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LEGUMINOS^. (PDLSE FAMILY.) 



hase of the stem {not alioays visible)^ .008 long^ nettecl-veined, the others cy- 

 lindrical, somewhat torulose, .02 long, curved, tapering into a sharp point 

 — Spring — Fields ; coast and interior. 



IS. T. cyliiidracea, Desv. .1 to .15, appressed-hairy, stems 

 decumbent. Leaflets oblong-cuneate, truncate, acutely denticulate to- 

 ward tip. Peduncle filiform, longer than leaf ; flowers 7-8, capitate, 

 yellow, .005 long; pods appressed-puberulent, cylindrical, curved, .015 

 long, .0015 broad, tapering at apex, acute — Spring — Sandy places 

 along coast. 



19. T. filipe§, Boiss. .1 to .2, appressed-puberulent, stems fi- 

 liform, erect or procumbent. Leaflets obovate-cuueate, acutely denticu- 

 late above. Peduncle filiform, twice as long as leaf ; flowers 15-20, ra- 

 cemed-capitate, .005 long, yellow ; pods appressed-puberulent, the seed- 

 bearing portion 1-2-seeded, .004: long, .001 broad, cylindrical, forming an 

 obtuse angle loith the suhidate, .008 long beak — Spring — Hauran to Pal- 

 myra, Damascus, Antilebanon, Coelesyria, Lebanon, Nusairy Mountains, 

 Aleppo, and northward. 



20. T. lllaciiia, Boiss. .2 to .4, appressed-iDubescent, pro- 

 cumbent or spreading. Leaflets oblong-obovate, cuneate, denticulate 

 above. Peduncle longer than leaf ; flowers numerous, in racemed 

 heads, lilac, .008 long ; pods puberulent, cylindrical, 2-3-seeded, .015 

 long, .001 broad, tapering into an acute beak — Spring — Nazareth; 

 Mt. Carmel ; Beirut. 



21. T. velutiiia, Boiss. .06 to .15, wooUy-canescent. Leaf- 

 lets oblong-linear, denticulate above. Peduncle somewhat longer thao 

 leaf, aristate ; flowers numerous, yellow, in racemes which become ob- 

 long after flowering ; pods woolly, curved, .008 to .01 long, 2-seeded, 

 tapering into a short, acute beak — Spring — Antilebanon. 



22. T. corniculata, L. .15 to .25, appressed-hairy or glab ' 

 rescent, erect or ascending. Leaflets obovate to oblong, dentate. 

 Peduncle twice to four times as long as leaf ; heads ovate to oblong ; 

 flowers .007 long ; pods falcate, .02 long, .002 broad — Spring — Jeru- 

 salem^; Beirut. 



23. T. Iiaiiio§a, L. ^Usheib-el-meleh. 

 Daraqraq. Kuteihah. .1 to .25, sparingly ap- 

 pressed-hairy or glabrescent, decumbent. Leaf- 

 lets obovate-cuneate, dentate, truncate or re- 

 tuse. Peduncle as long as leaf, aristate ; heads 

 spherical ; flowers .005 long; pods falcate, .008 

 to .018 long, .0015 broad — Spring — East side 

 of Dead Sea, and southward to Egypt. 



24. T. laciMiata, L. Derdq, .3 to 

 .5, sparingly pubescent, prostrate. Leaflets oh- 

 triangular-oblong, acutely incised, serrate at apex. 

 Peduncle about as long as leaf ; heads spheri- 

 cal, flowers .006 long ; pods oblong, .008 long, 

 .003 broad — Winter and spring — Marshes of the plain of Sharon. 



25. T. maritiiiia, Del. .1 to .4, sparingly pubescent or 

 glabrescent, diffuse. Leaflets cuneate-obovate or obcordate, obtusely 

 denticulate. Peduncles shorter than leaf ; flowers .005 long ; pods 



Pods of T. hamosa. 



