastomosing — Fields ; common. {T. Bcrythea, Boiss.) 



