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LEGUMINOS^ (pulse FAMILY.) 



about as long as leaf ; pods .04 to .05 long, .002 thick, semlcircula 

 to ciiculsLT, e?iding in a short, incurved j^oint, appressed-bristly, at length 

 glabrescent, mottled with red — Spring — Sandy places ; southern 

 Palestine to et-Tih and Egypt. 



20. A. Baeticiis, L. © .3 to .4, sparingly hairy, green, erect. 

 Leaves. 1 or more long ; leaflets 9-10, oblong to linear, retuse. Lower 

 flowers solitary, siibsessile, upper racemes densely 2-i5-flowered ; pe- 

 duncle shorter than leaf ; pods erect, 2Ji'i8matic-oUongy .03 long, .007 

 thick, obtuse, straight, hooked at tip, appressed-bristly — Spring — 

 Coast ; Tripoli and southward ; Jordan Valley. 



Leaf- 

 rather 



lets 



Pods of A. conduplicatus. 



21. A. aulacolol>u§, Boiss. © .3, glabrous, ascending. 

 6-7 pairs, wedge-oblong, retuse. Racemes 1-4-flowered 



loose; peduncles as long as leaf; pods .035 long, .005 broad, deflexed 

 8e7nicircular scarcelj^ flattened, tapering, often rusty-spotted — Spring 

 — Aintab, and eastward. 



22. A. conduplicatus, Bertol. Fm. 137. 

 .1 to .4, glabrescent, erect or decumbent. 

 Leaflets 5-7 pairs, wedge-oblong to linear, 

 retuse or obcordate. Peduncles shorter than 

 leaves or longer, loosely 1-4-flowered, aicned 

 at tij) ; pods oblong, slightly curved, acute, 

 .025 long, .005 thick, spreading or deflexed, 

 mottled icith Irown, dorsal surface, ottusely 2- 

 Tceeled — Spring — Hauran to Palmyra, 

 Syrian desert, and Aleppo. 



23. A, liamo§us, L. © .3 to .5, ap- 



pressed-pubescent, erect or diffuse. Leaflets 

 8-10 pairs, obovate to oblong, retuse or ob- 

 cordate, glabrous above. Racemes capitate, many-jioicered ; peduncle 

 shorter than leaf ; pods deflexed, cylindrical-terete, Jishhoo'k-sha'ped, .06 

 long, .002 thick, sparingly appressed-hairy — Spring — "Weedy places ; 

 common throughout. 



Fig. 138. 



24. A. bracliyceras, © 

 Deqis. .3 to .4, appressed-pubes- 

 cent, diffuse or erect. Leaflets 8- 

 12 pairs, oblong to cuneate-ob- 

 long and linear, retuse. Racemes 

 very short, axillary, 4-8-flowered ; 

 peduncles longer or shorter than 

 leaves ; pods spreading, oUong- 

 linear, terete, .02 long, .003 thick, 

 semilunar — Spring — Grassy pla- 

 ces ; Moab to Hauran, Aleppo and 



eastward. Pods of a. bracbyceras. 



25. A I>orcocera§, Bge. .3 to .4, appressed-hairy, ascend- 

 ing or diffuse. Leaflets 9-10 pairs, wedge-oblong, retuse. Racemes 3- 

 7-flowered; peduncle half as long as leaf; pods .05 to .06 long, cylindri- 

 cal-terete, ftshhooh-shaped, nearly circular — Spring — Grassy places; 

 Aleppo. 



