LEGUMLNOS^. (PUL3B FAMD^Y.) 321 



1 1 Pods dejlexed, sometimes ascending^ then spreading. 

 \ Pods cylindrical, tapering at tip ; sutures indistinct. 

 § Pods striate lengthwise. Flowers .008 ^o .013 long, yellow. 

 10 F. strangulata, 12 Aleppica, 13 Ccelesj^riaca. 

 § § Pods reticulate or smooth. 

 IT Seeds ovate or ollong. Flowers .006 to .01 long, yellow, or whitish. 

 14 T. Spruneriana, 15 Hierosolymitana, 16Kotscliyi, 17 Sibthorpii. 

 1" IT Seeds cylindrical . Flowers .004 to .008 long, yellow or pinJc. 

 18 cylindracea, 19 filipes, SO liiacina, 21 velutina. 



I X Pods linear to linear-oUoJig, inore or less Jlattened, shoo't-leaJced. 



§ Flowers racemed- capitate. 



32 T. corniculata, 23 bamosa, 24 laciniata. 



§ § Flowers umlelled-capitate. 



25 T. maritima, 26 stellata. 



lit Pods capitate, flattened, 1-seeded, with or without a hooked heaTc. 



27 T. spicata, 28 minima. 



* * Pods flat, parchment-like, striate with transverse, parallel or netted 

 nerves, deflexed ; flowers yellow. 



t Pods capitate-unibelled, semilunar, sutures not winged or toothed. 



29 T. glomerata. 



I I Pods racemed, falcate, one or lioth sutures spiny-ciliate or eroded- 



dentate. 



30 T. Arabica, 31 radiata, 32 Scblumbergeri. 



1, T. azurea, C.A.M. .05 to .2, velvety, stems erect or dif- 

 fuse. Stipules half-ovate, lanceolate, the lower dentate ; leaflets obo- 

 vate, dentate at tip. Peduncle twice as long as leaf ; heads dense, 

 ovate, in fruit oblong ; calyx half as long as blue, .012 long corolla ; 

 pods hirsute, lanceolate, .015 long, somewhat curved, 4-6-seeded — 

 Spring — Plain between Aintab and the Euphral^es. 



2, T. ]Be§§eriana, Ser. .3 to .5, sparingly hairy, erect or decum- 

 bent. Leaves oblong-obovate-cuneate to oblong-linear. Peduncles 

 twice as long as leaves ; heads ovate, in fruit oblong, spike-like ; pods 

 .003 long, twice to thrice as long as calyx ; beak shorter than pod ; 

 seeds 1-2 — Spring — Fields ; Beirut. A plant of Asia Minor, proba- 

 bly adventive in Syria. 



3, T. Foeiium-Oreecuiii, L. Fenugreek. Bhilbah. .2 to .5, 

 sparingly pubescent, erect. Leaflets obovate, to oblong, dentate to- 

 ward tip. Flowers solitary, rarely twin, yellowish-white; pods linear, 

 terete or somewhat flattened, slightly curved or straight, .08 to .15 long, 

 .004 thick, tapering into a beak one-third their length ; seeds 10-20 

 — Spring — Fields. Perhaps escaped from cultivation. The sweet 

 gmelling seeds are used to give savour to hay that has become musty.* 



Var. Berytbea, Post. A lower plant. Leaflets obovate-cuneate 

 to oblong cuneate. Flowers cserulescent. Nei-ves of pods only slightly 

 anastomosing — Fields ; common. {T. Berythea, Boiss.) 



