LEGUMINOS.'E. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



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26. A. catialicii- 

 latu§, Willd. .1 to 

 .3, sparingly appressed- 

 bristly ; stems simple or 

 branching from base. 

 Leaflets 6-8 pairs, obovate 

 to oblong, retuse. Flow- 

 ers soZ/^ary <?r i(«/ji;i, axil- 

 lary, sessile; pods .04 to 

 .05 long, .002 thick, cy- 

 lindrical-terete, falciform 

 with a short, hooked tip — Sprin 



Fig. 139. 



Leaf and Pod of A. canaliculatus. 



Fields between Bosrahaod Qur^yab 



Pods of A. tuberculosus 



(Hauran). An Algerian plant, not before found in Syria. 



27. A. tiil>erculo§us, D.C. © U ^^^' l'^^- 



.3 to .5, white-hirsute ; stems numerous, 

 prostrate. Leaflets 8-12 pairs, obcordate 

 to oblong,, notched. Racemes many-flow- 

 ered, at first ovate, dense, at length .05 to 

 .1 long, peduncle longer than leaf ; flow- 

 ers yellowish, .02 long ; calyx white- and 

 'black-hirsute; \>od.s ovate-oblong, .02 to .03 

 long, .008 to .01 thick, ending in a short 

 hook ; back flatfish, with a broad, shallow 

 groove, face scarcely keeled, tuTje^xled-iorinkled — Spring — Neglect- 

 ed fields and roadsides ; common. 



2§. A. l>otii)l>ycinus, Boiss. (5) Durreis. 

 Khansarat-eV Arus. .1 to .4, loosely clothed loithicavy- 

 white wool, prostrate. Leaflets 6-13 pairs, minute, 

 obovate, retuse, often croicded. Racemes rather loose, 

 2-4-flowered ; peduncle as long as leaf, or shorter ; 

 calyx ichite-icoolly ; pods oblong-lanceolate, .02 to .03 

 long, ,006 broad, incurved, ending in a short, straight, 

 or somewhat incurved jjoint, densely white-woolly, 

 back broad-grooved, face keeled, netted-wrinkled 

 tovrard margm — Spring — Et-Tih to Sinai, -^jg 

 Egypt, and southward. 



29. A. BerytliCiis, Boiss. et Bl. 

 (D .4, white-villous, prostrate. Leaflets 

 7-8 pairs, small, cuneate-oblong. Racemes 

 7-8-flowered, somewhat capitate, peduncle 

 nearly equalling leaf; calyx black-hairy, 

 teeth half as long as tube; standard taper- 

 ing, retuse; pods white-hairy, lanceolate- 

 linear, 3-angled, .025 long, .005 broad, 

 somewhat curved, acute, back narrow- 

 grooved, face keeled, minutely rough-tu- 

 bercled — Spring — Sandy fields ; Beirut. 



30, A. peregrimis, Vahl. .2 to 

 .4, loosely white-villous, prostrate. Leaf- 

 lets oblong-cuneate, retuse. Racemes rather 



loose, 3-5- flowered, peduncle shorter than 



Immature pod of 

 A. Berytheus 



