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2. M. iiifesta, Guss. .2 to .6, erect. Stipules ciliate-den- 

 tate ; leaflets obovate to wedge-oblong. Pedicels longer than calyx- 

 tube ; flowers .006 long, yellow ; fruiting racemes .04 to .07 long, 

 loose ; pod obovate, .0035 long, acutely keeled, obtuse, wrinkles dis- 

 tant, someiohat irregular — Spring — Fields ; coast, and mountains to 

 1000 m. 



3. M, ]!Ie§§aneii§is, L. .2 to .4, diffuse, or the central stem 

 erect. Stipules nearly entire ; leaflets obovate to wedge-linear. Flow- 

 ers .004 long, yellow ; fruiting racemes .01 to .02 long ; pod ovate-oh- 

 long, tapering at hotli ends, .005 long, upper suture grooved ; wrinkles 

 near together — Spring — Fields : coast, and mountains to 1000 m. 



* * Annuals. Grodves of pods transverse, curved. 



4. M. elegaiis, Salzm. .2 to 1, erect. Stipules entire ; leaf- 

 lets obovate to rhombic and wedge-oblong. Flowers .005 long, yellow, 

 racemes often longer than leaf ; pod ovate-elliptical, acute, .004 long, 

 seed-bearing suture gibbous ; wrinkles numerous, somewhat curved, 

 rather remote — Spring — Carmel ; Aintab. 



:f * * Annuals, diennials, or peren7iials. Pods netted-wrinkled. 



5. li, parviflora, Desf. © Muhheililah. Qurt. .2 to .5, erect. 

 Stipules entire ; leaflets obovate to wedge-oblong. Racemes slender, 

 longer than leaf ; flowers .003 long, yellow ; pod ovate-glolular, .0015 

 long, obtuse — Spring — Fields ; common throughout. 



6. M. officinalis, Desr. .5 to 1, erect. Stipules awl-shaped, en- 

 tire ; leaflets obovate to rhombic or oblong, coarse-dentate. Racemes 

 often 1 or more long, on peduncles much longer than the leaves, 

 flowers .007 long, yellow to white ; pods ovate, obtuse, .004 long, mu- 

 cronate — Spring — Aintab, and northward. 



7. M. alba, Desr. to %. Hhandaquq. 2 to 4, erect. Stip- 

 ules setaceous, entire ; leaflets obovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate. 

 Racemes .1 to .2 long, rather dense, on peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers .004 long, white ; pod obovate, apiculate, .002 long 

 — Summer — Cultivated in Lebanon for pipe- stems, owing to the fra- 

 grant odor of the wood. 



Var. parviflora, Boiss. Flowers minute — Marash. 

 17. TRIFOLiIUlI, L. Clovek. Trefoil. Nejleh. 



Calyx-lobes 5. Keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, connate with 

 the petals, or at least with the lower ones ; tips of filaments more or less 

 dilated. Pod ovate to oblong-linear, 1-4-seeded, usually indehiscent, 

 membranous, rarely leathery, included in the marcescent calyx or corol- 

 la — Herbs, with 3 trefoil, or rarely 5-7 pinnate, leaflets. 



Sect. I. Lagopus, Koch. Throat of calyx callous, often hairy, 

 closed or surrounded by a ring of hairs. Heads terminal, rarely axil- 

 lary ; flowers bractless ; pod included in calyx-tube. 



* Perennials. Upper leaves opposite. Calyx-tube lO-n&rved. 



1 T. pratense, 2 Cassium. 



* * Annuals. 



t Calyx-tube 20-nerved; throat open, hairy. Upper leaves opposite. 



3 T. hirtum, 4 Cherleri, 5 lappaceum. 



