236 LEaUMINOS^. (pulsb fxmit.) 



loose, cylindrical, .03 long, .01 broad — Fields ; common. 



Var. De§vauxii, Post. Leaflets elliptical to elliptical-oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Spikes smaller, often sheathed by upper stipules — Fields ; com- 

 mon. (T. Besvauxii, Boiss. et Bl.) 



Var. prostratum, Post. Prostrate densely matted. Leaves el- 

 liptical to elliptical-obloug, short, obtuse, often mucronate. Heads 

 globular in flower ; fruiting spikes .03 to .03 long, .01 broad — Road- 

 sides and dry places ; common. 



Var. Blancheanum, Boiss. Leaves shorter, obtuse. Fruit- 

 ing spikes ovate-globular, sheathed at base by upper leaf. Calyx-lobes 

 nearly equal — Common. 



Var. Rousseaiium, Boiss. Heads .015 long, .01 broad, few- 

 flowered — Abeih. 



Var. aug^ustifolium, Post. Leaflets lenticular-linear — Bei- 

 rut. 



11. T, Palsestmnni, Boiss. © .3, hispid, with soft, spreading 

 hairs ; stem branching. Stipules abruptly setaceous-caudate, the up- 

 per inflated; leaflets oblong-elliptical to linear, rather obtuse. Heads 

 ovate, at length oblong ; calyx very hispid, two-thirds as long as whit- 

 ish corolla, lobes awl-shaped, truncate, rather less than twice as long 

 as tube, the lower somewhat longer, deflexed in fruit — Spring — 

 Sandy places ; Beirtit to Gaza and Hebron. 



12. T. dichroaiitbum, Boiss. .2 to .4, appressed-hirsute, 

 procumbent. Stipules short-setaceous-caudate, the upper inflated ; leaf- 

 lets elliptical-linear, obtuse. Flowering heads ovate, .03 long, .03 

 broad, the fruiting cylindrical ; calyx very hirsute, one-third as long 

 as particolored purple and white corolla, lobes subulate, nearly equal, 

 longer than tube ; standard ^aZe^es^ colored, much longer than wings 

 and keel — Spring — Coast. 



13. T. formosum, Urv. . 3 to . 5, hirsute, erect. Stipules 

 membranous, inflated, ovate, with a long lanceolate-subulate tip ; leaflets 

 elliptical-oblong, often .06 long, .01 broad, acute. Heads ovate, .04 

 long, .02 broad, in fruit oblong, .05 long, .04 broad ; calyx-lobes lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, longer than the purple corolla, twice as long as 'tube, 

 somewhat spreading in fruit — Spring — Grassy places ; common. A 

 showy species. 



Var. minui, Post. Dwarf. Heads .015 long and broad — Waste 

 places. 



14. T. Haussknechtli, Boiss. © .2 to .3, appressed-villous ; 

 stems numerous, erect or decumbent. Stipules membranous, the free 

 portion triangiilar-lanceolate to triangular-suhilate ; leaflets ohlojig to. li- 

 near-elliptical, obtuse or acute. Heads generally in pairs, rather long- 

 jJeduncled,obconical-ovate, in fruit oblong ; calyx appressed-silky, one- 

 third as long as the whitish-flesh-colored corolla ; lobes subulate, 1 -nerv- 

 ed plumose, truncate, straight, as long as tube, the lowermost longer ; 

 fruiting tube suiconical-cylindrieal — Spring — Grassy places ; Aleppo. 



15. T. Candollei, Post. © (Sp. nov. Journal of the Linnaean 

 Society, Botany, Vol. xxiv., p. 425.) .2 to .3, sparingly appressed-pubes- 

 cent, decumbent, stems spreading. Stipules membranous, purple-veined, 



