382 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



Var. lenticnlaria, Post. Lea^ets oblong-lenticular, acute, long- 

 mucronate — Base of Carmel. 



2. O. aequideutata, S. et S. © .2 to .4, appressed-bristly, 

 canescent, or nearly glabrous, erect or ascending. Leaflets 6-8 pairs, 

 oblong-elliptical obtuse to linear acute. Peduncles much longer than 

 leaf, remotely 3-9-flowered ; corolla purple, .01 long, longer than 

 calyx ; pod glabrous or appressed-bristly, semi-orbicular, .012 long, 

 unarmed or more or less sJiort-pricJcly on the pitted dislc, crest as long as 

 disk or shorter, separated into 5-G, triangular, acute, entire, nearly 

 e^waZ teeth — Spring — Carmel to Gilead, Aleppo, Marash, and north- 

 ward. 



3. O. Caput-Oalli, L. © .2 to .4, sparingly appressed-hir- 

 sute, erect or diffuse. Leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong to oblong-linear or 

 cuneate. Peduncles loosely 3-7-flowerecl, as long as or longer than 

 the leaves ; corolla pink, . 006 long, about as long as calyx ; pod pu- 

 bescent, semi-orbicular, .008 long, disk pitted, and densely beset with 

 long pr icicles, crest divided into numerous, triangular-subulate prickles, 

 somewhat longer than those of disk — Spring — Hills and sandy plains ; 

 coast and interior. 



* * Perennials. 



t Corolla glabrous, deciduous soon after flowering . 



\ Unarmed.. Flowers in long, spiked racemes. 



4. O. megatapliros, Boiss. 2|! .3 to .4, appressed-hirsute ; 

 stems wavy. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong-elliptical, obtuse. Peduncles 

 much longer than leaf, at length somewhat forked into elongated, loose 

 spikes ; corolla pink ; pod 7-8 pitted at disk, the marginal row much 

 deeper ; crest triple, the middle one scarcely narrower than disk, divided 

 into 7-9 lanceolate-subulate prickles, the lateral divided into 5-6, subulate, 

 appressed to middle crest, and shorter than it — Spring — Aintab, and 

 eastward and northward. 



5. O. sativa, L. % Sainfoin. .3 to .5, ajDpressed-hairy or 

 glabrescent, ascending or erect. Leaflets 6-12 pairs, elliptical to ellip- 

 tical-linear. Peduncles at length much longer than leaves ; spikes 

 oblong, dense ; corolla pink, striate, .01 long ; pod semi-orbicular, 

 .008 long, unequally pitted at disk, unarmed or prickly tubercled ; 

 crest denticulate-prickly — Spring — Fields ; cultivated and escaped 

 from cultivation. 



Var. montana, Boiss. Stems more diffuse. Leaflets obovate- 

 cuneate to obovate-oblong. SjDike shorter. Teeth of crest slender, 

 longer — Antilebanon to edge of Syrian Desert, Akherdagh, and north- 

 ward. 



6. O. gracilis, Bess. If .4 to. 6, appressed-canescent, ascend- 

 ing ; stems slender. Leaflets 5-9 pairs, elliptical, those of upper 

 leaves linear-lanceolate. Peduncles slender, at length many times longer 

 than leaf ; spikes rather loose, elongated ; corolla pink, .007 long ; 

 pod obovate, deeply and unequally pitted and nearly unarmed at disk, 

 crest narrow, armecl with 5-6 prickles — May and June — Dry hills ; 

 coast and tablelands. 



y. O. Cadmea, Boiss. If .3 to .5, appressed-silky, canescent, 

 ascending. Leaflets 10-12 pairs, oblong, those of upper leaves linear- 



