284 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



oblong, .03 to ,04 long, obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous at upper, and at 

 length at lower surface. Racemes .3 to .4 long ; corolla orange-colored^ 

 .02 long; pod .025 long, .02 broad, glahrescent or puberulent, margin sca- 

 brous with very short," triangular teeth — June — Antioch to Amanus. 

 Aintab, and north-eastward. 



Var. Telutiiia, Post. Disk of pod velvety-pannous ; crest pu- 

 berulent — Amanus. 



14. O. g:alegifofia, Boiss. 2j;.3to.6; stems thick, ascending, 

 glabrescent or sparingly hirsute. Leaflets 5-6 pairs, oblong^ .03 to .04 

 long, glabrous at upper, pubescent at lower surface. Racemes .3 to .4 

 long; corolla yellow, .02 long; pods .02 long, .015 broad, densely icool- 

 ly, margin denticulate — June — Aintab, and north-eastward. 



XXX Pods semi-orMcular, the seed-hearing margin straight, with a cvp- 



shaped cavity at middle ; dislc with one large, oblong pit surrounded 



by several smaller ones ; crest broad, pricldy margined. 



15. O. hemicycla, Blanche. 2|! .2 to .4, villous. Leaflets 8- 

 10 pairs, obovate, .005 long, retuse, mucronulate, appressed-hirsute at both 

 iurjaces. Racemes few-flowered, short; corolla .01 to .014 long — 

 May and June — Bludan (Antilebanon) ; Hamath to Palmyra, 



42. ALHAOI. Desv. Alhagi, 'Aqul. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 6-toothed. Standard obovate ; wings oblong- 

 falcate, somewhat shorter than the gradually incurved, obtuse keel. 

 Vexillar stamen free. Ovary nearly sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 incurved ; stigma small, terminal. Pod nearly terete, sparingly hairy 

 or glabrous, indehiscent, irregularly necklace-shaped, joints not separat- 

 ing — Many-stemmed, much-branched shrubs, thickly beset with axillary 

 spines, arising from abortive peduncles. Leaves all simple, obovate- 

 oblong, entire ; stipules small, subulate, distinct. 



* Ovary silky. 



1. A. Ufaurorum. D.C. 5 -^ ^o 1 5 twigs and spines slender, 

 somewhat hirsute. Calyx appressed-hairy, teeth triangular-ovate, 

 obtuse ; pod sparingly hairy or glabrous, thick, -p^^ ^ ^o 

 spongy, often obsoletely constricted between 

 seeds — Summer — Waste places ; common 

 throughout. 



* * Ovary glabrous. 



2. A. Camelorum, Fisch. 5 -^ to 1, 

 sparingly hirtulous or glabrescent. Calyx 

 glabrescent, teeth short-triangular ; pod gla- 

 brous, the upper border straight, the lower 

 strangulated, sometimes by abortion 1 -seeded 

 — Summer — 



Var, Turcorntn, Boiss, Calyx-teeth Pods of a Cameiorum, 

 acuter than in type — Coast and interior. ^"' Turcorum, 



43. CICER, L. Chick-Pea. JIummus. 



Calyx-tube oblique or gibbous behind ; teeth lanceolate, acute. 

 Standard ovate or orbicular ; Avings free. Style filiform, not bearded ; 

 stigma terminal. Pod turgid. Radicle straightish — Herbs or shrubs 



