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LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



4. T. Ca§§ia, Boiss. .04 to .1, sparingly hirtulous. Leaflets 

 small, glabresceut. cuneate, truncate or retuse, denticulate at tip. 

 Flowers solitary, ^^aZe violet ; j^ods .04 to .06 long, beak one-third to 

 one-half as long as pod ; seeds 6-8 — Spring — Mt. Cassius. Probably 

 a variety of the last. 



5. T, a§troite§, F. and M. .1 to .15, sparingly appressed- 

 pubescent ; stems ascending. Leaflets small, cuneate-obcordate, den- 

 ticulate toward apex. Flowers 6-12, sessile, capitate ; pods puberulent, 

 linear, .02 long, .0015 broad, acute, spreading horizontally, stellate, 

 transversely wrinkled-netted ; seeds 4-6, the seed-bearing-suture 

 straight, the other sinuate — Spring — Hillsides ; Hauran to Palmyra, 

 Antilebanon, Hamath, Aintab, and northward and eastward. 



6. T. §piiio§a, L. .2 to .4, Fig. 94. 

 sparingly appressed-hairy, erect or diffuse. 

 Leaflets obovate-cuneate to obcordate. 

 dentate to apex. Peduncles very short, 

 aristate ; flowers 3-4, sessile ; pods gla- 

 brous , spreading^ recurved, in a semicircular 

 or circular form, .03 to .06 long, .002 

 broad, acute ; seeds numerous — Spring 

 — Fields ; common. 



Var. long^ipes, Post. Peduncle as Pods of t. epinosa. 



long as leaf or longer — Coast. 



7. T. cra$§ipes, Fenzl. 

 .1 to .2, appressed-hairy, pros- 

 trate or ascending. Leaves 

 small, ohtriangular, retuse, den- 

 ticulate at apex. Peduncle very 

 short ; flowers 5-10, sessile, cap- 

 itate ; pods appressed-hairy, 

 erect, parallel or comiivent, linear, 

 .02 to .03 long, and .002 broad, 

 acute, sutures thick — Spring 

 — Fields ; Antilebanon to Alep- 

 po, Aintab, and northward. 



8. T. Monspeliaca, L. .1 to .4, appressed-pubescent. 

 Leaflets obovate-cuneate to rhomboid, acutely denticulate above. Ped- 

 uncle ; flowers 6-18, densely capitate in axils ; pods hairy or glabres- 

 cent, linear, .015 long, .002 broad, obtuse, stellate — Spring — Fields 

 and waste places ; common. 



Var. petiolata, Post. Petioles much longer than pods —Beirut. 



9. T. Nocana, Boiss. .1 to .2, sparingly appressed-puberu- 

 lent, erect or decumbent. Leaflets cuneate-obovate or oblong, acutely 

 denticulate. Peduncles short or ; flowers 1-3, sessile ; pods appressed- 

 hairy, linear, .04 to .06 long, .002 broad, netted-veined, curved up- 

 ward — Spring — Fields; Aintab, and northward. 



10. T. monautlia, C.A.M. .1 to .3, appressed-hairy, de- 

 cumbent. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, rounded or truncate at apex, arol- 

 long, incised-pinnatifid. Flowers solitary or rarely in pairs, sessile or 

 nearly so ; pods linear, .06 long, .002 broad, appressed-hairy, terete, 



Pods and leaves of T. crassipes. 



