258 LEaUMINOSiBS. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



6. A, radiatus, Ehr. .1 to .8, appressed-canescent, procum- 

 bent or ascending. Leaflets elliptical, 6-8 pairs. Heads 5-9-flowered ; 

 peduncles shorter than leaf; flowers .004 to .005 long ; pods short, stel- 

 late, oblong from a bigibbous base, acute, straightish, appressed-hairy 

 — Spring — Et-Tih. Too near the last. 



7. A. triradiatils, Bge. © .1 to .3, hirsute, prostrate or ascend- 

 ing. Leaflets 5-10 pairs, oblong-elliptical, obtuse or retuse. Heads 3- 

 6-flowered ; 2^^duncles as long as pod or longer ; pods .02 to .025 long, 

 .004 thick, rejfexed, lanceolate, somewhat curred, base truncate, [bigib- 

 bous, hairs of two sorts, one short appressed, the other longer^ sparse, spread- 

 ing, tubercled at iase — Spring — Haur^n to Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



8. A. ScMmperi, Boiss.© Qureidun-aswad .05 to .'Z, ap^resaed- 

 tomentellous, procumbent. Leaflets 4-8 pairs, oblong elliptical, obtuse. 

 Heads 2-6-flowered ; peduncle as long as pod or leaf; pods spreading, 

 .015 to .02 long, linear-oblong, nearly terete, straightish, abruptly taper- 

 ing at tip, densely hispid with spreading hairs — Spring — Sinai. 



9. A. oxyg'Iotti§, Stev. © Sparingly appressed-puberulent, 

 diffuse. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, wedge-shaped, truncate or retuse. Heads 

 4-7-flowered ; peduncle shorter than leaf ; pods .01 to .013 long, stel- 

 late, glabrous or appressed-canescent, lanceolate, acute, transversly 

 tetragonal owing to the obliquely Tceeled 'calves, the dorsal suture obsoletely 

 grooved — Spring — Stony places ; el-Jebel-el-Abiadh (Syrian desert) , 

 and northward and eastward. 



10. A. eremopliilus, Boiss. © Umm-el-Qurein. Fajd''a-muM. 

 .3 to .4, grey-puberulent, prostrate. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, obovate, retuse. 

 Racemes loosely 3-4-flowered ; peduncle shorter or longer than leaf ; 

 standard a little longer than keel; pods .025 long, .003 thick, somewhat 

 flattened, semicircular, acute, 18-20-seeded, villous — Spring — Sinai. 



11. A. corrugatus, Bertol. ©.3 to .4, sparingly appressed- 

 hairy, procumbent. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, linear-cuneate, retuse. Kacemes 

 1-4-flowered ; peduncle as long as or longer than leaf ; pods .03 to .04 

 long, .003 thick, semicircular, hooTced at tip, transversely wrinMed — 

 Spring — Sinai. 



Var. brevipes. Post. Peduncles shorter than leaves — iWadi 

 Feiran. 



12. A. tenuiriigis, Boiss. © .3 to .4, sparingly appressed-hairy, 

 procumbent .Leaflets 6-7 pairs, wedge-oblong, retuse. Racemes 1-5-flower- 

 ed; peduncle as long as or longer than leaf ; pods curved, ending in a 

 short, slightly curved mucro, ventral surf ace slightly netted-wrinMed; seeds 

 jjO-30 — Spring — Sinai and et-Tih. Too near the last. 



Fia. 134. 



Pod of A Damascenus, 



13. A. Damascenus, Boiss. et Gaill. © .2, very sparingly 

 appressed-hairy, ascending. Leaflets 6-7 pairs, oblong to linear, retuse, 



