348 LEauMiNos^. (pulse family.; 



4. D. Haussknechtii, Boiss. 5 -^ to .1, shrubby at base, ap- 

 pressed-silky ; stems ascending or erect. Leaves sessile, leaflets linear- 

 oUong, acute. Peduncles long ; pedicels as long as calyx-tube ; calyx- 

 lobes triangular, half as long as tube, the upper somewhat broader ; 

 pod oblong, .005 long, .002 to .003 thick, acute, twice as long as calyx, 

 3 -seeded — Summer — Amanus, and northward, 



Var. Liibanotieum, Boiss, Branches short, prostrate. Heads 

 few-flowered, calyx-tube twice and a half as long as teeth ; pods .003 

 long, .003 thick — Subalpine and alj^ine Lebanon. 



24. LOTUS, L. Lotus. 



Calyx 5-fid, rarely 2-lipped. Keel beaked, gradually or abruptly 

 recurved. Style tapering at tip. Pod oblong or linear, bivalved, 

 wingless, often sejDtate between seeds — Herbs or shrubs, lower leaflets 

 near stem, stipule-like, rarely 0. 



* Calyx tubular-campanulate. Pod ohlong or linear. 



t Perennials. 



X Flowers yellow. 



1. lu, Creticus, L. % .3 to .5, shrubby at base, silky, or more 

 or less appressed-canescent, prostrate or ascending, naked at base. 

 Leaves sessile or short-petioled ; leaflets wedge-obovate to wedge-ob- 

 long. Peduncles 1-8-flowered, long ; calyx-lobes ohlong -lanceolate, a- 

 cute, the lateral shorter ; standard round-obovate, longer than the grad- 

 ually curmd Tieel ; wings shorter than keel ; pod glabrous, cylindrical- 

 flattened, ,03 to .04 long seeds globular — Spring — 



Var. genuinu§, Boiss. Silvery -silTcy. Leaflets oblong to linear- 

 cuneate — Philistine coast. 



2. 1u, cyti§oides, L. If .3 to .5, caneseent with appressed' 

 hairs, not silky, prostrate or ascending. Leaves sessile or short-petioled, 

 leaflets oblong-obovate. Peduncles 2-o-flowered ; pod linear-flattened, 

 ,03 to .04 long, torulose ; seeds ovate — Spring — Sandy places along 

 coast, and interior. 



3. li. corulculatus, L. If Kuteihah .2 to .4, glabrous or spar- 

 ingly hairy ; stems ascending. Petiole shorter than obovate or oblong 

 leaflets. Peduncles thick, 3-5-flowered, much longer than leaf ; calyx- 

 lobes siLbulate from a triajigular base, equal, nearly as long as tube ; 

 petals turning greenish in drying, standard orbicular, wings broad-obo- 

 vate, lower border strongly recurved, keel bent downward at a right an- 

 gle ; pod glabrous, straight, terete, .03 to .05 long — Summer — 



Var. ciliatus, Boiss. Leaflets and calyces ciliate with long hairs 

 — Sidon ; subalpine and alpine Lebanon. 



Var. alpinu§, Boiss. usually low. Leaves subsessile, leaflets 

 minute. Calyx-lobes shorter and broader than in type — Alpine and 

 subalpine Lebanon and northward. 



4. Ij. tenuifolius, Rchb. If .5 to 1, glabrous or somewhat 

 hirsute, procumbent. Leaves short-petioled, leaflets linear-obovate to 

 linear. Peduncles slender, 1-5-flowered, many times longer than leaf ; 

 calyx-lobes triangular-subulate, nearly equal, almost as long as tube ; 

 standard orbicular, wings oblong-obovate, the lower margin straight- 



