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LEGUMINOS^. (PULSE FJlMILT.) 



Pods of T. spinosa. 



Fig. 95. 



4. T. Cassia, Boiss. .04 to .1, sparingly hirtulous. Leaflets 

 small, glabrescent, cuneate, truncate or retuse, denticulate at tip. 

 Flowers solitary, pale violet ; j>ods .04 to .06 long, beak one-third to 

 one-half as long as pod ; seeds 6-8 — Spring — Mt. Cassius. Probably 

 a variety of the last. 



5. T. astroites, F. and M. .1 to .15, sparingly appressed- 

 pubescent ; stems ascending. Leaflets small, cuneate-obcordate, den- 

 ticulate toward apex. Flowers 6-12, sessile, capitate ; pods puberulent, 

 linear, .02 long, .0015 broad, acute, spreading horizontally^ stellate^ 

 transversely wrinkled-netted ; seeds 4-6, the seed-bearing-suture 

 straight, the other sinuate — Spring — Hillsides ; Hauran to Palmyra, 

 Antilebanon, Hamath, Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



6. T. spinosa, L. .3 to .4, 



sparingly appressed-hairy, erect or diffuse. 

 Leaflets obovate-cuneate to obcordate. 

 dentate to apex. Peduncles very short, 

 aristate ; flowers 3-4, sessile ; pods gla- 

 brous , spreading, recurved in a semicircular 

 or circular form, .03 to .06 long, .002 

 broad, acute ; seeds numerous — Spring 

 — Fields ; common. 



Var. loiigipes. Post. Peduncle as 

 long as leaf or longer — Coast. 



y. T. crassipes, Fenzl. 

 .1 to .3, appressed-hairy, pros- 

 trate or ascending. Leaves 

 small, ohtriangular, retuse, den- 

 ticulate at apex. Peduncle very 

 short ; flowers 5-10, sessile, cap- 

 itate ; pods appressed-hairy, ^.^^ 

 erect, parallel or connivent, linear, 

 .03 to .03 long, and .003 broad, 

 acute, sutures thick — Spring 

 — Fields ; Antilebanon to Alep- 

 po, Aintab, and northward. 



8. T. Moiispeliaea, L. .1 to .4, appressed-pubescent. 

 Leaflets obovate-cuneate to rhomboid, acutely denticulate above. Ped- 

 uncle ; flowers 6-18, densely capitate in axils ; pods hairy or glabres- 

 cent, linear, .015 long, .003 broad, obtuse, stellate — Spring — Fields 

 and waste places ; common. 



Yar. petiolata, Post. Petioles much longer than pods —Beirut. 



9. T. Noeaiia, Boiss. .1 to .3, sparingly appressed-puberu- 

 lent, erect or decumbent. Leaflets cuneate-obovate or oblong, acutely 

 denticulate. Peduncles short or ; flowers 1-3, sessile ; pods appressed- 

 hairy, linear, .04 to .06 long, .003 broad, netted-veined, curved up- 

 ward — Spring — Fields; Aintab, and northward. 



10. T. monautlia, C.A.M. .1 to .3, appressed-hairy, de- 

 cumbent. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, rounded or truncate at apex, or ob- 

 long, incised-pinnatifid. Flowers solitary or rarely in pairs, sessile or 

 nearly so ; pods linear, .06 long, .003 broad, appressed-hairy, terete, 



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Pods and leaves of T. crassipes. 



