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49. A. Oraecu§, Boiss. 71 .6, villous. Stipnles lanceolate-lin- 

 ear. Leaflets 30-40 pairs, elliptical-ovate to obcordaie-orbicular, the 

 lower .01, the upper. 002 long. Racemes 5-10-flowered ; calyx white- 

 fleecy, teeth subulate, a little shorter than tube; keel shorter than wings ; 

 pod short-hirsute, ovate, .03 long, .015 broad, abruptly tapering into 

 a straight, .01 long beak — May — Jebel Husha' ; Gilead ; Hauran. 



50. A. Cliristtanus, L. If .6, hirsute. Stipules subulate, 

 broader at base ; leaflets 15-20 pairs, elliptical, .015 to .02 long, ob- 

 tuse or retuse. Racemes sessile, 3-4-flowered ; calyx white-hispid, 

 teeth subulate, two-thirds as long as tube ; standard ovate or orbicu- 

 lar ; keel much shorter than icings; pods hispid^ obliquely ovate, .015 

 to .02 long, .015 broad, wrinkled, ending in a straight beak — Spring 

 — Plain of Gennesaret (Tristram). 



51. A. Aleppicu§, Boiss. 2f Appressed-canescent to hirsute. 

 Stipules lanceolate to linear-subulate ; leaflets 15-30 pairs, elliptical to 

 orMcular, .005 to .01 long, sometimes retuse. Racemes sessile, 1-4- 

 flowered ; calyx white-hirsute, teeth lanceolate-subulate, one-third as 

 long as tube; keel someichat longer than wings; pods piibescent^ de- 

 flexed, oblong, flattened, .02 long, .01 broad, netted-wrinkled, ending 

 in a .01 long, straight beak — April and May — Fields ; east of Jordan 

 to Ccelesyria, Damascus plain, Aleppo, Aintab and northward and 

 eastward. 



52. A. dipbtherolobus, Bge. If .6 to 1, puberulent. Stipules 

 subulate, elongated ; leaflets 15-20 pairs, elliptical, obtuse or retuse, 

 ,01 long. Flowers .035 long; calyx .02 long, white-hairy, teeth subu- 

 late, longer than tube; keel much shorter than wings; pods densely pan- 

 nous, oblong, .025 long, .013 broad, slightly compressed, ending in 

 a .01 long beak — May — Woods ; higher regions of Amanus. 



53. A, neiirocarpus, Boiss. 11 .6, glabrescent. Stipules se- 

 taceous from a dilated base; leaflets less than 16 pairs, ovate oblong, .015 

 to .02 long, retuse, the lower surface sparingly hirsute. Racemes 3-3- 

 .flowered, crowded ; calyx white-villous, teeth triangular, one-fourth as 

 long as tube ; standard obovate-oblong, longer than wings ; wings lon- 

 ger than keel; pods semi-ovate, .013 long, .007 broad, somewhat incurv- 

 ed, prominently netted-wrinkled; mucro .004 long — Spring — Hauran to 

 AintSb, and northward. 



54. A. IShepardi, Post. % .6 to 1, stem and petioles glabrous. 

 Stipules lanceolate-subulate ; lower leaves .3 to .4 long, leaflets 15-20 

 pairs, lower surface sparingly hirsute, upper glabi'ous, orbicular, to ovate- 

 orbicular, .01, long, distant. Racemes 2-3-flowered, calyx sparingly vil- 

 lous, teeth triangular one-third as long as tube ; pods glabrous, semi-ovate, 

 .02 long, .01 broad, obsoletely wrinkled, ventral suture thick, excurrent 

 in a stout, .01 long beak — May — Aintab. 



55. A. platyrhapliis, Fisch. 2f .1 to .25, green, hirsute, 

 stemless. Leaflets 12-16 pairs, ovate to elliptical, glabrous above. Ra- 

 cemes 5-7 -flowered ; scape shorter than petiole ; calyx-teeth one-fourth to 

 one-fifth as long as tube ; pod stipitate, oblong, acutely triquetrous, mu- 

 cronate — Spring — Aleppo to Aintab, and eastward and northward. 



56. A. Alexandrinus, Boiss. 2^ .1 to .25, hirsute, stemless. 

 Leaflets 13-15 pairs, ovate to elliptical and oblong, upper surface glab- 

 rous. Racemes 5-7-flowered, short-peduncled ; calyx-teeth one-thii'dto 



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