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3. A. tribuloide§, Del. Ruhhaiml. Quddd. .03 to .1, 

 appressed-silky, branching from neck ; branches prostrate. Leaflets 

 6-10 pairs, eliiptical-obloug-, crowded. Heads 3-G-ilo\vcred, axillary, 



Fig. 131. 



Leaf and pods of A. tnbuloides, 



sessile or nearly so ; flowers .01 long ; calyx tubular, teeth awl-shaped; 

 pods appressed-hairy, .01 long, oblong-triangular, slightly curved, acut- 

 ish, base retuse, bigibbous — Spring — Sandy places ; Sinai ; Syrian 

 desert. 



Var. iiiiiiutu§, Boiss. Flowers .005 long. Pods .005 to .006 

 lODg, somewhat longer than calyx — Nukhl to Gaza. 



Var. leiocarpu§, Boiss. Stems very short, indurated, buried in 

 the sand. Pods, even the young ones, glabrous, transversely veined — 

 Northern border of et-Tih. 



4. A. p§eiidostella, Del. .05 to .1, grey-hirsute; stems diffuse. 

 Leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-elliptical. Heads axillary, sessile, 5-6 -flower- 

 ed; calyx" bell-shaped-tubular, teeth as long as tube ; pods .01 to .014 

 long, stellate, lanceolate-triangular, acute, straightish, hirsute iritk 



spreading hairs ■ 

 last. 



Spring — Sinai ; Salihiyah (Damascus), Too near the 



5. A. cruciatus, Link. Fig. 133. Fig. 133. 



© Khuzdm-el-Qutt. .1 to .3 

 grey-hairy ; stems procumbent 

 or ascending. Leaflets ellip- 

 tical, 6-10 pairs. Heads 3-6- 

 flowered, 2'>&diindes longer than 

 pods and often than leaf ; flow- 

 ers .008 to .01 long, pods stel- 

 late, .015 to .03 long, linear- 

 lanceolate, triangular, bigib- 

 bous at base, appressed-hairy — 

 Spring — Central table-lands, 

 and eastern and southern 

 deserts ; barren places in 



Palestine. Pods of a, cruciatus. 



Var. bracliyIol>ii§, Post. Flowers. 01 long, pink. Pods. 01 long, 

 oblong-lanceolate, heset with apprcssed hairs, and longer spreading 

 bristles with tubercled haee — Ruins of Palmyra. 



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