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3. O, hir§iitU8, L. 21 .3 to .5, hirsute or glabrous. Stems 

 angled, branching, leaf y from base. Leaflets 1 pair, eUijJtical, .02 long, 

 .01 to .014 broad, acute or acuminate ; stipules nearly as large as leaf- 

 lets^ reseirMing them in shape, hut with lanceolate appendix at hase. Pe- 

 duncles 2-5 flowered, longer than leaves; raceme one-sided ; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as tube ; corolla violet ; pod 

 .04 long, .004 broad, black, somewiiat curved upward — May and June 



— Woods ; mountains of Lebanon, Cassius and Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



4, O. grandillorus, Boiss. % .5 to .8, glabrous. Leaves of 

 3-4 pairs, the upper sometimes odd-pinnate, of ovate to ovate-oblong, .05 

 to. 07 long, .025 to. 03 broad leaflets; ^\.\Y^t!& oblong-sagittate, acuminate^ 

 denticulate at base. Peduncles many-flowered, scarcely longer than 

 leaf ; calyx-teeth unequal, the upper p)air very short, mucronate; corolla 

 whitish-yelloio, .02 to .03 long — Summer — Woods; Lebanon above 

 Ehedin ; Amanus above Beilan. 



4§. PISUM, L. Pea. Blshleh. Bizella. 



Same as Lathyrus in habit, and other particulars, except the style 

 which is inflexed, flattened from above downward, the margins bent 

 downward, and united at tip in a laterally flattened stigma, bearded 

 along its upper surface — Annual or perennial herbs with abruptly pin- 

 nate leaves, and cirrhose or aristate petioles. 



* Glah'ous, glaucescent, cirrhose animals with semi-cordate stipides as large 

 as leaflets or larger, dentate at base or all around. Keel crested. 



t Leaflets 2-3 pairs. 



1. P. §attTUin, L. 1 to 2. Stipules as long as 1-2-flowered 

 peduncles; leaflets entire, .03 to .04 long, .02 to .03 broad. Flowers 

 tchite. Seeds globular, smooth, .006 to .008 in diameter — Spring — 

 Escaped from cultivation. 



2. P. arven§e, L. © 1. Stipules shorter than 1-2-flowered 

 peduncles ; leaflets entire or somewhat dentate, .02 to .04 long, .01 to 

 .03 broad. Flowers Uuish, with deejj purple icings ; seeds angled, smooth 



— Spring — Hedges ; common in lower plains and hill districts. 



3. P. elatius, M.B. © 1 to 3, climling. Stipules often twice 

 as large as leaflets, often .07 long, .04 broad, shorter than 1-3-flowered 

 peduncles ; leaflets entire or dentate, .02 to .03 long, .01 to .02 broad. 

 Flowers violet-purpjle, with deep purple icings ; seeds granular, grey, 

 mottled icith brown — Spring — Hedges ; common. 



4. P. liumile, Boiss. etNoe. © .5, ascending. Stipules about 

 as long as 1-2-flowered peduncles, a little longer than leaflets ; leaflets 

 oblong, .02 to .03 long, .006 to .01 broad, unusually more or less dentate 

 or incised above middle. Floioers livid., with dirty purple wings ; seeds 

 granular, globular, brown mottled with green, .004 in diameter — 

 Spring — Fields and stony places ; common. 



5. P. fulTiim, S et S. © .5, stems slender. Stipules .01 to .02 

 long, shorter than 1-2-flowered peduncle ; leaflets ovate to orbicular, .01 

 io .(i^ long, dentate. Flowers .01 long, rusty-yellow; pod .04 long, 



