LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



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Leaf and head of T, agrarium. 



calyx-tube; upper calyx-teeth triangu- 

 lar, lower linear, somewhat longer than Yiq. 123. 

 tube ; corolla yellotc ; standard round- 

 obovate — Spring and summer — Com- 

 mon everywhere. 



Var. §ubsessile, Boiss. Peduncles 

 short or almost 0. 



54. T. liag^rangei, Boiss. © .1 

 to .2, sparingly appressed-puberulent, 

 erect or ascending. Stipules ovate-ob- 

 long, tapering; leaflets obovate to obo- 

 vate-oblong, retuse. Peduncles shorter 

 than leaves or as long ; heads nearly 

 globular ; pedicels one-third to one-half 

 as long as calyx-tube ; upper calyx-teeth 

 shorter than tube, lower subulate^ twice 

 as long as tube ; corolla reddish-violet^ 

 thrice as long as calyx ; standard obovate 



— Spring — Marash. 



55. T. procumbens, L. .3 to .4, loosely puberulent, dif- 

 fuse or erect. Stipules ovate, acute ; leaflets obovate, retuse. Pedun- 

 cles filiform, straight, longer than leaves ; heads hemispherical, at length 

 globular, .005 to .01 broad ; pedicels half as long as calyx-tube ; upper 

 calyx teeth triangular, half as long as tube, lower lanceolate-subulate, 

 somewhat longer than tube ; corolla yellow ; standard oblong — Spring 



— Grassy places ; Aintab, and northward. 



1§. Al^THYLLlS, L. Anthtllis. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, marcescent, sometimes inflated. Petals 

 long-clawed. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary 3-go -ovuled. Pod ovate, 

 1 -seeded, more or less coriaceous — Annual or perennial herbs, without 

 stipules, with capitate flowers, the lower leaflets of the pinnate leaves 

 not stipule-like. 



A. Tulneraria, L. If .2 to .5, usually appressed-hirsate. 

 Lower leaves simple or of two pairs, the terminal leaflet ovate to oblong, 

 much larger, the upper leaves of 3-6 pairs of oblong-lmear, nearly equal 

 leaflets. Heads solitary or twin, axillary subsessile, or terminal long 

 peduncled, involucrate by two, digitate leaves ; fruiting calyx oblong- 

 ovate — Spring — Nusairy Mountains, and northward. 



19. PHYSA»[THYL.L.IS, L. Phtsanthtllis. 



Calyx tubular with straight mouth, 5-toothed, at length bladdery- 

 inflated. Petals long-clawed. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 2-ovuled. 

 Pod parchment-like, tapering into a stalk, constricted between seeds, 

 2-celled — Annual herbs. 



P. tetrapliylla, L. .4 to .6, appressed-villous ; stems pros- 

 trate, nearly simple. Leaves odd-pinnate, the terminal leaflets obovate, 

 much larger than the lateral, ,03 long. Heads axillary, few-flowered, 

 nearly sessile ; flowers nearly sessile ; fruiting calyx .03 long, .01 broad ; 

 pod villous, seeds tubercled — Spring — Fields ; common. 



