288 LEGUMINOS^.. (pulse FAMILY.) 



Var. g^labrescen§, Post. Flowers .01 to .02 long, pods glab- 

 rous, or glabrescent. 



12. V. MicliauxH, Spreng. © .3 to .4, sparingly appressed- 

 puberulent, decumbent or climbing. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, linear, tapering 

 at base, truncate or retuse, mucronulate ; stipules minute, semi-hastate, 

 the upper short-lanceolate. Peduncles 1-flowered ; corolla ligJit yellow^ 

 .015 long; pods short-stipitate, .03 long, .008 broad, appressed-pubes- 

 cent; seeds 3-3, large, lean-shaped, .006 to .001 long, flattened — Spring 

 — Fields ; Aleppo ; Galilee. 



Var. §tenopliylla, Bolss. Leaflets short-linear, acute — Anti- 

 lebanon. 



13. V, Aintaben§i8, Boiss. et Haussk. © .3to .4, appressed- 

 puberulent, climbing. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, small, obtriangular to 

 linear-cuneate ; stipules minute, semi-hastate, the upper triangular-lan- 

 ceolate. Peduncles 1-flowered ; corolla yellow, .01 to .015 long; pods 

 short-stipitate, appressed-hairy, at length glal>resc^nt, flattened, olDlong- 

 rhombic, .03 long, .008 broad, seeds 5-6, globular-jiattened, .003 to .004 

 in diameter — Spring — Fields ; Aintab ; Beiriit ; Galilee ; Samaria. 



14. ]Varboiieii§i§, L. © Nu'mdni-'harri. Ful-IbUs. Bakher. 

 .3 to. 4, pubescent ; stem thick, simple. Lower leaves of one pair of 

 large, obovate leaflets, upper of 2-3 pairs, elliptical, entire; stipules 

 large, semi-orbicular, dentate. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, very short ; 

 corolla purplish- violet ; pods glabrous, oblong, .04 long, .01 broad, 

 beak short, incurved — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. pilo§a, Post. Leaves all of one pair. Pods .05 long, 

 .012 broad, leBet with hairs tubercled at base — Woods near es-Salt 

 (Moab). 



15. V. serratifolia, Jacq. © .3 to .5, somewhat hairy, erect ; 

 stem simple or branching from base. Lower leaves of 1 pair of obovate- 

 cimeate leaflets, the upper of 2-3 pairs, obovate-oblong, all serrate; 

 stipules large, semi-ovate, dentate. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, short ; 

 corolla purplish- violet ; pods oblong, .03 to .04 long, .008 broad, beak 

 short, incurved — Spring — Fields ; Hauran ; ' Akkar. 



16. V, Cassubica, L. If Glabrous or somewhat hairy ; root 

 creeping, stoloniferous ; stems erect, wavy, somewhat climbing. Ten- 

 dril branching, leaflets 10-12 pairs, oblong to elliptical-linear, obtuse, 

 .01 to .02 long ; stipules semi-hastate, entire. Racemes many-flowered, 

 shorter than leaf; pods sub-rhombic, 1-2-seeded, flattened — Cassius, 

 Amanus, and northward. 



17. V. cane§ceiis, Labill. If .4 to .5, many stemmed, densely 

 woolly, erect. Leaves odd-pinnate, the j}etiole of the upper ones sometimes 

 ending in a short, incurved tendril ; leaflets 8-12 pairs, crowded, linear- 

 elliptical, obtuse or acutish ; stipules large, lanceolate- sagittate. Racemes 

 dense, nearly as long as leaf ; corolla blue ; pods woolly, stipitate, ob- 

 long, .03 long, .008 broad — Summer — Top of Lebanon above Ce- 

 dars. 



Var. retusa, Boiss. Leaflets retuse — Mountains of northern 

 Syria. 



1§. V. gregaria, Boiss. et Held. 2f .5 to 1, hirsute, glau* 

 cescent, many-stemmed, erect. Leaves odd- pinnate or ending in short 



