870 LEGTJMINOSiE (PULSE FAMILY.) 



acute or acuminate, longer than calyx-tube, tomentellous at back ; calyx 

 .013 to .015 long — Summer — Akherdagb. 



T§. A. Bethlemiticus, Boiss. 5 -^ ^^ -4, densely beset with 

 stout, tomentellous-canescent spines, .04 to .05 long. Stipules ovate, to- 

 mentellous, the free portion triangular, ciliate; leaflets 4-5 pairs, oblong^ 

 mucronate, keeled, silky-canescent. Axils 3-5-flowered, collected 

 near tips of twigs ; bracts broad-ovate, concave, mucronate, longer 

 than calyx-tube, woolly at back ; calyx-teeth thrice as long as tube — 

 June — Southern Judea and Moab to Lebanon, Ccelesyria, Antilebanon 

 and Damascus. 



79. A, lepidantlius, Boiss. 5 -^ *^ -^j spines dense, .03 

 to .03 long, puberulent ; stipules ovate, hirtulous, the free portion 

 short-lanceolate ; leaflets 3 pairs, shorter than terminal spine, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, .006 to .008 long, conduplicate, appressed -silky, 

 ending in a needle-like prickle. Axils 4-5-flowered, crowded or scat- 

 tered near the tips of the twigs ; bracts broad-ovate, concave, mu- 

 cronate, woolly ; calyx-teeth as long as tube — Summer — Waste 

 fields between Edlip and Aleppo. 



80. A. argyrophyllus, Boiss. et Gaill. 5 -1^ ^^ -^ '•> 



branches thick-set with .02 to .04 long spines. Stipules tomentel- 

 lous, ovate, triangular-tapering; leaflets 3 pairs, ^ai or someichat Tceeled, 

 ovate to lenticular, .008 to .013 long, ending in a needle-like prickle, 

 appressed-silky-canescent, as long as or shorter than terminal spine. 

 Axils 4-5-flowered, generally loosely scattered near tips of twigs ; 

 bracts round-ovate, boat-shaped, tomentellous ; calyx .014 long, 

 teeth somewhat longer than tube — June — Antilebanon to Aintab. 



81. A, aiidrachnefoliiis, Fenzl. 5 -^ ^^ -^ '■> branches 

 short. Stipules ovate at base, short-tapering, villous ; petioles .12 

 to .2 long, ending in a short, tender spine ; leaflets 12-18 pairs, 

 .005 to .01 long, ovate to obovate, elliptical, or oblong, glabrous, 

 with the exception of a few hairs on the lower surface, mucronulate. 

 Axils many-flowered ; heads globular to oblong, as large as a walnut or 

 larger, overtopped by leaves ; bracts ovate-oblong, concave, rather 

 obtuse, or tapering ; bracteoles 1-2, sometimes 0, very small, narrow- 

 lanceolate, ciliate at tip; flowers .015 long — Summer — ISTorthern 

 Ccelesyria to Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



82. A. Andracline, Bge. 5 -2 to .4 ; branches short. -Sti- 

 pules ovate-lanceolate, tapering, villous ; petioles .25 long, ending in 

 a short, tender spine ; leaflets 10-15 pairs, orbicular, obovate, or ob- 

 long, .01 or more long, glabrous, mucronulate. Axils many-flowered, 

 forming an ovate, thick head as large as an egg or larger, overtopped 

 by leaves ; bracts oblong, taperiiig ; bracteoles 1-2, linear-lanceolate, 

 villous ; flowers .02 long — Summer — Ccelesyria and Damascus to 

 Aleppo and Amanus. Probably only a larger leaved and flowered form 

 of the last. 



83. A, Aintabicus, Boiss. 5 -^ to .4, glabrescent ; branches 

 armed with .15 long, stout, ascending spines. Stipules triangular, 

 tapering, ciliate ; leaflets 7-8 pairs, remote, ovate to lenticular, .01 to |j 

 .013 long, spiny-tipped, nerved, green, sparingly puberulent at lower 

 surface longer than terminal spine. Axils 5-7-flowered ; heads ovate, a- 

 bout as large as a walnut, overtopped by leaves ; bracts broad ovate, con- 



