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49. A. Oraecus, Boiss. If -6, villous. Stipules lanceolate-lin- 

 ear. Leaflets 30-40 pairs, elliptical-ovate to obcordate-orbicular, the 

 lower .01, the upper. 002 long. Racemes 5-10-flowered ; calyx white- 

 fleecy, teeth subulate, a little shorter than tnlie; ked shorter than icings ; 

 pod short-hirsute, ovate, .03 long, .015 broad, abruptly ta|)ering into 

 a straight, .01 long beak — May — Jebel Husha' ; Gilead ; llaurjin. 



50. A. Cliristiauiis, L. If .6, hirsute. Stipules subulate, 

 broader at base ; leaflets 15-20 pairs, elliptical, .015 to .02 long, ob- 

 tuse or retuse. Racemes sessile, 3-4-flo\vered ; calyx white-liispid, 

 teeth subulate, two-thirds as long as tube ; standard ovate or orbicu- 

 lar ; heel much shorter than icings; pods hisjnd, obliquely ovate, .015 

 to .02 long, .015 broad, wrinkled, ending in a straight beak —Spring 

 — Plain of Gennesaret (Tristram). 



51. A. Aleppicus, Boiss. If Appressed-canescent to hirsute. 

 Stipules lanceolate to linear-subulate ; leaflets 15-30 pairs, elliptiod to 

 orlicular, .005 to .01 long, sometimes retuse. Racemes sessile, 1-4- 

 flowered ; calyx white-hirsute, teeth lanceolate-subulate, one-third as 

 long as tube; keel somewhat longer than wings; pods pubescent^ de- 

 flexed, oblong, flattened, .02 long, .01 broad, netted-wrinkled, ending 

 in a .01 long, straight beak — April and May — Fields ; east of Jordan 

 to Coelesyria, Damascus plain, Aleppo, Aintab and northward and 

 eastward. 



52. A. diplitlierolohus, Bge. 2f .6 to 1, 2nd)erulent. Stipules 

 subulate, elongated ; leaflets 15-20 pairs, elliptical, obtuse or retuse, 

 .01 long. Flowers .035 long; calyx .02 long, white-hairy, teeth subu- 

 late, longer than tube; heel much shorter than icings; pods densely ]>an- 

 nous, oblong, .025 long, .013 broad, slightly compressed, ending in 

 a .01 long beak — May — Woods ; higher regions of Amanus. 



53. A, neiirocarpus, Boiss. 2f .6, glabrescent. Stipules se- 

 taceous from a dilated base; leaflets less than 16 pairs, ovate oblong^ .015 

 to .02 long, retuse, the lower surface sparingly hirsute. Racemes 2-3- 

 flowered, crowded ; calyx white- villous, teeth triangular, one-fourth as 

 long as tube ; standard obovate-oblong, longer than wings ; wings lon- 

 ger than keel; pods semi-ovate, .013 long, .007 broad, somewhat incurv- 

 ed, prominently netted-icrinhled; mucro .004 long — Spring — Ilauran to 

 Aintab, and northward. 



54. A. Slieparcli, Post. 2f .Q to \, stem and petioles glabrous. 

 Stipules lanceolate-subulate ; lower leaves .3 to .4 long, leaflets 15-20 

 pairs, lower surf ace sparingly hirsute, um^er glabrous , orbicular, to ovate- 

 orUcular, .01, long, distant. Racemes 2-3-flowered, calyx sparingly vil- 

 lous, teeth triangular one-third as long as tube; ])0(\^ glabrous, semi-omtt, 

 .02 long, .01 broad, obsoletely wrinhled, ventral suture thick, excurrcnt 

 in a stout, .01 long beak — May — Aintab. 



55. A. platyr]iaplii<!i, Fisch. 2f .1 to .25, green, hirsute, 

 stemless. Leaflets 12-10 pairs, ovate to elliptical, glabrous abore. Ra- 

 cemes 5-7-flowered ; scape shorter than petiole; calyx-teeth one-fourth to 

 one-fifth as long as tube ; pod stipitate, oblong, acutely triquetrous, mu- 

 cronate — Spring — Aleppo to Aintab, and eastward and northward. 



56. A. AlexandriiiiiN, Boiss. 2^ .1 to .25, hirsute, stemk-s?. 

 Leaflets 13-15 pairs, ovate to elliptical and oblong, upper surface glab- 

 rous. Racemes 5-7-flowered, short-peduncled ; calyx-teeth one-third to 



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