LEGXJMINOS^. (PTTLSB FAMILY.) 



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elongated. Racemes 3-6-flowered ; peduncle shorter than leaf, at 

 length longer; pod erect, .05 long, .004 chick, straightish, tapering into 

 a TwoJc, gpanngly appressed-hairy — Spring — Hauran to Damascus and 

 Aleppo. 



14. A. triine§tri§, L. © Hairy, diffuse. Stipules mimite, subu- 

 late from a h'oader lase; leaflets crowded, 8-10 pairs, elliptical, retuse. Ra- 

 ceme 3-5-flowered ; peduncle about as long as leaf 



pods .05 long, .003 thick, semicircular 



corolla whitish 

 short-mucronate, sparingly ap- 



fods of A. Gyzeiisis, 



.1, canescent, nearly stemless. 



pressed-hairy — Spring — Philistine plain and et-Tih to Egypt, 



15. A. Oyzeiisi§, Del. © Fie. 135. 

 ^ Adhdm'el-Fdrah. .05 to .1, appres- 

 sed-grey-puberulent, spreading. 

 Leaflets 1-3 pairs remote, Iroad-eUip- 

 tical to elliptical-oblong, retuse, the 

 terminal larger, often .008 long, 

 ,006 broad. Racemes loosely 3-5- 

 flowered ; peduncles shorter than 

 the long-petioled leaf ; corolla whit- 

 ish ; pods .035 to .03 long, .003 

 thick, semicircular, beset with two 

 hinds of hairs, one short, appressed, the 

 other longer, spreading, tuber cled at 

 base, short-mucronate — Spring — 

 South of Dead Sea, and southward 

 to Sinai and Egypt. 



16. A. commixtiis, Bge. © 

 Leaflets oblong-elliptical, obtuse. Racemes 2-5-flowered, much longer 

 than leaves ; calyx-tube cylindrical ; standard nearly roimd, ending ab- 

 ruptly in a linear, obtuse appendage ; pods erect, .03 long, .003, thick, 

 semicircular, hooled at tip, hispid with appressed and spreading hairs 

 — May — Qaldtn (Antilebanon). 



IT, A. hi^pidulus, Astr. © .3, sparingly pubescent, some- 

 what diffuse. Leaflets 6-7 pairs, elliptical-oblong, obtuse. Racemes 3- 

 4-flowered ; peduncle about as long as leaf ; calyx cylindrical ; stan- 

 dard ovate-oblong, gradually tapering ; pod flattened-cylindncal, slend- 

 er, .04 long, .0015 broad; semicircular, acute, appressed-bristly — 

 Spring — Et-Tih to Sinai and Egypt. 



18. A. calliclirous, Boiss. © 

 Leaflets 5-8 pairs, oblong-elliptical to li- 

 near, obtuse. Racemes capitate, 5-8- 

 flowered ; peduncles as long as leaf or 

 longer; flowers violet, showy, .03 long; 

 standard gradually tapering ; pods .04 

 to .05 long, .003 thick, flattened, cylin- 

 drical, semicircular, acute, appressed- 

 bristly — Spring — Southern Palestine 

 near desert ; Wilderness fo Judea ; 

 Jordan Valley ; Moab ; Palmyra. 



19. A, annularis, Forsk. © 

 .1 to .3, pubescent, diffuse. Leaflets 

 1-3 pairs, obovate to obovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Racemes 3-4-flowered ; peduacle 



.1 to 



.3, villous, 

 Fig. 136. 



diffuse. 



Pod of A. annulaiie. 



