LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 271 



cave, acuminate, boat-shaped, nearly as long as calyx ; bracteoles nar- 

 rowly oblong, conduplicate, one-fourth, as long as densely crisp-woolly 

 calyx — May — Jebel Quleib (Hauran) to Aintab, and northward. 



§4, A, Seytimeiisis, Bge ^ .15to A-^ branches sioz^i, crowded, 

 thick-set with.Ol thick, .05 long, spreading spines, dilated at tase, the ol- 

 der Uackish, the younger yellow, appressed-pulerulent. Stipules ovate, 

 acute, glabrous, ciliate ; leaflets 5 pairs, appressed-silky, oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate, .01 to .013 long, prickly, flat. Axils 4-6-flowered, 

 forming ovate-oUong , leafy heads, larger than a walnut ; bracts linear- 

 boat-shaped, acute, glabrous at base, crisp-woolly above; bractlets nar- 

 rowly linear-spathulate, woolly at tip, half as long as hirsute calyx — 

 Summer — Akherdagh and northward. 



§5. A, I>riisoruiii, Boiss. 5 Quteit. Qutdt. .3 to .5 ; branch- 

 es straggling, prostrate or ascending, woolly between stipules. Stipule s 

 ovate, free portion triangular-lanceolate, ciliate ; spines .06 to .1 long, 

 slender ; leaflets 8-10 pairs, elliptical to ovate-oblong, flat, obtuse, .007 

 to .01 long, mucrouate, sparingly appressed-pubescent, grey or green. 

 Axils 3-3-fl.owered, forming ohlong or cylindrical, leafy spikes, ofte n . 1 to 

 .25 or .3 long ; bracts linear, naked at base, plumose at tip ; bracteo- 

 les unequal, two-thirds to three-fourths as long as calyx — Summer — 

 Lebanon toAmanus and Cilician Taurus. 



Var. g^enuiiius, Spikes .1 to .3 long, .03 broad, cylindrical. 



Var. niaronitieii^, Boiss. Spines shorter. Heads globular to 

 ovate and oblong — Lebanon. 



§6. A, IIa§beyanus, Boiss. 5 Low. Petioles .08 to .15 long, 

 thick, ending in a short spine ; stipules triangular-lanceolate, nerved, 

 ciliate ; leaflets 9-10 pairs, rigid, pale green, appressed-hairy, ovate, .015 

 long, obtuse, mucronulate. Heads dense, ovate; bracts oblong-linear, 

 villous above, somewhat conduplicate, as long as calyx ; calyx white- 

 villous, teeth somewhat naked at tip, one-third as long as tube — Sum- 

 mer — Above Hasbeyah. 



87. A. deinacanthiis, Boiss. 5 -3 to .5. Petioles . 15 to .3 

 long, stout, ending in a short, strong spine ; stipules triangular-lan- 

 ceolate, nerved, ciliate ; leaflets 5-6 pairs, remote, elliptical to oblong 

 and oblong-lanceolate, .02 to .03 long, .01 or more broad, rigid, ner- 

 ved and netted-veined, glabrescent, yellow-prickly. Heads dense, 

 ovate to oblong, .07 to .1 long, .04 to .06 broad, bracts linear, taper- 

 ing, hirsute, as long as calyx; calyx hirsute, teeth nearly naked at tip, 

 half or more than half as long as tube — May and June — Moab and 

 Hauran to Coelesyria, Lebanon, Damascus, Aintab, and northward. 



88. A. dipocluru§, Bge. 5 .3 to .4 ; stem woolly. Petioles 

 .3 long, curyed, the loioer half naked, the tip spiny, leaflets 6-8 pairs, 

 hroad-ovate, .025 to .035 long, .015 to .02 broad, prickly, the younger 

 ones appressed-woolly the older glabrous, green ; stipules lanceolate, 

 tapering. Heads ovate to oblong-cylindrical, .06 to .1 long ; bracts 

 oUong linear, conduplicate, glabrous at base, woolly at back, nearly 

 as long as calyx ; calyx densely woolly, teeth somewhat curved, 

 rather more than half as long as tube — Summer — Aintab. 



89. A. oxypIiyllu§, Boiss. et Haussk. 5 -^ to .5 ; stem 

 woolly. Petioles .16 to .24 long, stiff, bearing leajiets near the base, 



