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15. M. agre§tis, Ten. © .1 to .3, pubescent. Stipules cut- 

 toothed ; leaflets wedge-obovate, generally retuse. Peduncle 1-3-flower- 

 ed, somewhat longer than leaf ; pod pubescent or glabrous, .01 broad; 

 coils 5, appressed, with netted-nerved surface and obtuse margin, 

 grooved on both sides, with two rows of conical, awl-shaped, hooked, 

 erect prickles — Spring — Grassy places ; Antilebanon ; Aleppo. 



16. m. coronata, Lam. .2 to .4, appressed -puberulent. 

 Stipules dentate at base ; leaflets obovate, often retuse, apex obtusely 

 denticulate. Peduncles 3-8-flowered, filiform, much longer tlian leaf ; 

 flowers minute ; pod .004 broad, hairy or glabrous, coils 2 or less, with 

 concave, netted face, and broad, flat margin, beset on either side with 

 awl-shaped prickles, at right angles with surface of coils, forming a dou- 

 Ue eroion — Spring — Fields and roadsides ; common. 



17. M. Galilsea, Boiss. .3 to .4, glabrescent. Stipules 

 deeply and acutely dentate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acutely denticu- 

 late. Peduncles 2-4-flowered, nearly as long as leaf ; corolla .005 long ; 

 pod glabrous, coils 5, rather loose, surface prominently netted-nerved, 

 margin thin, flat, beset on both sides with long prickles at right angles 

 to surface of coils, grooved along their whole length — Spring — Plain of 

 Esdraelon. 



Var. iiici§a, Post. Leaflets incised -dentate or lobed — Hauran. 



18. M. Oranatensii, Willd. Glabrescent. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, deeply fringed ; leaflets obovate or cuneate, denticulate. 

 Peduncles 1-2-flowered, not longer than leaf ; pod spherical, spires 5- 

 6, veins netted to margin, margin thin, rounded, prickles at right 

 angles to surface of coils, grooved only at base — Spring — Jerusalem. 



19. M. denticulata, Willd. .2 to .5, glabrous or nearly 

 so. Stipules pinnatifid-dentate ; leaflets wedge-obovate to obcordate, 

 mucronulate. Peduncles 3-6-flowered, nearly as long as leaf or shorter ; 

 flowers minute ; pod glabrous, .008 broad, coils 24, loose, surface 

 strongly netted-veined, margin obtuse, deeply gTOOved on each side 

 with two rows of awl-shaped, divergent, hooked prickles — Spring — 

 Fields and grassy places ; common. 



Var. lappacea, Boiss. Pods .008 to. 013 broad. Prickles long- 

 er than half the diameter of pod. 



Var. pentacycla, Boiss. Pods .01 to .015 broad, of 5 coils, with 

 long, slender prickles. 



Var. apieulata, Boiss. Pods .004 to .008 broad, of 2-3 coils, 

 with small prickles, spmetimes reduced to tubercles. 



20. m. maculata, Willd. .3 to .5, glabrescent. Stipules 

 semiovate to semisagittate, dentate ; leaflets often with a black spot ; 

 broad -obovate to obcordate. Peduncles 2-3-flowered, shorter than leaf , 

 flowers minute ; pod glabrous, coils 3-5, rather loose, surface slightly 

 and concentrically netted, margin 3-grooved, prickles long, awl-shap- 

 ed, refiexed, not hooTced, half aslong as breadth of pod — Spring — Weedy 

 places ; less common than the last. 



21. M. minima, Lam. Q) Burets. .2 to .3, greyish, Boft-pubes- 

 cent. Stipules eiitire or somewhat dentate ; leaflets obcordate to 

 wedge-obovate. Pedancles 2-6-flowered, somewhat shorter than leaf 

 or longer; flowers minute; pod puberulent, nearly globular, .005 to 



