268 LEGUMlNOSiK. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



67. A. Rotis§eanu8, Boiss. ^ .05 to .15, branches slender, 

 partly under ground, simple, woolly between ovate-lanceolate, hirsute, 

 ciliate stipules. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, conduplicate, linear, muticous, ap- 

 pressed-hirsute. Axils 2-flowered, forming a cylindrical-club-shaped 

 spilce, .03 to .06 long, .01 to .015 broad, leafy, extending nearly to 

 end of twigs ; bracts subulate, hirsute, nearly as long as calyx-tube ; 

 calyx-tube villous at base, teeth somewhat shorter than tube, standard 

 somewhat longer than calyx, fiddle-shaped —May and June — Ccele- 

 syria to Aleppo, Aintab, and north-eastward. 



6§. A, echinus, DC. 5 -^^^ -^j densely branched, echinate 

 with .02 to .03 long spines, old ones persistent, black. Stipules trian- 

 gular-acuminate, glabrous, ciliate ; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblanceolate, appres- 

 sed-canescent, spiny-mucronate, shorter than terminal spine. Flowers 

 crowded in a globular, .02 broad head ; calyx-teeth concealed by 

 their villi, as long as tube — Summer — Alpine regions of Sinai, Leba- 

 non, and Antiiebanon. 



Var. vireiis, Boiss. Petioles stiff, .05 long ; leaflets green — 

 Near Cedars. 



69. A. argyrothamuus, Boiss. 5 ^^ much branched ; 

 spines thick- set, slender, .03 long, ascending. Stipules ovate, short- 

 acuminate, ciliate ; leaflets 4-5 pairs, minute, flattlsh, ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulate, silvery-canescent, shorter than terminal spine. Flowers 

 three or less in a globular head, crowded at base of leaves ; bracts 

 lyroad-ovate, boat-sJiaped, very obtuse ; calyx-teeth concealed by villi, 

 nearly as long as tube — Summer — Middle region of Antiiebanon. 



70 A. psilodoutius, Boiss. 5 -^ *o .3, appressed-canescent ; 

 branches slender ; twigs crowded, short. Leaves scattered ; petioles 

 thick, .03 to .05 long, ending in a spine much longer than the leaflets; 

 leaflets 6-7 pairs, crowded, small, conduplicate, ovate, acutish, muti- 

 cous ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, with a broad, translucent margin, beard- 

 ed at back. Axils o-5-flowered, forming somewhat distant bunches; 

 bracts oblong, broad, acute, concave, as long as calyx tube, margin 

 translucent ; calyx hirsute, teeth once and a half as long as tube, 

 somewhat longer than rusty corolla — Summer — Antiiebanon ; Wadi- 

 el-Jaur (south of Damascus). 



71. A. anil>i§uu§, Bge. 5 -^ to .3, branches short, glabrous, 

 slender ; spines crowded, slender, spreading, .03 to .05 long ; stipules 

 lanceolate- acuminate, ciliate ; leaflets 7-9 pairs, obovate, conduplicate, ob- 

 tuse, .005 long, mucronate, hispid, a little shorter than terminal spine. 

 Axils 2-flowered, crowded in small, globular heads as large as a hazel 

 nut, at base of branches ; bracts oblong-lanceolate, boat-shaped, taper- 

 ing, villous except at base, somewhat shorter than calyx ; calyx very 

 villous, teeth subulate, once and a half as long as tube ; corolla purple 

 or violet — June — Alpine regions of Amanus. 



72. A. Pru$ianu§, Boiss. 5 «2 to .3, much branched ; bran- 

 ches long, loosely spiny, woolly-canescent. Spines .04 to .08 long ; sti- 

 pules irzVm^wZar, tomentellous; leaflets 6-8 pairs, obovate-oblong to 

 ovate-oblong and oblong, .005 to .01 long, prichly, appressed-woolly- 

 canescent. Axils less than 5-flowered, forming globular or ovate-oblong 

 terminal heads ; bracts ovate, woolly on outer face except at base, boat- 



