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cal, straight, at last 2-valved, partitioned between seeds — Low shrubs, 

 with digitate leaves. 



C. dorycniifolia, Jaub .et Sp. 5 -^ ^^ -6, diffuse, much 

 branched, appressed-silvery-silky. Leaves sessile on a little, sheath-like 

 cushion; leaflets 5-7, linear-spathulate, obtuse. Flowers 1-3, nearly 

 sessile, 2-bracted, yellow; calyx-teeth much shorter than .015 long 

 tube; pod silky, .02 long, .004 broad — Spring — Dry, schistose rocks; 

 middle zone of Lebanon to Nusairy Mountains, Cassius, Amanus, and 

 northward. Rather rare. 



23. DORYCNIUH, TouRN. Dorycnium. 



Calyx 5-fid or 2-lipped. Wings connivent in front, or coalesced, 

 furnished with a longitudinal fold or a transverse, inflated projection. 

 Keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Style gradually tapering at apex. 

 Pod ovate, oblong, or linear — Perennial herbs or shrubs, with capitate 

 flowers. 



* Flowers .01 or more in length. 



1. D. liir§utum, L. ^.^io.^^ villous-hirsute ; branches te- 

 rete or erect. Leaves nearly sessile, leaflets wedge-obovate. Pedun- 

 cles longer than leaves; iwoolucre .^A-leaved ; calyx-lobes lanceolate- 

 subulate, somewhat longer than tube ; standard linear-spathulate, much 

 longer than wings and keel; pod oblong, turgid, .007 long, .004 thick, 

 acutish, about as long as calyx — Spring — Shrubby places ; Lebanon 

 and Antilebanon to JNlarash, and northward. 



Var. Syriacum, Boiss. Sparingly hairy. Pod ovate-oblong, 

 as long as calyx — Cassius and Amanus. 



Var. rhombifolium, Post. Leaflets obovate-rhomboid, acu- 

 minate — Woods; Cassius. 



* * Flowers .005 or less in le7igt'h, 



2. D. rectum, L. % .6 to 1, 



appressed-pubescent ; stems angled, her- 

 baceous, erect, braoched. Leaves petiol- 

 ed, leaflets glaucous below, the stipular 

 ovate^ longer than petiole, the others 

 wedge-olovate. Peduncles twice as long 

 as leaves ; flowers .004 long, crowded ; 

 calyx-lobes subulate, twice as long as 

 tube ; standard a little longer than wings 

 and keel ; pod slender, cylindrical, .01 

 long, .0015 thick, thrice as long as calyx, 

 straight, acute, shining — Summer — 

 Bushy places ; Lebanon and Ccelesyria to 

 Amanus, and northward. Pods of D. rectum. 



3. ». Kotschyi, Boiss. et Rent. If .6 to 1, villous ; stems 

 terete, branching. Leaves short petioled, leaflets olovate-oUong. Pe- 

 duncles somewhat longer than leaf ; flowers minute, pedicel longer than 

 calyx-tube ; calyx-lobes, laiiceolate-subulate, somewhat shorter than tube ; 

 standard longer than wings and keel ; pod oblong, turgid, .005 long, .002 

 to. 003 thick, obtuse, mucronate, twice and a half as long as calyx — 

 Summer — Amanus. 



