LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 281 



* * Stipules united^ opposite the leaf. 

 t Pod unarmed^ or armed with short pricMes or tubercles. 



2. H. atomariuin, Boiss. If .3 to .6, sparingly appressed- 

 hairy, pale green, ascending, branched. Leaflets 5-6 pairs, green, fleshy, 

 ovate to oblong, obtuse, .02 long, .008 broad, glabrescent on upper, 

 sparingly appressed-bristly on lower surface. Peduncles somewhat 

 longer than leaf ; racemes dense, ovate, at length elongated ; corolla 

 purple, .015 long ; joints of pod 2-3, round-ovate, slightly netted- 

 wrinkled, wrinkles thicker toward margin, short-hairy — June — 

 Amanus to Aintab, and northward. 



Var. §ufirruticen§, Boiss. Shrubby at base, stems shorter. 

 Leaflets smaller, more canescent on lower surface. Calyx-teeth scarcely 

 longer than tube. 



1 1 Pods beset with long bristles. 



3. H. pogonocarpuui, Boiss. 2f .2 to .4, loosely woolly-canes- 

 cent, ascending. Leaflets 6-9 pairs, lenticular, obtuse, .01 to. 013 long. 

 Peduncles at least as long as leaves, often much longer ; racemes oblong, 

 at length elongated, rather loose; corolla rather yellow^ .013 long, keel 

 one-third longer than refuse standard, bent beneath at less than a right 

 angle; pods of 1-2, elliptical, woolly-canescent joints, beset with long, 

 reddish bristles — June — Amanus to Aintab, Akherdagh, and north- 

 ward. 



4. H. paiiiio§uiu, Boiss. If Nearly stemless, densely pannous. 

 Leaflets 6-9 pairs, ovate to oblong-elliptical, .013 to .02 long, obtuse 

 or acutish. Peduncles rather thick, twice as long as leaves ; racemes 

 loose, often .13 to .25 long ; standard refuse, a little shorter than keel ; 

 joints of joa/moz/s pod 1-2, ovate, beset with long, reddish bristles — 

 May and June — El- Jebel-el-Abiad near Palmyra ; Aintab. 



41. OMOBRYCmS, Gaertn. Onobhychis. 



Teeth of bell-shaped calyx nearly equal. Wings short, keel 

 obliquely truncate at apex, as long as or longer than standard. Vex- 

 illar stamen free at base, connate vnth others at middle. Ovary 1-3- 

 ovuled ; style filiform, stigma terminal. Pod exsertecl, sessile or stipi- 

 tate, flattened, not jointed, half-round, circinnate, leathery, with pitted 

 disk, and crested, often spiny margin — Herbs, rarely shrubs, leaves 

 usually odd-pinnate, flowers in axillary pedunculated spikes or ra- 

 cemes. 



* Annuals. 



1. O. €ri§ta-Galli, L. .2 to .4, appressed-canescent, dif- 

 fuse or ascending. Leaflets 5-10 pairs, oblong-cuneate to obovate-ob- 

 long, refuse to obcordate, mucronate. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, some- 

 what shorter than leaf ; calyx-teeth about as long as pale pink corolla; 

 pod hairy, semi-orbicular, .015 long, with pitted and usually prickly 

 iisk, and crest divided into 3-4, lanceolate, acute, toothed lobes, often 

 'urnished on both sides with an accessory crest, with shorter lobes — 

 spring — Fields ; common throughout. 



Var. Oaertncriana, Post. Lobes of crest obtuse. Corolla 

 leep pink, a little longer than calyx — Common with type. (O. 

 Tiertneriana, Boiss). 



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