LEGUMIN0SJ5. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



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der, somewhat flattened and torulose, obliquely mucronate — Spring — 



Var. major, Boiss. All the parts somewhat larger than in type. 

 Peduncles often 3-4-flowered — Sandy places ; coast. 



Var. macraiitlius, Boiss. Corolla .01 long ; otherwise as in 

 last — Beirut. 



15. JL, ornitliopodoicles, L. .3 to .5, appressed-pubescent 

 diffuse. Leaflets obovate to rhombic. Peduncle longer than leaf, 3-5l 

 flowered ; corolla. 01 long, keel boat-shaped ; pod .04 long, .002 broad 

 much flattened, torulose, slightly curved— Spring — Fields; common' 



* * * Calyx campanulate. Pod thick, longitudinally 2-ceUed by inflexion 

 of upper suture. 



16, Ij. eclulis, L. .2 to .4, mllous-pubescent, ascending or dif- 

 fuse. Stipulars cordate-ovate ; leaflets wedge-obovate. Peduncles 1- 

 rarely 2-flowered, twice to thrice as long as leaves ; calyx-lobes lan- 

 ceolate-linear, twice as long as tube; corolla .015 long, standard round, 

 keel gradually curved ; pod curved, .03 to .04 long, .005 thick, mucro- 

 nate-hooTced — Spring — Fields ; common along coast. 



25. TETRAGOIVOLOBUS, Scop. 



Tetragonolobus. 



Fig. 128. 



Calyx 5-fid. Keel beaked, curved downward. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Style thickened above, stig- 

 ma tapering. Pod cylindrical, the nerves of the su- 

 tures dilated into wings — Herbs with aspect of 

 Lotus. 



T. purpureus, Mcench. AsaW-eVArus. 

 .3 to .5, hirsute ; stems ascending. Stipulars ad- 

 nate to petiole ; leaflets large, ovate rhombic. Pe- 

 duncle 1-2-flowered, longer than leaf ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate; corolla .02 long, purple, once and a half 

 as long as calyx ; wings of pod wavy, broad — 

 Spring — 



Var. Pal£e§tlnu§, Post. Peduncle shorter 

 than leaves ; calyx-lobes linear ; wings of pod 

 narrow, slightly wavy — Fields ; commoner than 

 type. {T. PalcBstinus, Boiss.) 



T. purpureus, 

 Var. Palastiiius. 



26.,PISORAL.E:a, L. Psoralea. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed. Petals nearly of equal length ; keel 

 obtuse. Ovary 1-ovuled, style filiform, stigma capitellate. Pod 1- 

 seeded, indehiscent, the pericarp usually adherent to the seed — Gland- 

 ular-dotted herbs or shrubs, with trefoil leaves and racemed or capi- 

 tate, (in ours) violet flowers. 



1. P. Jaiibertiaiia, Fenzl. If .6 to 1, appressed-canescent ; 

 stems thick at base, indurated, ascending. Leaflets of all the leaves 

 round to ovate fro7n a rounded to wedge-shaj)edl)ase, remotely repand-tooth- 

 ed. i^acemes axillary, much longer than leaves, .1 to .15 long, rather 

 loose ; flowers .007 long, 3-5 in a whorl ; calyx-teeth triangular -lanceo- 



