LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



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Pod of 

 M. scutellata. 



Fig. 99. 



2. M. §ativa, L. If Qutdt. Duhhraijah. .3 to .5, appressed- 

 pubescent. Stipules ovate-lanceolate-subulate ; leaflets retuse, mucro- 

 nate, oblong-obovate to liuear-cuneate. Racemes many flowered, ob- 

 long-capitate ; peduncles longer thai leaves ; fioicers Uue or violet, rare- 

 ly yellow ; i^od of two or three coils — Summer — Hills and grassy places ; 

 cultivated and subspontaneous. 



3. M. marina, L. 11 .3 to .4, canescent-wooUy, stems prostrate 

 or ascending. Stipules nearly entire ; leaflets obovate, denticulate at 

 apex. Peduncles 5-12-flowered nearly as long as leaf ; flowers yellow, 

 .006 long ; pod woolly, disk-like or cylindrical, truncate at both ends ; 

 coils 3 or less, loose ; margin obtuse, broad, flattish, 1-nerved to mid- 

 dle, unarmed or remotely prickly with short, conical, awl-shaped spines 

 — Spring — Sands of coast. 



4. M. scutellata, All. .3 to .5, glandular-pu- 

 bescent. Stipules ovate, dentate ; leaflets rather large, 

 obovate-oblong to elliptical, acutely denticulate. Pedun- 

 cles 1-3-flowered, much shorter than leaves \Jioioers .004 

 long, orange; -pod .013 to .015 in diameter, of 5-6 coils, 

 spires cup-shaped, concentric, obliquely netted-veined, with 

 entire, acute margins — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



5. M. orbicularis, A.11. © .3 to .5, glabres- 

 cent. Stipules crested-fringed ; leaflets obcordate 

 to obovate, denticulate at apex. Peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered, shorter than leaves ; flowers .003 long, 

 yellow; podorlicular, .01 to .02 in diameter, depres- 

 sed-lenticular, rather convex on both sides, coils 2- 

 5, menibranous, radiately netted-nerved ; margins 

 thin, entire — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



6. M. BSaiiclieana, Boiss. .3 to .5? 

 appressed-puberuleut. Stipules lanceolate, den" 

 tate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, dentate above. Pe- 

 duncles 1-2 -flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; 

 flowers .008 long, orange; pod ,012 broad, puberu- 

 lent, depressed-cylindrical, plano-convex on both faces, 

 coils 4-5, loose, nearly membranous, with ohsuletely net- 

 ted surface, margin thin, destitute of a nerve on each 

 side, 2iQ.(i'bQ^QtyT\i\i. triangular flattened, short prickles, 

 at right angles to face of coils — Spring — Fields ; 

 especially along coast. 



Var. inermis, Post. Margin nearly or quite un- 

 armed — Beirut ; Hauran. 



7. M. rotata, Boiss. .3 to .4, appressed-hairy. 

 tate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, those of the lower leaves truncate. Pe- 

 duncles 1-6-flowered, somewhat longer than leaf ; corolla .000 long, yel- 

 low ; pod glabrous, short-cylindrical, flattish at both ends, .008 broad, 

 coils 4, adjacent, surface netted, margin thin, obtuse, furnished on doth 

 sides with a concentric nerve, and triangular short prickles between the 

 nerve and margin, at a right angle to the face of the coil — Spring — 

 Hills and fields ; common throughout. 



8. M. elegaiis, Jacq. .2 to .4, pubescent-glandular. Stip- 

 ules dentate ; leaflets obovate,. truncate or rounded, dentate toward 



Pod of M. orbicularis. 



Fig. 100 



Stipules den- 



