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15. M. agrestis, Ten. .1 to .3, pubescent. Stipules cut- 

 toothed ; leaflets wedge-obovate, generally retuse. Peduncle 1-2-flower- 

 ed, somewhat longer than leaf ; pod pubescent or glabrous, .01 broad; 

 coils 5, appressed, with netted-nerved surface and obtuse margin, 

 grooved on both sides, with two rows of conical, awl-shaped, hooked, 

 erect prickles — Spring — Grassy places ; Antilebanon ; Aleppo. 



16. M. coronata, Lam. © .3 to .4, appressed -puberulent. 

 Stipules dentate at base ; leaflets obovate, often retuse, apex obtusely 

 denticulate. Peduncles 3-8-flowered, filiform, much Imiger than leaf ; 

 flowers minute ; pod .004 broad, hairy or glabrous, coils 3 or less, with 

 concave, netted face, and broad, flat margin, beset on eitlier side with 

 awl-shaped prickles, at right angles with surface of coils, forming a dou- 

 ble crown — Spring — Fields and roadsides ; common. 



17. M. OalilaBa, Boiss. .2 to .4, glabrescent. Stipules 

 deeply and acutely dentate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acutely denticu- 

 late. Peduncles 3-4-flowered, nearly as long as leaf ; corolla. 005 long ; 

 pod glabrous, coils 5, rather loose, surface prominently netted-nerved, 

 margin thin, flat, beset on both sides with long prickles at right angles 

 to surface of coils, grooved along their lohole length — Spring — Plain of 

 Esdraelon. 



Var. iiici§a, Post. Leaflets incised -dentate or lobed — Hauran. 



18. IMI. Oranatensis, Willd. Glabrescent. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, deeply fringed ; leaflets obovate or cuneate, denticulate. 

 Peduncles 1-2-flowered, not longer than leaf ; pod spherical, spires 5- 

 6, veins netted to margin, margin thin, rounded, prickles at right 

 angles to surface of coils, grooved only at base — Spring — Jerusalem. 



19. M. denticulata, Willd. .3 to .5, glabrous or nearly 

 so. Stipules pinnatifld-dentate ; leaflets wedge-obovate to obcordate, 

 mucronulate. Peduncles 3-6-fiowered, nearly as long as leaf or shorter ; 

 flowers minute ; pod glabrous, .008 broad, coils 24, loose, surface 

 strongly netted- veined, margin obtuse, deeply grooved on each side 

 with two rows of awl-shaped, divergent, hooked prickles — Spring — 

 Fields and grassy places ; common. 



Var. lappacea, Boiss. Pods .008 to. 013 broad. Prickles long- 

 er than half the diameter of pod. 



Var. peiitacycia, Boiss. Pods .01 to. 015 broad, of 5 coils, with 

 long, slender prickles. 



Var. apiculata, Boiss. Pods .004 to .008 broad, of 3-3 coils, 

 with small prickles, sometimes reduced to tubercles. 



20. M. maculata, Willd. .3 to .5, glabrescent. Stipules 

 semiovate to semisagittate, dentate ; leaflets often with a black spot ; 

 broad-obovate to obcordate. Peduncles 3-3-flowered, shorter than leaf , 

 flowers minute ; pod glabrous, coils 3-5, rather loose, surface slightly 

 and concentrically netted, margin 3-grooved, prickles long, awl-shap- 

 ed, reflexed, not hooTced, half as^long as breadth of pod — Spring — Weedy 

 places ; less common than the last. 



21. M. minima, Lam. Dureis. .2 to .3, greyish, soft-pubes- 

 cent. Stipules entire or somewhat dentate ; leaflets obcordate to 

 wedge-obovate. Pedancles 2-6-flowered, somewhat shorter than leaf 

 or longer ; flowers minute ; pod puberulent, nearly globular, .005 to 



