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very strongly dejlexed, curved, .01 to .013 long, .002 broad, tapering- 

 acute at tip, very obliquely reticulate — Winter and spring — Philis- 

 tine plain, and southward. 



26. T. stellata, Forsk. .05 to .35, glabrescent, prostrate, dif- 

 fuse. Leaves long-petioled, leaflets cuneate-obovateto cuneate-orbicu- 

 lar, truncate or retuse, denticulate. Flowers nearly sessile in the axils, 

 .004 long ; pods steUate-sj^reading or deflexed, .01 long, .001 thick, ob- 

 liquely netted — Spring — Dead Sea and Sinai to Egypt and westward. 



27. T. spicata, Smith. .3 to .4, sparingly hairy or glabres- 

 cent, erect or ascending. Leaflets obovate-truncate to elliptical-linear. 

 Peduncles twice to thrice as long as leaves ; heads ovate to obiong, in 

 fruit oblong ; flowers .008 long, pods crowded, ovate-oblong, .005 long, 

 exclusive of the long, strongly hooked tip, .003 broad — Spring — Fields ; 

 common. 



2§. T. minima, Paine. 0.O4to.l, appressed-hairy. Leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, cuneate, denticulate. Peduncles long ; flowers 10-20 

 in an oblong head, .006 long ; pods .006 to .008 long, terete, 1-seeded, 

 loith a long, spreading, straight beak — Spring — Top of Jebel Husha'. 



29. T. g^lomerata, Hort. Paris. .05 to .1, appressed-pubes- 

 cent, erect or diffuse. Leaflets minute obovate-cuneate, to elliptical- 

 rhomboid, retuse, denticulate above. Flowers nearly sessile, minute ; 

 pods flat, half-ovate-guadrate, .007 long, .006 broad, obliquely beaked, 

 transversely paTallel-nermd — May and June. 



Var. Cilicica, Boiss. Peduncles about as long as leaves — Mt. 

 Cassius. 



Var. Aucheri, Boiss. Pod .004 long, .003 broad ; heads nearly 

 sessile — Cedars of Lebanon ; Berytdagh and northward. 



30. T. Arabica, Del. .5 to .6, Fig. 97. 



nearly glabrous ; stems ascending, branched. 

 Leaflets cuneate-obcordate, coarse-toothed or 

 repand at apex. Peduncles somewhat longer 

 than leaves, umbels 3-8-flowered ; corolla 

 pale yelloiD, .01 long ; pods glabrous, oblong, 

 falcate, .015 to .3 long, .008 broad, T)oth su- 

 tures sjjmy-ciliate — Spring — Sandy places; 

 coast, Jordan Valley, and southward to 

 Sinai. 



31. T. racliata, L. .1 to .25, appres- 

 sed-pubescent, prostrate or ascending. Leaf- 

 lets obovate to oblong, denticulate at tip. 

 Peduncles nearly as long as leaf, 1-3-flowered ; 

 corolla deej) yellow, .005 long ; pods oblong, 

 circidarly curved, .01 broad, .04 long on their 

 outer, spiny-ciliate, and .01 long on their inner, 

 winged, fringed suture — Spring — Rocky 

 places and old fields ; Ccelesyria, to Anti- ^od of T. Arabiea. 

 lebanon, tablelands East of the Jordan, and northward. 



32. T. ISclilumberg^eri, Boiss. .15, nearly glabrous. Leaf- 

 lets minute, cuneate-obcordate, mucronate, dentate at apex. Peduncles 

 capillary, longer than petiole ; flowers .005 long, pale yellow, umbel - 



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