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10. O. breviflora,DC. .2to.3, ^m. 93. 

 hispid and stipitate-glandular, paniculate 

 -branched from base. Leaves petioled, 

 the lower and upper simple, the rest tre- 

 foil, with oblong-elliptical, obtuse, denti- 

 culate leaflets. Peduncles 1-flowered, 

 long-awned, about as long as leaves ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate. Jive times 

 as long as tube, overtopping the pale yel- 

 low, .008 long corolla ; pod hirsute, cy- Pod of o. breviflora, 

 lindrical, .015 long, a Itttle longer than (a,) The joint and awn of the 

 calyx; seeds 10-12, rough — Spring — _ peduncle. 

 Fields ; common along coast, and in lower mountains. 



11. O. toiflora, Desf. .2 to .3, glandular-pubescent, stem 

 erect, branching. Lower leaves sometimes simple, the rest ^innately 

 trefoil, short petioled, with oblong-obovate to oblong, obtuse or trun- 

 cate leaflets, coarsely serrate toward apex. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, aris- 

 tate, about as long as leaf ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, twice as 

 long as tube, half as long as whitish-yeLow corolla ; pods stipitate, cy- 

 lindrical, hirsute, .02 long, three to four times as long as calyx; seeds 

 12-14, globular-reuiform, tubercled — Fields ; Jerusalem ; Moab ; 

 Kurd Dagh ; Marash. 



1 1 1 Pod erect, as also the short, non-jointed peduncle. 

 \ Corolla bright yellow. 



12. O. variegata, L. .1 to .3, decumbent or prostrate, pu- 

 bescent with spreading, jointed hairs. Leaves nearly sessile, the low- 

 est sometimes trefoil, the rest simple, obovate conduplicate or plicate, 

 with elevated iierves ending in mucronate teeth. Flowers axillary, arrang- 

 ed in loose, terminal racemes ; peduncle shorter than calyx-tube ; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, as long as tube ; corolla twice as long as tube, the stan- 

 dard pubescent ; pod oblong, .008 long, longer than calyx ; seeds 12- 

 14, soaooth — Spring — Sands, along coast. 



J I Corolla pinlc. 



13. O. liirta, Desf. 0.1 to .3, crisp-hirsute; stems ascending 

 or diffuse. Leaves petioled, the lowest and floral simple, the others 

 trefoil with obovate to elliptical and oblong, sharply denticulate leaf- 

 lets. Flowers short-peduncled forming terminal, dense racemes ; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate, thrice as long as tube, scarcely shorter than corol- 

 la ; pod ovate, .004 to .006 long, shorter than calyx; seeds 3-4, smooth 

 — Spring — Sandy places ; coast and interior plains. Too near the 

 following. 



14. O. serrata, Forsk. .2 to .3, pubescent- viscid ; stems de- 

 cumbent or prostrate. Leaves rather long-petioled, the lower and mid- 

 dle trefoil, the floral simple, the leaflets oblong to oblong -linear, acute- 

 ly serrate. Racemes terminal, dense, becoming loose ; peduncles short 

 or ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-subulate, 3-4-times as long as tube, a little 

 shorter than corolla ; pod ovate, .004 to .005 long, hardly as long as 

 calyx; seeds 3-5, tubercled-scabrous — Spring — Sandy places along 

 coast. 



Var. major, Boiss. Stems more erect and robust. Leaflets obo- 

 vate-oblong. Flowers and pods larger 



