394. LEGIIMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



13. Iw. chrysaiitlius, Boiss. © d) .3 to .5, sparingly hispid ; 

 stem narrow-winged, much branched. Stij^ules semi-sagittate, small, 

 linear-lanceolate; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, .03 to .06 long, .01 broad, 

 mucronate, 5-7-nerved, wavj^-margined. Peduncles 2-4 -flowered, 

 non-aristate ; calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, about as long as tube ; 

 corolla golden-yelloic^ .013 long ; pod .035 long, .01 broad, 6-10 seed- 

 ed — Spring — Ccelesyria and northward . 



14. lu. clilorantliiis, Boiss. (f) .5 to .7, sparingly hispid, 

 with creeping root-stock ; stems decumbent, narrow- winged. Stipules 

 small, linear-lanceolate, the lower semi-sagittate ; leaflets oblong- 

 elliptical, .04 to .06 long, .015 to .018 broad, obtuse, 3-nerved. 

 Peduncle 1-3-flowered, long-aHstate ; calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, 

 aristate, longer than tube ; corolla greenisTi-yeUow, .02 long ; pod .03 

 to .04 long, .005 broad — Summer — Thickets ; Marash, and north- 

 ward. 



15. Li. tuberosus, L. 2f .3 to .6, glabrous-glaucescent ; root- 

 stock creeping, leaving large tubers; stem angled, prostrate or ascending. 

 Stipules semi-sagittate, narroio, lanceolate ; leaflets elliptical., .03 long, 

 .01 to .013 broad, mucronate. Peduncle 3-8-flowered, longer than 

 leaf ; upper calyx-teeth short, lower as long as tube ; corolla 'purple; 

 pods linear-oblong, .03 long, .006 broad, inflated ; seeds obsoletely 

 tubercled — Summer — Hedges ; Marash, and northward. 



16. Ta» pratensis, L. 2f .3 to .4, glabrous or appressed-hairy ; 

 root-stock creeping ; stems somewhat climbing. Stipules Iroad, \2in- 

 CQ.o\2XQ-oh\ong iijitli two unequal appendages at base; leaflets ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, and linear. Peduncles 4-1 0-flowered; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate-subulate, as long as tube ; corolla yellow ; pod black, 

 linear, .025 to .03 long, .005 broad, somewhat curved at tip ; seeds 

 globular, smooth— Summer — Subalpine Lebanon, Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



Var. augustifolius, Post. Glabrous. Leaflets and stipules 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Petioles sometimes cirrhous — Beilan. 



47. OROBU^, L. Orobus. 



Separable from Lathyrus only by habit ; the petiole endihg in a 

 simple awn, instead of a tendril, and the stems always erect or ascend- 

 ing, not climbing. 



1. O. §es§ilifoliu§, S et S. IC .2 to .4, glabrous ; stems leaf- 

 less 'below. Leaflets 1-2 pairs, linear -lanceolate, acute ; petiole short or 

 0, much shorter than short, semi-sagittate, lanceolate-linear stipules. 

 Peduncles long, 5-10-flowered ; calyx-teeth nearly equal, lanceolate ; 

 corolla purple ; pod linear, somewhat incurved at tip — Spring — 

 Woods and thickets of middle mountain zone throughout. 



2. O. variabilis, Boiss. et Ky. If .5, glabrous ; stems as- 

 cending, angled. Petiole short ; leaflets 1-3 pairs, obovate-oblong to 

 oblong -lanceolate, O-ll-nerved, .03 to .04 long, .008 to .013 broad, the 

 upper acute ; stipules semi-sagittate, acute. Peduncles 5-9-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, the upper shorter, curved upward ; 

 corolla blue ; pod linear — May and June — Subalpine Lebanon near 

 Bsherri ; Akherdagh, and northward. 



