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elliptical to ovate, acutisb, .005 to .01 long. Scapes somewhat longer 

 than leaves ; racemes ovate-oblong, rather loose in fruit ; bracts trian- 

 gular-lanceolate, one-third as long as calyx-tube ; calyx appressed- 

 white- and black-hairy, teeth triangular, very short ; corolla yellow, 

 .018 long, more than twice as long as calyx ; standard oblong, lanceo- 

 late, tapering at tip ; pods spreading, transversely wrinkled, tapering 

 at base, oblong-triquetrous, .02 long, .008 broad below tip, somewhat 

 dub-sliaped, abruptly tapering into a straight or oblique beak, half as 

 long as pod — Spring — Subalpine Lebanon and Antilebanon ; Ccele- 

 syria ; Damascus plain ; Engedi. 



108. A. dictyocarpus, Boiss. 71 .1 to .15, appressed-canes- 

 cent, densely tufted from a woody rhizome. Stipules short, lanceo- 

 late, canescent ; leaflets 4-8 pairs, elliptical to ovate, obtuse, .003 to 

 .005 long. Scapes ascending, slender, somewhat longer than leaf ; 

 racemes short, 2-10-flowered, at length loose ; bracts oblong, as long 

 as pedicel ; calyx appressed black- and white-hairy, teeth triangular, 

 very sliort, oblique ; corolla yellowish-red, more than twice as long 

 as calyx, .02 long ; standard ovate-oblong, narrowed alove into a short 

 appendage; pods erect or spreading, netted- veined, y?a^^d??efZ, ovate to 

 oblong-rhomUc, .02 long, .012 broad, with an oblique cusp— Summer 

 — Alpine regions of Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



109. A. Traclioiiiliciis, Post. (Journal of Lin- 



FiG. 145. 



nsean Society, J^otany, Vol. xxiv. p. 426) y. .1 to .15, ap- 

 pressed-canescent, woody at base, branching. Stipules 

 lanceolate-acuminate, black- and white-hairy ; leaflets 3- 

 7 pairs, oblong to linear, acute, .01 long. Peduncles 

 much shorter than leaves ; flowers 2-5, .03 long, in short 

 racemes with zigzag axis ; bracts lanceolate, longer than 

 short pedicel ; calyx gibbous at base, white- and black- 

 hairy, .015 long, teeth triangular-subulate, one-sixth as 

 long as tube ; corolla ^^w?Z;, less than twice as long as 

 calyx ; pods erect, straight or slightly curved, appressed- 

 wUte-hirsute, cylindrical-terete, .06 to .08 long, .003 thick, 

 taperiny- into a short, stout beak — May — Roadsides 

 near Sowarat-el-Kebiri (Border of Lej a); Syrian Desert. 



110. A. gladiatUH, Boiss. 5 .2 to .3, appressed- 

 canescent, woody at base ; stem slender, erect. Stipules 

 minute, short-lanceolate, silky ; leaflets 4-8 pairs, linear- 

 elliptical to ollong-eUiptical, M^ io .01 long. Peduncles 

 twice to thrice as long as leaf; racemes 5-12-flowered, loose; 

 calyx black- and white-hairy, teeth triangular-subulate, 

 one-fifth as long as .013 long tube ; corolla limd, yellow- 

 ish-white, nearly twice as long as calyx ; pods spreading 

 or w<?^^272^, linear-triquetrous, .07 to .08 long, .003 thick, 

 tapering, appressed-white-bristly — June — Alpine Leba- 

 non near Cedars. 



111. A. sanctu§, Boiss. 5 .1 to .4, appressed- 

 silky, shrubby at base, stems erect, brittle, flexous. Stip- 

 ules minute, triangular, black-hairy ; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong to linear- 

 oblong and elliptical-oblong, .006 to .015 long. Peduncles about ^ as 

 long as leaves; racemes loose, 5-15-flowered ; calyx black- and white- 

 hirsute, teeth lanceolate-subulate, one-fifth to one-sixth as long as .013 



Pod of A. 

 Trachoniticus. 



