352 LEGUMINOSJS. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



late, shorter than tube ; pod included in calyx, ovate, .005 long, beak- 

 less — June — Clayey fields ; Antioch to Aleppo, Aintab, and north- 

 eastward. 



2. P. bitumiiiosa, L. 11 ^Uweineli. ^Aicarineh. .6 to 1, appres- 

 sed-hirsute, erect. Leaflets nearly entire, those of lower leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, of upper oUong -lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute. Peduncles 

 axillary, longer than leaf ; heads dense, involucrate, lecoming elongated 

 into iclwrled racemes in fruit; flowers .02 long ; calyx-lobes subulate, 

 longer than tube ; pod hirsute, ovate, flattened, ending in a sword- 

 shaped, smooth or roughened, exserted leali. — Spring and early summer — 

 Sterile places ; common throughout. 



27. INDIOOF£RA, L. Indigo-Plant. Ssaldgh. Ml. 



Calyx short, obliquely 5-toothed. Standard obtuse. Keel gib- 

 bous or spurred on each side. Connective of anthers ending in a 

 gland or mucro. Ovary 1-cc -ovuled, style filiform, stigma capitate. 

 Pod 2-valved, various in shape, partitioned between seeds — Herbs or 

 shrubs, with appressed hairs inserted by their middle, and with pinnate 

 leaves, and flowers in axillary racemes. 



1. I, Arabica, Jaub. et Sp. 5 -^j silhy-strigulose. Leaflets 

 2-3 pairs, oblong-obovate, mucronulate. Racemes short-peduncled, 

 shorter than leaves; flowers .003 long, scarlet ; pods deflexed, oblong, 

 .005 to .01 long, .004 to .006 broad, straight, flat, abruptly cuspidate, 

 2-5-seeded, valves keeled — Spring — Sinai. 



2. I. paucifolia, Del. 5 Widmeh. .3 to .6, appressed-grey-pu- 

 berulent, erect, branching. Leaves simple, or composed of 2-5, oblong- 

 lanceolate, somewhat conduplicate leaflets. Racemes much longer than 

 Leaf; pods deflexed, linear, .02 to .025 long, .002 thick, torulose, mu- 

 cronate, 6-8-seeded — Spring — South end of Dead Sea. 



3. I. ar^entea, L. 5 J^^^^^^- Ssdbdgh. .5 to 1, appressed-sil- 

 very- white, erect. Leaflets 2-3 pairs, obovate, obtuse. Racemes rather 

 loose, shorter than leaf; pods slightly deflexed, oblong, .01 to .014 long, 

 .003 thick, necklace-like, 3-4-seeded — August and September — Jor- 

 dan Valley, and southward to Egypt. Cultivated for Indigo. 



2§. OAL.EGA, L. Galega. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed. All the stamens connate in a closed 

 tube, anthers muticous. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled, style filiform, 

 stigma capitate. Pod linear, nearly terete, with parallel nerves con- 

 verging toward the middle of the valves — Perennial herbs, with odd- 

 pinnate leaves, and axillary and terminal racemes. 



O. officinalis, L. % Goat's Rue. .6tol, or more, glabrous, stem 

 wavy. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong to oblong lanceolate, mucronate. 

 Racemes rather dense, longer than leaf ; calyx-lobes subulate from a 

 triangular base, longer than tube ; corolla .01 long, bluisli ; pods 

 linear, .04 long, .002 thick, torulose, tapering at tip — Summer — 

 Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



Yar. albiflora, Boiss. Flowers xchite — Shetoorah (introduced). 



