LEGTJMINOS^. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



261 



of A. tuberculosus. 



- Spring — Neglect- 



26. A. canalicii- Fig. 139. 

 latiis, Willd. .1 to 

 .3, sparingly appressed- 

 bristly ; stems simple or 

 branching from base. 

 Leaflets 6-8 pairs, obovate 

 to oblong, retuse. Flow- 

 ers soZito?'y 01^ twin, axil- 

 lary, sessile; pods .04 to 



.05 long, .002 thick, cy- . ,. , , 



lindrical-terete,/aZa>m Leaf and Pod of A. canaUculatus ^ 



with a short, hooled tip — Spring - Fields between Bosrah aad Qureyali 



_(Hauratt). An Algerian plant, not before found in Syria. 



27. A. Uiberculoms, D.O. If Fig. 140. 

 .3 to .5, white-hirsute ; stems numerous, 

 prostrate. Leaflets 8-12 pairs, obcordate 

 to oblong, notched. Racemes many-flow- 

 ered, at first ovate, dense, at length .05 to 

 .1 long, peduncle longer than leaf ; flow- 

 ers yellowish, .02 long ; calyx lohite- and 

 yiack-hirsute ; ^o^s ovate-oblong, .02 to .03 

 long, .008 to .01 thick, ending in a short 

 hooh ; back flattish, with a broad, shallow I'od 

 groove, face scarcely keeled, tuber ded-wrinlded — 

 ed fields and roadsides ; common. 



28. A. bombycinus, Boiss. d) Durreis. ^m. 142. 

 Khansarat-el-''Arus. .1 to .4, loosely clothed toith wavy - 

 white wool, prostrate. Leaflets 6-13 pairs, minute, 

 obovate, retuse, often croioded. Racemes rather loose, 

 2-4-flowered ; peduncle as long as leaf, or shorter ; 

 calyx lohite-woolly ; pods oblong-lanceolate, .02 to .03 

 long, .006 broad, incurved, ending in a short, straight, 

 or somewhat incurved j^oint, densely white-woolly, 

 back broad-grooved, face keeled, netted-wrinkled 

 toward margin — Spring — Et-Tih to Sinai, ^la. 141. 

 Egypt, and southward . 



29. A. Berytheiis, Boiss. et Bl. 

 @ .4, white- villous, prostrate. Leaflets 

 7-8 pairs, small, cuneate-oblong. Racemes 

 7-8-flow^ered, somewhat capitate, peduncle 

 nearly equalling leaf ; calyx black-hairy, 

 teeth half as long as tube ; standard taper- 

 ing, retuse; pods white-hairy, lanceolate- 

 linear, 3-angled, .025 long, .005 broad, 

 somewhat curved, acute, back narrow- 

 grooved, face keeled, minutely rough-tu- 

 bercled — Spring — Sandy fields ; Beirut. 



30. A. peregrinus, Vahl. .2 to 

 .4, loosely white-villous, prostrate. Leaf- 

 lets oblong-cuneate, retuse. Racemes rather immaturTpod of 

 loose, 3-5- flowered, peduncle shorter than a. Berytheus 



