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longer than petiole. Peduncles 1-flowered, about as long as leaf ; 

 corolla reddish-ydlow; calyx-lobes twice as long as tube, .02 to .025 

 long; pod .025 to .04 long, .008 to .01 broad, upper margin straightish, 

 fiattened, ^-keeled; seeds 5-8, glabrous — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. stenopliyllus, Post. .01 to .03, rigid. Leaflets linear, 

 .001 to .002 broad. Flowers .01 to .015 long. A well pronounced 

 variety with the broad stipules, characteristic flowers, and 3-keeled pods 

 of L. amoenus, but with the linear leaves of L. stenophyllus, Boiss. et 

 Held. — Antilebanon ; Hauran ; Damascus ; JJeirilt. 



8. Li, §tenophyllus, Boiss. et Held. .2 to .4 ; stems fili- 

 form, angled, narrow-winged, procumbent. Stipules semi-sagittate, 

 linear -lanceolate, about as long as petiole ; leaflets linear, .001 to .003 

 broad. Peduncles 1-flowered, as long as or longer than leaves ; calyx- 

 lobes as long as tube ; corolla molet-imrple, the standard darTcer ; pod 

 .04 long, .008 broad ; seeds 5-6, glabrous, yellowish — Spring — 

 Grassy hillsides ; sea coast ; Lebanon. 



9. L(. marmoratus, Boiss. et Bl. .3 to .6, stems slender, 

 diffuse, narrow- winged. Stipules semi-sagittate, oblong to lanceolate, as 

 long as petiole ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, mucronate. Peduncles 1- 

 flowered, shorter than leaf ; calyx-lobes twice as long as tube ; corol- 

 la ^«?« molet-2n7ih ; pod linear sub-rhombic, .02 long, .006 broad, upper 

 margin with two narrow wings ; seeds 3-4, globular, 7'usty- and Uack- 

 mai^led — Spring — Sandy fields ; coast ; Lebanon ; Beersheba. 



10. L<. §ati'rii§, L. JilMn. .3 to .6, stems procumbent or 

 dim' ing. Stipules semi-sagittate, oUong -lanceolate, shorter than petiole ; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Peduncles 1-flowered, a little shorter than 

 leaf ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, twice as long as tube ; corolla bfuisJi-pinh 

 or whitish; pod oblong, .04 long, .01 broad, upper margin with two 

 lyroad wings; seeds about 4, angled, smooth, yellowish — Spring — 

 Thickets and banks; Moab. 



Yar. §tenopliyllus, Boiss. Leaflets linear — Aleppo. 



11. Yi. erectws, L. .3, stems angled, erect. Stipules semi- 

 sagittate, linear -lanceolate ; petioles wry short, ending in a short, 

 straight mucro; leaflets linear-lanceolate. Peduncle 1-flowered, as long 

 as or shorter than petiole ; calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate, as long as 

 tube; pod linear, .05 long, .003 broad, somewhat faicate, upper border 

 Z-riVbed, not loinged ; seeds 8-12, spherical, somewhat truncate, smooth 

 — Spring — Fields, Jerusalem ; Beirut ; Aleppo to Aintab, and north- 

 ward. 



Var. stenophyllu§, Boiss. Leaflets .001 to .002 broad — Ain- 

 tab. 



12. L<. blepliaricarpus, Boiss. El-JulaiUneh. .2 to .5, 

 stems diffuse, angled, somewhat winged. Stipules semi-sagittate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, about as long as petiole ; leaflets oblong- 

 lenticular, .01 to .03 long, the upper linear-lanceolate, rather obtuse. 

 Peduncles 1-flowered, rather longer than leaf; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 twice as long as tube ; corolla purple with whitish'keel ; pod oblong, 

 .02 to .03 long, .01 broad, ciliate-margined, upper border with 2 

 broad wings ; seeds 3-4, globular, Uaclc, punctate — Spring— Fields ; 

 common. The seeds are much liked by the people of the country. 



