213 LEGUiViiNos^. (pulse family.) 



3. CROTALARIA, L. Rattlebox. 

 Lobes of calyx free, rarely some- Fig. 88. 



what bilabiate. Stamens connate in a 

 short sheath, split above. Pod turgid, 

 generally many-seeded — Shrubs with 

 simple, exstipulate leaves. 



C. iEg-yptiaca, Benth. ^ -^«- 

 tash. Branches erect, glabrous or ap- 

 pressed-canescent, at length spines- 

 cent. Leaves caducous, small, ovate, 

 canescent. Flowers minute, racemed ; 

 pod ovoid, twice to thrice as long as 

 calyx, glabrous — February and March 

 — Sinai. ^°^ °^ ^- ^gypt»aca. 



4. L.IJPIKUS, L. LupiKE. Turmiis. 

 Calyx deeply 3-lipped, often bracteolate. Wings usually connate 

 at apex. Stamens all connate in a closed tube. Pod more or less 

 flattened, divided by transverse partitions, many-seeded. Cotyledons 

 thick, green — Annual herbs with digitate leaves. 



* Seeds rougli tubercled. 



1. Li. pilo§us, L. Fid-larri. .5, hirsute. Leaflets obovate 



to oblong. Raceme short, whorled ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels shorter 

 than calyx; keel boat-shaped ; pod hirsute, .03 broad, 3-4-seeded- 

 Spring — Common along coast and interior. Flowers deep Uue. 



2. L. Palaestinus, Boiss, © FiU-larri. Turmus .5 or more, 

 hispid. Leaflets obovate to linear. Raceme remotely wliorled ; bracts, 

 linear, soon deciduous ; pedicels scarcely sJiorter than calyx ; keel curved 

 beneath at an obtuse right angle; pod .03 broad, very hirsute, 3-4- 

 seeded — Spring — Southern Palestine and adjacent desert. Flowers 

 yellow tinged loith Mue. 



* * Seeds smooth. 



3. li. hirsutus, L. .5, covered with spreading, rusty hairs. 

 Leaflets olovate-spathulate, to oblong-spathulate, hirsute on both sides. 

 Raceme ovate, obscurely whorled ; bracts aiol-shaped ; lower Up of 

 calyx trijid ; blue corolla twice as long as calyx ; pod rusty-hirsute, 

 3-5-seeded ; seeds greyish brown — Spring — Along coast. 



Var. micrantbus, Boiss. Flowers half as large as in type. Pod 

 3-3-8eeded. Seeds spotted — Antilebanon near Rasheiyah. 



4. Li. aogustifolm§, L. © Turmus-esh-Sheitdn. .3 to .4, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent. Leaflets linear-spathulate. Raceme rather dense ; 

 flowers short-pedicelled, alternate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; lower 

 lip of calyx 2-6-denticulate ; corolla blue ; pods .06 long, .008 broad, 

 3-6-seeded ; seeds ovate, grey, mottled with white spots and irregular 

 yellowish lines — Spring — Coast and mountains to 1000 m. 



5. Li. I'eticulatus, Desv. © Appressed-pubescent. Leaflets 

 linear, grooved. Raceme rather loose ; flowers short-pedicelled, alter- 

 nate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; lower lip of calyx nearly entire ; 

 corolla pale blue; pods .06 long, .008 broad ; seeds ovate-globular, 

 white, Hack-netted^ with deeper colored, black-dotted spots. 



