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29. TEPHROSIA, Pers. Hoary Pea. 



Cal3'x bell-shaped, nearly equally 5-toothed. Standard broad, silk- 

 y, keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, the vexillar filament at 

 length free almost to base. Ovary 2-co -ovuled, stigma glabrous or 

 bearded. Pod linear, flattened, bivalved, seeds flattened — Shrubs, 

 with odd-pinnate leaves, and racemes opposite the leaves. 



Fig. 129. 



Fig. 130. 



Pod of T. AppoUinea. 

 Raceme of T. AppoUinea. 



T. Apollinea, Del. 5 ''Amydiiah. .3 to .6, appressed-canescentj 



branches slender, erect, flexuous. Leaflets 2-5 pairs, oblong, retuse, 

 canescent-silky on both sides. Racemes loose, few-flovrered, longer 

 than leaves ; calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, somewhat longer than 

 tube ; pods oblong, somewhat falcate, .04 long, .004 broad, appressed 

 hairy — Spring — Sinai and westward to Egypt. 



30. COL.UTEA, L. CoLrTEA. Qasnur. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, the upper teeth often longer than 

 the others. Standard nearly round, spreading, furnished on either side 

 above the claw with a fold or protuberance ; wings oblong, falcate ; 

 keel obtusely curved. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 3-oo -ovuled ; 

 style incurved, bearded lengthwise on its upper and inner aspect, hook- 

 ed, its ovate stigma in the bend at its tip among the hairs. Pod stipi- 

 tate, parchment-like, inflated, indehiscent or gaping at apex — Shrubs 

 with showy yellow flowers. 



1. C arbore§cens, L. 5 1 ^^ ^i green. Leaflets 4-5 pairs, 

 ovate-elliptical, .02 long, .015 broad. Racemes short, 3-6-flowered, 

 shorter than leaf ; folds of standard short, nearly jjaraUel; 

 wings Jiat, nearly as long as obtuse keel ; pods .06 long, .02 thick — 

 Spring and early summer — Lebanon to Amanus, Kurd Dagh, and 

 northward. 



2. C Haleppica, Lam. 5 1 to 3, glaucous. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, 

 elliptical, .008 long, .005 broad. Folds of standard united, Iwrse-sTioe- 

 shajjed, wings convolute, longer than truncate keel ; pod .05 to .06 long, 

 .02 to .03 thick — Spring — Sinai ; Aintab. 



31. ASTRAGALUS, L. Milk- Vetch. Quddd. Quteit. 

 AsaW el ^Arus. 



Calyx campanulate, turbinate, or tubular, in fruit unchanged or torn 



