LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 291 



corolla ; pods glabrous, obovate-rhombic, .013 long, .008 to .01 broad 

 — Spring — Stony places ; Moab to Antilebanon, Damascus, Aleppo, 

 Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



Var. bracbycalyx, Post. Calyx-teeth half to two-thirds as 

 long as corolla — Aintab to Marash. 



3. E. Lienticula, Schreb. .3 to .4, appressed-puberulent ; 

 stems slender, erect. Petiole ending in a mucro, and sometimes in 

 upper leaves in a simple tendril ; leaflets 2-4-pairs, oblong to linear, 

 mucronate ; stipules semi-hastate to lanceolate, entire, or rarely toothed 

 toward base. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, muticous or short-mucronate, 

 Jiliform^ much shorter than leaf; calyx-teeth capillary, somewhat 

 shorter than .003 long, bluish corolla ; pods pubescent, obovate-rhom- 

 boid, .007 long, .004 broad— Grassy places; coast and interior. 

 Rather rare. 



Fal>a vulg^aris, L. The Horse-bean, Fid, is extensively culti- 

 vated, and eaten by the people of Syria and Egypt. 



46. LiATHYRUS, L. Vetchling. Everlasting Pea. 



Standard broad-obovate to orbicular. Mouth of stamen-tube not 

 oblique. Style flattened, sometimes twisted, bearded near tip. 

 Otherwise as in Vicia — Annual or perennial herbs with abruptly ^ or 

 odd-pinnate leaves — composed of 1 pair of leaflets, or with leaf -like 

 petioles destitute of leaflets. 

 * All the petioles ex-stipulate^ leaj-like, only the upper leaving leaflets. 

 1. L. Ochrus. 



* * All the petioles stipuled, tendril-liJoe, destitute of leaflets. 



3. L. Aphaca, 3 stenolobus. 



* * * All the petioles leaf -like, hut destitute of leaflets. 



4. L. Nissolia. 



* * * * All the petioles tearing one pair of leaflets. 



t Sparingly puberulent or glalrrous annuals. 



\ Pods glabrous or slightly hairy. 



5. L. annuus, 6 Cicera, 7 amcenus, 8 stenophyllus, 9 marmoratus, 

 10 sativus, 11 erectus. 



X I Pods ciliate. 

 13. L. blepharicarpus. 

 tit Pods tubercular-hirsute. Petioles cirrhose. Peduncles elongated. 

 13. L. chrysanthus, 14 chloranthus. 



1 1 Perennials. Petioles cirrhose. 

 15. L. tuberosus, 16 pratensis. 



1, L, Ocliru§, L. .3 to .6, glaucescent ; stems winged, 

 prostrate or climbing. Petioles decurrent, winged, oblong, .03 to .07 

 long, the lower acute, muticous, the middle forked at tip, with awns or 

 tendrils at fork and tips, the upper bearing 1-5 leaflets. Peduncles 1- 

 flowered, unarmed, much shorter than leaf ; corolla pale yellow; pods 

 oblong, .05 long, .01 broad, upper margin 3-wiaged ; seeds 5-7, 



