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LBGUMINOS-^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



cent, prostrate. Leaves short-petioled ; leaflets obovate, tapering at 

 base. Flowers axillary, nearly solitary, very short-ijeduncled, .005 long ; 

 calyx half as long as pink corolla, lobes lanceolate, nearly as long ae 

 tube; standard obovate, keel bent at a right angle; pod slender, .02 

 long, somewhat incurved and flattened, torulose, 5-6-times as long as calyx 

 — Spring — Sinai to Egypt. 



10. Yt. Coiiiintoriceii§is, Brot. 0.2 to. 3, glabrous or sparing- 

 ly hirsute ; stems slender, erect or ascending. Petioles shorter than 

 ovate, stipular leaflets; leaflets obovate to rhombic. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 1-2-flowered, thickish, sliorter than calyx; flovrers .008 long; calyx 

 two-thirds as long as whitish corolla, lobes lanceolate-subulate, longer 

 than tube ; standard ovate, pink-striped, keel bent at a right angle ; 

 pod slender, .07 long, terete, acute, usually semicircular — Spring — 

 Wet meadows ; Tripoli ; Hhuleh. 



11. L. aiigiistissimus, L. .2 to .3, sparingly hirsute, ditcmn.- 

 bent or ascending. Leaves short-petioled ; leaflets of lower leaves ob- 

 ovate, of upper oblong, acute. Peduncles filiform, twice as long as 

 leaf, 1-2-flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, longer than tube ; co- 

 rolla once and a half as long as calyx, keel obtuse-angled ; pod .02 to 

 .03 long, slender, straight, terete, acute, 5-7 times as long as calyx — 

 Spring — Fields, especially near coast. 



12. L. parviflorus, Desf. .1 to .3, villous, erect or ascend- 

 ing, much branched. Petiole short ; stipular leaves ovate, semicordate, 

 the others oblong-lenticular. Peduncle 2-6-flowered, twice as long as 

 leaf, flowers .007 long ; calyx-lobes plumose, linear-setaceous, twice as 

 long as tube, nearly as long as corolla; standard obovate, keel obtuse-an- 

 o-led ; pod ollong, .01 long, a little longer than calyx — Spring — 



Var. macrolobus, Post. Pod linear, .02 long, thi^ice as long as 

 calyx— Beirut. 



^ ^' Calyx ^-lipped. Pod linear, cylindrical or flattened. 



13. L«. peregriiius, L. .1 to .4, appressed-hairy or silky, 

 diffuse. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, oMuse, stipulars ovate. Peduncles 

 shorter than leaf or as long, 2-4-flowered, at length thickened ; keel 

 narrow, boat-shaped ; pod straight, .02 to .Oolong, .002 broad, obtuse, 

 mucronate, scarcely torulose — Spring — Fields and grassy places ; 

 common, 



Var. acutifoliu§, Post. Leaflets Fig. 127. 



more or less acute. Pods thick, .003 in 

 diameter — Beirut. 



Var. Carmeli, Post. Peduncles 

 usually 1-flowered, twice as long as leaf. 

 Pods .003 in diameter — Carm el. (L. 

 Carmeli, JBoiss.) 



14. Ia. pusillus, Viv. .2 to 

 .3, appressed-tomentellous. Leaflets 

 minute, obovate-oblong, stipulars ovate. 

 Peduncles twice to thrice as long as leaf, 

 slender, 1-2-flowered ; corolla once and 

 a half as long as calyx, .008 long, keel 

 boat-shaped; pods ,02 to. 03 long, slen- Pods of L. pusiiius. 



