LEGUMINOS^. (PUL3B FAMILY.) 



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3. A. tribuloides, Del. Rukhcdmi. Quddd. .03 to .1, 

 appressed-silky, branching from neck ; branches prostrate. Leaflets 

 6-10 pairs, elliptical-oblong, crowded. Heads 3-6-flowered, axillary, 



Fig. 131. 



Leaf and pods of A. tnbuloides, 



sessile or nearly so ; flowers .01 long ; calyx tubular, teeth awl-shaped ; 

 pods appressed-Tiairy, .01 long, oblong-triangular, slightly curved, acut- 

 ish, base retuse, bigibbous — Spring — Sandy places ; Sinai ; Syrian 

 desert. 



Var. ininutu§, Boiss. Flowers .005 long. Pods .005 to .006 

 long, somewhat longer than calyx — Nukhl to Gaza. 



Var. leiocarpus, Boiss. Stems very short, indurated, buried in 

 the sand. Pods, even the young ones, glabrous, transversely veined — 

 Northern border of et-Tih. 



4. A. p§eudo§tella, Del. .05 to .1, grey-hirsute; stems diffuse. 

 Leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-elliptical. Heads axillary, sessile, 5-6-flower- 

 ed; calyx bell-shaped-tubular, teeth as long as tube ; pods .01 to .014 

 long, stellate, lanceolate-triangular, acute, straightish, hirsute with 

 $preading hdiiva — Spring — Sinai; Salihiy ah (Damascus). Too near the 

 last. 



5. A. cruciatus, Link. Fig. 132. Fig. 133. 

 © Khuzdm-el-Qutt. .1 to .3 

 grey-hairy ; stems procumbent 

 or ascending. Leaflets ellip- 

 tical, 6-10 pairs. Heads 3-6- 

 flowered, peduncles longer than 

 pods and often than leaf ; flow- 

 ers .008 to .01 long, pods stel- 

 late, .015 to .03 long, linear- 

 lanceolate, triangular, bigib- 

 bous at base, appressed-hairy — 

 Spring — Central table-lands, 

 and eastern and" southern 

 deserts ; barren places in 

 Palestine. 



Var. bracIiyloll>u§, Post. Flowers. 01 long, pink. Pods. 01 long, 



oblong-lanceolate, beset with appressed hairs, and longer spree "' 

 bristles with tubercled lase — Ruins of Palmyra. 



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Pods of A, cruciatus. 



