LEOUMINOS^. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



559 



Pods of A.Gyzensie. 



elongated. Racemes 3-G-flowered; peduncle shorter than leaf, at 

 length longer; pod erect, .05 long, .004 chick, straightlsh, tcvpering into 

 a hooh, sparingly appressed-hairy — Spring — Hauran to Damascus and 

 Aleppo. 



14. A. trimestris, L. © Hairy, diffuse. Stipules minute, subu- 

 late from a 'broader base; leaflets crowded, 8-10 pairs, elliptical, retuse. Ra- 

 ceme 2-5-flowered ; peduncle about as long as leaf ; corolla ^vhitish ; 

 pods .05 long, .003 thick, se/ziicircwkr, short-mucronatc, sparingly ap- 

 pressed-hairy — Spring — Philistine plain and et-Tih to Egypt. 



15. A. Oyzeii§is, Del. © Fig. 135. 

 ^ Adhdm-el-Fdrah. .05 to .1, appres- 

 sed-grey-puberulent, spreading. 

 Leaflets 1-3 pairs remote, broad-ellip- 

 tical to elliptical-oblong, retuse, the 

 terminal larger, often .008 long, 

 ,006 broad. Racemes loosely 3-5- 

 fio"wered ; peduncles shorter than 

 the long-petioled leaf ; corolla whit- 

 ish ; pods .035 to .03 long, .003 

 thick, semicircular, beset with t^co 

 kinds of liairs, one short, appressed, tlie 

 other longer, spreading, tuhercled at 

 base, short-mucronate — Spring — 

 South of Dead Sea, and southward 

 to Sinai and Egypt. 



16. A. commixtus, Bge. © .1, canescent, nearly stemless. 

 Leaflets oblong-elliptical, obtuse. Racemes 2-5-flowered, much longer 

 than leaves; calyx-tube cylindrical; standard nearly round, ending ab- 

 ruptly in a linear, obtuse appendage ; pods erect, .03 long, .002 thick, 

 semicircular, hooked at tip, hispid with appressed and spreading hairs 

 — May-^Qaldiin (Antilebanon) . 



17. A. hi^pidulus, Astr. © .3, sparingly pubescent, some- 

 what diffuse. Leaflets 6-7 pairs, elliptical-oblong, obtuse. Racemes 3- 

 4-flowered ; peduncle about as long as leaf ; calyx cylindrical ; stan- 

 dard ovate-oblong, gradually tapering; pod flattened-cylindrical, slend- 

 er, .04 long, .0015 broad; semicircular, acute, appressed-bristly — 

 Spring — Et-Tih to Sinai and Egypt. 



IS. A. callic]irou§, Boiss. © 

 Leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-elliptical to li- 

 near, obtuse. Racemes capitate, 5-8- 

 flowered ; peduncles as long as leaf or 

 longer; flowers violet, showy, .02 long; 

 standard gradually tapering ; pods .04 

 to .05 long, .002 thick, flattened, cylin- 

 drical, semicircular, acute, appressed- 

 bristly — Spring — Southern Palestine 

 near desert ; Wilderness fo Judea ; 

 Jordan Valley ; Moab ; Palmyra. 



19. A. annularis, Forsk. © 

 .1 to .3, pubescent, diffuse. Leaflets 

 1-3 pairs, obovate to obovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Racemes 2-4-flowered ; peduncle J*od of a. annularis. 



1 to 



3, villous, diffuse. 

 Fig. 136. 



