260 



LEGTJMINOSiR (PULSB FAMILY.) 



about as long as leaf ; pods .04 to .05 long, .002 thick, semicircula 

 to circuldiT, endmg iji a short, inmirved x>omt, appressed-bristly, at length 

 glabrescent, mottled with red — Spring — Sandy places ; southern 

 Palestine to et-Tih and Egypt. 



20. A. Bacticus, L. © .3 to .4, sparingly hairy, green, erect. 

 Leaves. 1 or more long ; leaflets 9-10, oblong to linear, retuse. Lower 

 flowers solitary, siihsessile, upper racemes densely 2-15-flowered ; pe- 

 duncle shorter than leaf ; pods erect,^ ^^/'isma^ic-oJZt^np', .03 long, .007 

 thick, obtuse, straight, hooked at tip, appressed-bristly — Spring — 

 Coast ; Tripoli and southward ; Jordan Valley. 



21. A. aulacolobus, Boiss. © .3, glabrous, ascending. Leaf- 

 lets 6-7 pairs, wedge-oblong, retuse. Racemes 1-4-flowered, rather 

 loose; peduncles as long as leaf; pods .035 long, .005 broad, deflexed, 

 semicircular scarcely flattened, tapering, often rusty -spotted — Spring 

 — Aintab, and eastward. 



22. A. coiidnplicatus, Bertol. © Fig. 137. 

 .1 to .4, glabrescent, erect or decumbent. 

 Leaflets 5-7 pairs, wedge-oblong to linear, 

 retuse or obcordate. Peduncles shorter than 

 leaves or longer, loosely 1-4-flowered, aioned 

 at tip ; pods oblong, slightly curved, acute, 

 .025 long, .005 thick, spreading or deflexed, 

 mottled with brown, dorsal surface, obtusely 2- 

 Iceeled — Spring — Hauran to Palmyra, 

 Syrian desert, and Aleppo. 



23. A. l]amo§us, L. © .3 to .5, ap- 



pressed-pubescent, erect or diffuse. Leaflets 

 8-10 pairs, obovate to oblong, retuse or ob- 

 cordate, glabrous above. Racemes capitate, many-fioioered ; peduncle 

 shorter than leaf ; pods deflexed, cylindrical-terete, fishhoo'k-sh.a'ped, .06 

 long, .002 thick, sparingly appressed-haii*y — Spring — Weedy places ; 

 common throughout. 



Fig. 138. 



24. A. l>racliycera§, © 

 Becjis. .3 to .4, a23pressed-pubes- 

 cent, diffuse or erect. Leaflets 8- 

 12 pairs, oblong to cuneate-ob- 

 long and linear, retuse. Racemes 

 very short, axillary, 4-8-flowered ; 

 peduncles longer or shorter than 

 leaves ; pods spreading, oblong- 

 linear, terete, .02 long, .003 thick, 

 umilunar — Spring — Grassy pla- 

 ces ; Moab to Hauran, Aleppo and 

 eastward. 



25. A Dorcoceras, Bge. © .3 to .4, appressed-hairy, ascend- 

 ing or diffuse. Leaflets 9-10 pairs, wedge-oblong, retuse. Racemes 3- 

 7-flowered; peduncle half ai long as leaf; pods .05 to .06 long, cylindri- 

 cal-terete, fishhook-shaped, nearly circular — Spring — Grassy places; 

 Aleppo. 



Pods of A. conduplicatus. 



Pods of A. brachyceras. 



