LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 277 



33. OLiYCYRRHIZA, L. Liquorice. 'Urq-es-Sus. 



Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, upper teetl^ connate higher than lower. 

 Standard narrow, wings and keel acute. Stamens diadelphous, an- 

 thers somewhat 2-valved on account of cells joined at apex. Ovary 

 many-ovuled, style glabrous, incurved at apex ; stigma terminal, cap- 

 itate. Pod leathery, oblong to linear, flattened, or necklace-like, rare- 

 ly ovate, turgid, not divided within, indehiscent or somewhat dehis- 

 cenc — Perennial, generally glandular herbs, with a sweet root, odd- 

 pinnate leaves, axillary racemes or heads, and bluish or violet flowers. 



1. O. glabra, L. 11 .5 to 1, erect. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, oblong 

 to elliptical-lanceolate, acute or obtuse ; racemes loose, shorter than leaves 

 or a little longer ; flowers .01 long; pods oblong to linear, .01 to 

 .03 long, flattened, straightish — May and June — A variable species 

 growing in waste fields and oii dry hillsides, crowding out other vege- 

 tation. Widely distributed . It furnishes the ofiicinal Liquorice. 



Var. typica, Reg. et Herd. Nearly glabrous. Under surface 

 of leaves glutinous. Calyx-lobes iinear-lanceolate, often longer than 

 tube. Corolla Uue. Pod glabrous, oblong, 1-6-seeded. 



Var. violacea, Boiss. Glabrous. Leaves glutinous. Cah^x 

 lobes triangular-lanceolate. CovoWnk violet. Pod glabrous, linear-oblong, 

 3-7-seeded. 



Var. gland iilifera, Reg. et Herd. More or less pubescent or 

 glandular-asperulous. Leaves usually glandular beneath. Pods ob- 

 long, more or less echinate-glandular, 2-6-seeded. 



2. O, echinata, Ij. 11 (Turkish) Rdm-tchicheha. 1 to 2, gla- 

 brescent, erect. Leaflets 5-6 pairs, oblong to elliptical, mucronate. 

 Flowers in dense, short peduncled heads, in flower spherical, .01 in dia- 

 meter, in fruit ovate-spherical. 03 long; pods obovate-oUong, flattened, .01 

 long, .005 broad, 2-3-seeded, armed with long prickles — Summer — 

 Fields ; coast. This species also furnishes Liquorice. 



Yar. Freariti§, Peduncles somewhat longer. Heads oblong, 

 looser. Pods less echinate, usually 3-seeded — Meadows near Marash. 



34. OliYCYRimiZOPSIS, Boiss. et Bal, Glycyrrhizopsis. 



Calyx as in Glycyrrhiza. Wings and keel obtuse, shorter than ob- 

 long standard. Stamens as in Glycyrriza. Ovary 2-ovuled, style and 

 stigma as in last. Pod large," oblong, somewhat flattened, de- 

 hiscent, valves leathery, twisted — Perennial, yellow-flowered herbs. 



Cr. flave§ceiis, Boiss. Ij: .6 to 1, pubescent, at length glabrous, 

 erect ; stem angled, zigzag, scaly at base. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, petiolu- 

 late wedge-ovute to elliptical, obtuse, mucronulate ; stipules scarious, 

 lanceolate. Racemes peduncled, rather dense, about as long as leaf ; 

 flowers .015 long ; pods oblong, .03 to .04 long, .01 broad, obliquely 

 mucronate ; seeds rusty, mottled with black — April to June — Woods ; 

 Cassius and Amanus. 



35. SCORPIURUS, L. Scorpiurus. 



Calyx short bell-shaped, the upper teeth connate higher than the 

 lower. Keel beaked. Pod circinnate, grooved and crested lengthwise. 



