LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 213 



Var. P]iili§tceiis, Boiss. Racemes few-flowered, over-topping the 

 leaves ; flowers smaller — Spring — Philistia. 



6. li, Termis, Forsk. Termis. Tunnus. .5 to .8, silky-villous. 

 Leaflets obovate-oblong. Raceme elongated, loose ; flowers alternate, 

 white, bluish at apex ; bracts oblong, deciduous ; upper lip of calyx . 

 entire, loioer ol)soletely ^-denticulate or entire ; -^o^s .1 long, .02 broad; 

 seeds greenish-white — Spring — Fields ; cultivated and escaped from 

 cultivation. 



7. L. liiteus, L., with yellow flowers, has been found in fields 

 near Hhaifa by Barbey. Doubtfully spontaneous. 



5. ARGYROL.OBIUM, Eckl et Zeyh. ArgyroloUum. 



Calyx deeply 2-parted, the upper lip 3-parted, lower 3-dentat_e or 

 cut. All the stamens connate in a closed tube. Pod more or less divid- 

 ed between the seeds, glabrous. Seeds not caruncled — Small, silvery- 

 silky shrubs, with digitate, trefoil leaves. 



* Racemes terminal. ■ 



1. A. crotalarioides, Jaub. et Spach. 3 .3 to .4 ; branches 

 ^ect, slender. Leaflets oblong to linear, acute, folded lengthwise. 

 Flowers .006 long, sulphur-coloured, arranged in long, terminal, loose ra- 

 eemes; pods .01 to .03 long, 1-6-seeded — Summer — Chalky hills ; 

 Ccelesyria, Antilebanon, Aleppo, Aintab, and north-eastward. 



* * Floioers solitary, opposite the leases. 



2. A. unifloriiin, Dec. 3 Branches rigid, .1 to .15 long, spread- 

 ing. Leaflets oblong to oblong-linear, acute. Flowers .004 long ; pod 

 linear, 6-10-seeded — Spring — Deserts of Sinai and et-Tih. Lebanon? 



6. ADENOCARPUS, D.C. Adenocakpus. Zufa. 



Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip bipartite, the lower trifid.^ All the 

 stamens united in a closed tube. Pod linear, glandular-muricate, bi- 

 valved. Seeds not caruncled — Shrubs with digitate, trefoil leaves, and 

 yellow flowers. 



A. divaricatus, L'her 5 -15 to .4, Fig. 89. 



branches divergent, pubescent. Leaflets of 

 lower leaves obovate, of the upper obovate- 

 oblong to oblong, all pubescent. Calyx pu- 

 bescent, and often beset with stipitate 

 glands, lower lip longer, its intermediate 

 division longer than the lateral ; standard 

 hairy — Summer — 



Var. <wr£ecii§, Boiss. Branches loosely 

 villous, white. Leaflets flat, hirsute. Calyx 

 sometimes villous-glandular — Higher moun- 

 tains of Galilee, to subalpine Lebanon, A- 

 manus, and northward. ^'^ °f A- ^ivancatus, var. Gr^cus 



Var BlTonae, Boiss. Glabrescent, except stipitate-glandular calyx 

 and pods — Subalpine Lebanon and Amanus. 



