S64 LEGUMINOS^. (PULSB FAMILY.) 



43. A, Aiitilibani, Bge. If .05 to .1, nearly stemless, green. 

 Stipules connate-sheathing at base, somewhat adnate to petiole, broad- 

 triangular, ciliate ; leaflets 12-14 pairs, oblong, obtuse, sparingly ap- 

 pressed-hirsute at margins and lower surface^ upper surface glalrous. Scapes 

 shorter than leaves ; raceme oblong ; bracts linear, tapering, as long as 

 calyx-tube ; calyx white- and black-appressed-pubescent, teeth half as 

 long as tube ; standard rhombic at base, bilobed, slightly longer than 

 wings ; pod white-villous, scarcely longer than calyx, .01 long, semi- 

 ovate, recurved, hooked at tip — Summer — Alpine region of Anti- 

 lebanon. 



44. A. mollis, M.B. 2X ,1 to .25, hirsate ; stems several, very 

 short. Stipules oblong-lanceolate, free ; leaflets 12-15 pairs, elliptical^ 

 tillous on loth sides, Scapes shorter than leaves ; racemes ovate .02 long, 

 in fruit oblong .05 to .06 long; bracts black, half as long as calyx-tube; 

 calyx villous, teeth blackish, one -third as long as tube ; standard 

 ovate or oblong, somewhat retuse, a little longer than wings ; pod 

 about as long as calyx, densely white-hairy, half -ovate, 3-angled, .01 

 to .013 long, with a slender, incurved beak — May— Eastern plateau 

 of Antilebanon to Qaryetein. 



45. A. Fre§eiiii, If .05 to .1, dividing from ground into several 

 trunklets and branches, loosely wooUy-canescent. Stipules black-his- 

 pid, triangular -lanceolate, nearly free ; leaflets 12-15 pairs, elliptical to 

 oblong, obtuse. Peduncles longer than leaves, black -hairy at tip ; 

 head ovate, in fruit oblong-cylindrical ; bracts much shorter than calyx ; 

 calyx black- and white-villous, teeth black, one-fourth as long as tube ; 

 standard ovate, somewhat retuse, slightly longer than wings ; pods 

 sessile, white-villous, half-oblong, 3-angled, ending in an incurved 

 point — April — Convent of St. Catherine, (Sinai.) 



46. A. L«u§itaiiiciis, Lam. If .6 to 1, velvety-ca7iescent ; stem 

 erect, angular-striate, scaly below, leafy above. Leaflets 7-10 pairs, ob- 

 long-elliptical, .02 to .03 long, mucronate ; lower stipules triangular- 

 lanceolate, upper subulate. Racemes axillary, short-peduncled, flowers 

 white, nodding, .025 to .03 long ; calyx campanulate, rusty-hirsute, ob- 

 liquely truncate, teeth half as long as tube ; petals more than twice as 

 long as calyx; ^o^^ oblong, .08 long, .02 broad, tomentellous, stipitate, 

 obliquely mucronate — March and April — Khan Kehhali (Lebanon). 

 Adventive. 



47. A. stramineiis, Boiss. et Ky. If .6, glabrescent ; stems 

 erect, rather thick. Stipules straio-colored, triangular-lanceolate, ta- 

 pering ; leaflets 7-8 pairs, linear-elliptical, .02 long, obtuse or retuse. 

 Race^nes .25 or more long, on a short, stiff peduncle ; calyx appressed- 

 white-hairy, teeth lanceolate, one-fourth as long as tube ; petals .018 

 long ; pods pendulous, glabrous, short-stipitate, linear, .04 long, .005 

 broad, somewhat three-angled — Spring — Antilebanon. 



48. A. macrocarpus, DC. If .6, appressed-hirsute. Stipules 

 lanceolate-subulate; leaflets 12-15 pairs, oblong-elliptical, .01 to .03 

 long, retuse. Racemes few-flowered ; calyx sparingly white-villous, 

 lobes lanceolate, half as long as tube ; standard oblong-spathulate, 

 retuse, longer than straight wings ; keel shorter than wings ; pods ob- 

 ovate .05 long, .03 broad, inflated, very obtuse, woody, ending in a .01 

 long beak — Spring — Coast and lower mountains. 



