JL®Q-UMINOfl.ffl, ^ (pulse ^ P AMmT. ) 



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..;i S.'-IM. §atiTa, L. 21 Qutdt. Duhhraijah. .3 to .5, i^t^p'pesseg^ 

 puTDescent. Stipules ovate-lanceolate-subulate ; leaflets retuse, miiGrO^-! 

 nate, oblong-obovate to linear-cuneate. Racemes many flowered, ob~ 

 long-capitate ; peduncles longer than leaves \ fiowersUue or violet^ rare- 

 ly yelloio ; i^od of two or three coils — Summer — Hills and grassy places ; 

 cultivated and subspontaneous. " ; 



3. M. marina, L. If .2 to .4, c^nescent-woolly, stems prostrate 

 or ascending. Stipules nearly entire ; leaflets obovate, denticulate at 

 apex. Peduncles 5-12-flowered nearly as long as leaf ; flowers yellow, 

 .006 long ; pod woolly, disk-like or cylindrical, truncate at both ends ; 

 coils 3 or less, loose ; margin obtuse, broad, flattish, 1-nerved to mid- 

 dle, unarmed or remotely prickly withsbort, conical, awl-shaped spines. 

 — Spring — Sands of coast. 



4. M. scutellata, All. © .3 to .5, glandular-pu- 

 bescent. Stipules ovate, dentate ; leaflets rather large, 

 obovate-oblong to elliptical, acutely denticulate. Pedun- 

 cles l-3-flo\Yered, much shorter than leaves ; Jioioers .004 

 long^ orange; pod .013 to .015 in diameter, of 5-6 coils^ 

 spires cwp-shaiped^ concentric^ obliquely netted-veined, with 

 entire, acute margins — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



5. M. orbiciilari§, All. ©.3 to. 5, glabres- 

 cent. Stipules crested-fringed ; leaflets obcordate 

 to obovate, denticulate at apex. Peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered, shorter than leaves ; floicers .003 long, 

 yellow; Y>od orlicular, .01 to .02 in diameter, depres- 

 sed-lenticvJar, rather convex on both sides, coils 2- 

 5, membranous^ radiately netted-nerved ; margins 

 thin, entire — Spring — Fields ; everywhere. 



6. M. Blancheana, Boiss. © .3 to .5> 



appressed-puberulent. Stipules lanceolate, den" 



Pod of 

 M. scute 11 ata. 



Fig. 99. 



tate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, dentate above. Pe- 

 duncles 1-2-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; 

 flowers .008 long, orange; pod ,012 broad, puberu- 

 lent, depressed-cylindrical, plano-convex on both faces, 

 coils 4-5, loose, nearly membranous, with obsoletely net- 

 ted surface, margin thin, destitute of a nerve on each 

 side, and beset with triangular flattened, short pricMes, 

 at right angles to face of coils — Spring — Fields ; 

 especially along coast. 



Var. inerini§, Post, 

 armed — Beirut : Hauran. 



Pod of M, orbicularis. 



Fig. 100 



Margin nearly or quite un- 



Stipules den- 

 truncate. Pe- 



T. ]fl. rotata, Boiss. .2 to .4, appressed-bairy. 

 tate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, those of the lower leaves 

 duncles 1-6-flowered, somewhat longer than leaf ; corolla .006 long, yel- 

 low ; pod glabrous, short-cylindrical, flattish at both ends, .008 broad, 

 coils 4, adjacent, surface netted, margin thin, ohtnsej furnished on loth 

 sides with a concentric nerve, and triangular short prickles between the 

 nerve and margin, at a right angle to the face of the coil — Spring — 

 Hills and fields ; common throughout. 



8. M. elegan§, Jacq. © .2 to .4, pubescent-glandular. Stip- 

 ules dentate ; leaflets obovate, truncate or rounded, dentate toward 



