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ish; keel bent below at a right angle; pod .03 to .03 long, straight, 

 terete — Spring and summer — Moist meadows and by water courses ; 

 common. 



Var. uiiiflorus, Boiss. Stems short ; peduncles 1 -flowered — 

 Lebanon; Ccelesyria. 



5. Li. lainprocarpus, Boiss. If .6 to 1, hisjnd, grey, diffuse- 

 ly branched. Petioles shorter than the ovate^ acutish leaflets. Pe- 

 duncles slender, twice to thrice as long as leaf, 3-4-flowered ; flowers 

 small; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, twice as long as tube, a little 

 shorter than corolla; standard obovate, wings oblong-linear, keel grad- 

 ually curved; pods glabrous, sinning grey ^ straight, .03 long, 3-4 times 



as long as calyx Summer — Moist places, especially in mountains ; 



Jordan Valley ; Dead Sea. 



\ X Flowers pinlc or 'purple, .01 to .015 long. 



6. I^. Oebelia, Vent. If .3 to .6, glaucescent; stems ascending, 

 flexuous, much branched. Petioles shorter than stipular leaves ; leaf- 

 lets wedge-obovate, mucronulate. Peduncles from upper axils, 3-6- 

 flowered ; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate to lanceolate-subulate, as 

 long as tube; corolla |:>2:?i^, .015 long, standard olovate, much longer 

 than broad wings and curved purple-tipped keel, which are about of 

 equal length ; pod .02 to .04 long, keeled, somewhat flattened, often 

 torulose, 3-4 times as long as calyx — Spring and summer — Mountains 

 and interior plains ; common. A very variable species. 



Var. g^enuinus, Boiss. Glabrous. 

 Var. villosus, Boiss. Villous. 



Var. Libanoticuis, Boiss. Woolly or pannous. Flowers 

 smaller than in type. 



Var. Haussknechtii, Boiss. Tomentellous. Flowers small. 

 Calyx-lobes shorter than tube — Damascus. 



7. L<. lanug^inosus, Vent. If .3 to .5, tomentellous; stems 

 prostrate, branching, densely leafy. Petiole rmicli shorter than minute, 

 obovate, oftenobcordate, leaflets. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, twice to four 

 times as long as leaf ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, almost as long 

 as tube; coio\\2i intensely purple ; standard oblong -linear, much longer 

 than the angled or curved keel ; wings somewhat shorter than keel — 

 Spring — Et-Tih ; Syrian desert. 



t Annuals. 



\ Floicers pinlc, purple, or whitish. 



8. L-. Arabicus, L. © Khuddeirah. QaM. Jeddub. .3 to 1, 

 sparingly appressed-hairy, glaucescent ; stems prostrate or ascending, 

 much branched. Leaves very short-petioled, leaflets wedge-obovate, 

 obtuse. Peduncles 3-5-flowered, nearly twice as long as leaf ; calyx- 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, somewhat longer than tube; flowers .003 to .01 

 long ; corolla pink ; standard obovate, nearly twice as long as calyx ; 

 keel bent at an obtuse angle ; pod straight, .03 to .03 long, glabrous, 

 terete, 4-5 times as long as calyx — January to March — Arabia Pe- 

 trsea. 



9. L<. g[]inoi<le§, Del. Qadb. .05 to .3, appressed-canes- 



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