268 LEGUMlNOSiE. (PITLSE FAMILY.) 



67. A. Roii§§eanus, Boiss. ^ -05 to .15, branches slender, 

 partly under ground, simi3le, woolly between ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, 

 ciliate stipules. Leaflets' 5-7 pairs, conduplicate, linear, muticous, ap- 

 lire^sed-liirmte. Axils 2-flowered, forming a cylindrical-dub-sfuqjed. 

 spihe^ .03 to .06 long, .01 to .015 broad, leafy, extending nearly to 

 end of twigs ; bracts subulate, hirsute, nearly as long as calyx-tube • 

 calyx-tube villous at base, teeth somewhat shorter than tube, standard 

 somewhat longer than calyx, fiddle-shaped — May and June — Coele- 

 syria to xileppo, Aintab, and north-eastward. 



68. A. ecliiiius, DC. 5 -^^^ -^j densely branched, echinate 

 with .02 to .03 long spines, old ones persistent, black. Stipules trian- 

 gular-acuminate, glabrous, ciliate ; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblanceolate, apprt^- 

 aed-mnement^ spiuy-mucronate, sliorter than terminal spine. Flowers 

 crowded in a globular, .02 broad head ; calyx-teeth concealed by 

 their villi, as long as tube — Summer — Alpine regions of Sinai, Leba- 

 non, and Antilebanon. 



Var. vireiis, Boiss. Petioles stiff, .05 long ; leaflets green — 

 Near Cedars. 



69. A. argyrothainiius, Boiss. 5 ^5 much branched ; 

 spines thick- set, slender, .03 long, ascending. Stipules ovate, short- 

 acuminate, ciliate ; leaflets 4-5 pairs, minute^ flattish, ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, silvery-canescent, shorter than terminal spine. Flowers 

 three or less in a globular head, crowded at base of leaves ; bracts 

 hroad-ovate^ hoat-shaped, very obtuse ; calyx-teeth concealed by villi, 

 nearly as long as tube — Summer — Middle region of Antilebanon. 



70 A. i>silocloiitiu§, Boiss. 5 -^ to .3, appressed-canescent ; 

 branches slender •, twigs crowded, short. Leaves scattered ; petioles 

 thick, .03 to .05 long, ending in a spine much longer than the leaflets; 

 leaflets 6-7 pairs, crowded, small, conduplicate, ovate^ acutish, muti- 

 cous ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, witli a hroad, translucent margin, beard- 

 ed at back. Axils 3-5-flowered, forming somewhat distant bunches ; 

 bracts oblong, broad, acute, concave, as long as calyx tube, margin 

 translucent ; calyx hirsute, teeth once and a half as long as tube, 

 somewhat longer than rusty corolla — Summer — Antilebanon; Wadi- 

 el-Jaur (south of Damascus). 



71. A. ambi^uus, Bge. 5-^^0.3, branches short, glabrous, 

 slender ; spines crowded, slender, spreading, .03 to .05 long ; stipiiles 

 lanceolate-acuminate, ciliate ; leaflets 7-9 pairs, olovate, conduplicate, ol- 

 tuse, .005 long, mucronate, hispid, a little shorter than terminal spine. 

 Axils 2-flowered, crowded in small, globular heads as large as a hazel 

 nut, at base of branches ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, boat-shaped, taper- 

 ing, villous except at base, somewhat shorter than calyx ; calyx very 

 villous, teeth subulate, once and a half as long as tube ;, corolla purple 

 or violet — June — Alpine regions of Amanus. 



72. A. Prusianu§, Boiss. 5 '^ to .3, much branched ; bran- 

 ches long, loosely spiny, iDOolly-canescent. Spines .04 to .08 long ; si\- 

 Tpules triangular, tomentellous; leaflets 6-8 pairs, obovate-oblong to 

 ovate-oblong and oblong, .005 to .01 long, ^jWcH^/, appressed-woolly- 

 canescent. Axils less than 5-flowered, forming globular or ovate-oblong 

 terminal heads ; bracts ovate, woolly on outer face except at base, boat- 



