LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



from a broad, three-nerved base, 



343 



lanceolate-suljulate from a broad, three-nerved base, the upper ones 

 nearly as long as tube ; pod linear, straight, longer than calyx-tube, 4- 

 seeded, lower margin crenate — Spring - Grassy places ; Beirut. 



Fig. 120. 



44. T. Petrisavii, Clem. .3 

 to .6, glabrous ; stems decumbent or 

 ascending, solid. Free part of stipules 

 triangular lanceolate-setaceous ; leaflets 

 obovate, often truncate, denticulate at 

 tip. Heads nearly globular, .015 to .02 

 in diameter ; calyx two-thirds as long 

 as fale fink corolla, lobes lanceolate, 

 somewhat one-nerved, narrowly white- 

 margined, the upper one nearly as long 

 as tube ; pod constricted between the 3 

 seeds — Spring — Grassy places ; com- 

 mon. 



45. T. Meiieg^hmianuin, Clem. 

 © .3 to .6, glabrous ; stems ascending, 

 thick, hollow. Free part of stipules 

 triangular, tapering-setaceous; leaflets 

 obovate, spiny-dentate from middle. 

 Heads nearly globular, .015 to .02 in 

 diameter ; calyx somewhat more than 

 half as long as white corolla, lobes lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, the upper ones as long 

 as tube ; ovary constricted between 

 ovules ; pod one-seeded — Spring — 

 Fields ; common. Too near the last. 



46. T. repens, L. IJ! ,1 to^ .4, 



glabrous ; stems prostrate, rooting. 

 Leaflets large, obovate to orbicular, serru- 

 late; stipules abruptly cuspidate from a Head of T. Petrisavii. 

 broad, scarious base. Heads nearly glob- 

 ular, .02 to .04 in diameter ; calyx half as long as 

 white corolla, lobes lanceolate, the upper two as 

 long as tube ; pod sessile, linear, obtuse ; seeds 3- 

 4 — Spring and summer — Grassy places ; com- 

 mon. 



Var. Orphanideuin, Boiss. Dwarf. Leaf- 

 lets minute, often obcordate. Peduncles short. 

 Corolla pale pink — RoueissEit (Lebanon). 



47. T. rtaytidospermum, Boiss. et Hoh. 

 If .1 to .2, stems ascending, appressed-hairy. Stip- 

 ules lanceolate-linear ; leaflets obovate-oblong to 

 oblong, obtuse. Peduncles 2-00 times as long as 

 leaves ; heads globular, .015 in diameter, at length 

 oblong ; pedicels shorter than calyx-tube ; upper 

 pair of calyx-teeth very short, triangular, the lower 

 three linear, ciliate, longer than tube ; corolla yel- 

 loinish-flesh-colored — Summer — Berytdagh and 

 probably Akherdagh. 



Fig. 121. 



Flowering head of 

 T. coniopum. 



