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LEGUMINOSiB (PULSK FAMILY.) 



48. T. comosuni, Loelill. .S, glabrous except inflorescence; 

 stems branching from base, ascending. Stipules oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute ; leaflets cuneate, oblong-linear, obtuse. Peduncles loosely hirsute, 

 longer than leaf ; spike cylindrical .03 long, .008 broad ; pedicels nearly 

 as.long as very short calyx-tube ; upper two calyx-teeth triangular, 

 very short, the lower three linear-lanceolate, obtuse, twice as long as 

 tube ; coTolia, pale jtesh-color — Spring — Sandy places; Beirut ; rare. 



49. T. §tenopliyllum, Boiss. 0.1 to. 15, appressed pubes- 

 cent ; stems ascending from neck. Stipules triangular-lanceolate, the 

 upper acuminate ; leaflets s7naU, obovate to oblong, and linear. Pe- 

 duncles twice to thrice as long as leaves ; heads ovate, at length oblong, 

 .03 long, .01 broad ; pedicels one-third to one-half as long as calyx- 

 tube ; calyx 3-lipped, the upper two teeth short-triangular, the lower 

 long-linear ; corolla pink ; standard oUong-spathulate — Spring ; sands 

 near Gaza. 



50. T. 



1 to 



Fig. 123. 



\ speciosum, Willd. 

 .2, appressed-hii'sute, erect. Stipules half- 

 ovate to oblong, acute ; leaflets elliptical-ob- 

 long, cuneate at base, the lower retuse. Pe- 

 duncles slender, twice to thrice as long as 

 leaf. Heads ovate, loose, .03 long, .02 

 broad; pedicels somewhat longer than calyx- 

 tube ; the upper two calyx-teeth triangular, 

 shorter than tube, the lower three lanceolate, 

 obtuse, twice as long as tube ; standard 01)0- 

 vate-orhicular, violet, much longer than wJiite 

 icings and keel — Spring — Fields ; rare. 



51. T. erubesceiis, Fenzl. .3 

 to .5, appressed-hairy ; stems filiform, as- 

 cending or decumbent. Stipules oblong, 

 acute ; leaflets obovate-oblong. Peduncles 

 slender, twice to thrice as long as leaves ; 

 heads globular, .01 to .013 in diameter; pedi- 

 cels somewhat shorter than calyx-tube ; 

 upper calyx-teeth triangular, as long as tube 

 or shorter, lower linear-subulate, twice or 

 thrice as long as tube ; corolla ^iwZ:, standard 

 oblong-spatTiidate, longer than wings and 'ciolet 

 keel — Spring — Rocky places ; common. 



52. T. Boi§§ieri, Guss. ©.2 to .3, hirsute with spreading hairs, 

 erect. Stipules lanceolate-subulate ; leaflets elliptical, the lower 

 retuse. Peduncles scarcely longer than leaves, often shorter ; heads 

 ovate, .015 long; pedicels as long as calyx-tube; upper calyx-teeth 

 triangular, somewhat shorter than tube, lower lanceolate-subulate, 

 twice as long ; corolla thrice as long as calyx, cream-colored, standard 

 obovate, longer than wings — Dry hills ; Gilead to Galilee, Antilebanon, 

 Antioch, Marash, and northward. 



53. T. ag^rarium, L. .3 to .4, sparingly pubescent, erector 

 ascending. Stipules ovate, tapering ; leaflets obovate to oblong-rhomboid, 

 sometimes retuse. Peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves; 

 heads ovate, dense, .01 to .015 long ; pedicels somewhat shorter than 



Leaf and flowering head of T. 

 speciosum. 



