LKGUMINOS^. (PTJLBE FAMILY.) 239 



tube cylindrical — Spring — Dry, sandy places ; common. 



27, T. COHipactiini, Post. © .i, densely apprcased-liinute, 

 branching from base, branches decumbent. Stipules membranous, the 

 free portion lanceolate ; leaflets obovate-cuneate. Heads compact, soli- 

 tary, axillary and terminal, oblong, .015 long- .008 broad in flower, .02 

 long .01 broad in fruit ; calyx very hirsute^ about as long as pale flesh- 

 colored corolla, teeth triangular-lanceolate, one nerved, nearly equal, 

 as long as striate tube ; fruiting calyces imbricated — Spring — 

 Aintab. 



28, T. subterranewni, L. .3 to. 4; stems sarmentous, pros- 

 trate. Stipules half-ovate, acute ; leaflets obcordate. Heads long-pe- 

 duncled, in frUit globular, .005 broad, reflexed, appressed to ground ; 

 corollate flowers 2-5, in one row ; calyx half as long as iDhite, pink- 

 striped corolla, lobes setaceous, ciliate, nearly as long as tube ; pod 

 somewhat exserted from split calyx, obtriangular, crustaceous, netted, 

 upper margin keeled, winged ; lobes of sterile calyces hairy, stellate- 

 spreading — Spring — Weedy places ; Aleppo. 



29, T. globo§uiil, L. Nejlet-Qutn. .3 to .6, hirsute, dif- 

 fuse. Stipules ovate, acute; leaflets obovate-cuneate to obcordate. 

 Peduncles as long as leaves or a little longer, erect ; heads globular, 

 ,01 to .015 in diameter; corollate flowers 5 -6 in one row ; calyx dense- 

 ly hirsute, shorter i\i2^n purple corolla, lobes setaceous, somewhat short- 

 er than tube ; pod glabrous, membranous, obovate, included in calyx 

 — Spring. 



Var. genumum, Post. Lobes of sterile calyces densely plumose, 

 not woolly — Common in grassy places. 



Var. eriospliaeriim, Post. Lobes of sterile calyces densely -toool- 

 Ij ; heads jpannous — Less common than type. {T. eriosph(Brum, Boiss.) 



Var. Meduiseum, Post. Corollate flowers 3-4, the corolla 

 twice as long as calyx. Pod reticulate at tip — Less common than type 

 (T. medusceum, Bl.) 



30, T, pilulare, Boiss. .1 to -p ^^^ 

 .4, hairy ; stems slender, diffuse. Stipules 



ovate, obtuse; leaflets small, wedge-obovate. 

 Peduncles slender, at length somewhat long- 

 er than leaves, erect or spreading ; heads 

 .006 to .01 broad, at length globular ; co- 

 rollate flowers 1-2, calyx very hirsute, lobes 

 setaceous, somewhat longer than tube, 

 longer than the small,' white corolla ; pod 

 membranous, included in calyx, ovate, very 

 obtuse ; calyx -lobes of sterile flowers at 

 length long, flexuous, feathery — Spring — 

 Shady and weedy places ; common. 



31, T. fragriferum, L. 2f Ehan- 

 daquq. .1 to.3, glabrescent ; stems creep- Fruiting heads of T. piiuiare. 

 ing. Stipules lanceolate, subulate at tip ; leaflets ovate, elliptical, 

 obovate or obcordate, denticulate. Peduncles axillary, longer than 

 leaves ; heads globular, .01 to .02 broad in flower and fruit, with a 

 many-fid involucre nearly as long a» calyces ; calyx one-third as long 



