328 LEGUMINOS^. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



tip. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, shorter than leaves ; flowers .004 long, 

 orange ; pod pubescent or glabrous, disk-like, of 2-3 coils, radiately 

 netted-nerved, nerves at obtusely Iceeled margin transverse^ onore prominent 



— Spring — Fields ; coast to middle zone of mountains. 



9. M. §lieparcli, Post. (Sp. nov. Journal Fig. 101. 

 Linngean Soc, Botany, Vol. xxiv., p. 425.) .2 to .3 pu- 

 bescent, stems ascending. Stipules nearly entire ; leaf- 

 lets minute, obovate-cuneate. Peduncles longer than 

 leaves, 2-4-flowered ; flowers minute ; pods pubescent, ^«,._^ 

 flat, .004 broad, of two loose, netted-veined coils, the Pod of m* Shepardi 

 veins anastomosing near the nearly entire margin in a magnified two and" 

 prominent, wavy-tubercled nerve, parallel to the mar- ^ ^^^^ diameters, 

 gin. (Named in honor of Mrs. Shepard, M.D., of Aintab) — Spring — 

 Aintab. 



10. M. ;^oeana, Boiss; .2 to .4, soft-pubescent. Stipules 

 denticulate or entire at base ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acutely dentate 

 above. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, longer than leaves ; corolla minute ; 

 jDod ovate-globular, .005 broad, coils 3-4, thick, rather loose, radiately 

 nerved, nerves toward the obtuse, often somewhat gTOOved margin, 

 dilated into folds oUique at hase, parallel to the margin and ending in it 



— Spring — Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



11. M. littoralis, Rohde .2 to .4, appressed-villous ; stip- 

 ules fringed at base ; leaflets obcordate to obovate, denticulate at apex. 

 Peduncles 2-4-flowered, flowers medium-sized, orange ; pod .006 long 

 and broad, cylindrical, flattened at each end, coils 3-5, closely adjacent, 

 surface netted-veined, margin thick, at length Jlat^ with a prominent 

 nerve, beset with 2 rows oi rather remote, awl-shaped, hooked prickles — 

 Spring — Sands of coast. 



Yar. sul>lnerini§, Boiss. Pod with short prickles or tubercles 



— Common with type. 



12. M. tribiiloicles, Desv. .2 to .4, appressed-villous. Stipules 

 fringed at base ; leaflets wedge-obovate to obcordate. Peduncles 1-2- 

 flowered, shorter than leaf ; flowers rather large, yellow ; pod .006 to 

 .012 long and broad, cylindrical, flat at both ends, with 5, thick, appres- 

 sed coils, and obtusely or acutely keeled margin, grooved on both sides, 

 and closely beset with two rows of conical, erect, divergent, or appressed 

 prickles — Spring — Fields ; Damascus ; Beirut ; Arabia Petraea. 



13. M. tuberculata, Willd. .3 to .4, pubes- -pi^ 102 

 cent. Stipules dentate ; leaflets obovate-cuneate to ob- 

 long. Peduncles 2-8-flowered ; flowers .008 long, orange ; 

 pods ovate-cylindrical to globular, .006 to .01 long, .005 

 to. 008 broad, with 4-6, close coils, the margins 3-nerved, 

 2-grooTed, with three rows of short, crowd^ tubercles, or 

 short, eonnivent, hoolied pricUes — Spring — Fields ; com- 

 mon throughout. 



^ 14. M. Gerardi, .3 to .4, pubescent. Stipules 

 incised-dentate •, leaflets obovate-cuneate to obcordate. 

 Peduncles 2-5-flowered ; pods glandular-woolly or glabres- pod of m" 

 cent, .008 long and broad, with 5-7, thick spires, the tubercuiata. 

 margins rounded, beset with scattered, erect, conical-subulate, hook- 

 ed prickles, with a somewhat grooved base — Spring — Fields ; common. 



