394 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



13. li. clirysaiitlius, Boiss. © (D .3 to .5, sparingly hispid •, 

 stem narrow- winged, much branched. Stipules semi-sagittate, small, 

 linear-lanceolate; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, .03 to .06 long, .01 broad, 

 mucronatCj 5-7-nerved, wavy-margined. Peduncles 2-4 -flowered, 

 non-aristate ; calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, about as long as tube ; 

 corolla golden-yelloio^ .013 long ; pod .035 long, .01 broad, 6-10 seed- 

 ed — Spring — Ccelesyria and northward . 



14. I^. cliloranthus, Boiss. d) .5 to .7, sparingly hispid, 

 with creeping root-stock ; stems decumbent, narrow-winged. Stipules 

 small, linear-lanceolate, the lower semi-sagittate ; leaflets oblong- 

 elliptical, .04 to .06 long, .015 to .018 broad, obtuse, 3-nerved. 

 Peduncle 1-3-flowered, long-aristate ; calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate, 

 aristate, longer than tube ; corolla greenish-yellow, .03 long ; pod .03 

 to .04 long, .005 broad — Summer — Thickets; Marash, and north- 

 ward. 



15. Li. tuberosus, L. If .3 to .6, glabrous-glaucescent ; root- 

 stock creeping, hearing large tubers; stem angled, prostrate or ascending. 

 Stipules semi-sagittate, narrow, lanceolate ; leaflets elliptical, .03 long, 

 .01 to .013 broad, mucronate. Peduncle 3-8-flowered, longer than 

 leaf ; upper calyx-teeth short, lower as long as tube ; corolla furple ; 

 pods linear-oblong, .03 long, .006 broad, inflated ; seeds obsoletely 

 tubercled — Summer — Hedges ; Marash, and northward. 



16. 1a, pratensis, L. 2f .3 to .4, glabrous or appressed-hairy ; 

 root-stock creeping ; stems somewhat climbing. Stipules broad, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong with tiDo unequal appendages at base; leaflets ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, and linear. Peduncles 4-10-flowered ; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate-subulate, as long as tube ; corolla yellow ; pod black, 

 linear, .035 to .03 long, .005 broad, somewhat curved at tip ; seeds 

 globular, smooth— Summer — Subalpine Lebanon, Amanus, and north- 

 ward. 



Var. augu§tifolius, Post. Glabrous. Leaflets and stipules 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Petioles sometimes cirrhous — Beilan. 



Separable from Lathy rus only by habit ; the petiole ending in a 

 simple awn, instead of a tendril, and the stems always erect or ascend- 

 ing, not climbing. 



1. O. §es§ilifoliiis, Set S. 2|! .3 to .4, glabrous ; stems leaf- 

 less below. Leaflets 1-3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, acute ; petiole short or 

 0, much shorter than short, semi-sagittate, lanceolate-linear stipules. 

 Peduncles long, 5-10-flowered ; calyx -teeth nearly equal, lanceolate ; 

 corolla purple ; pod linear, somewhat incurved at tip — Spring — 

 Woods and thickets of middle mountain zone throughout. 



2. O, Tariabilis, Boiss. et Ky. % .5, glabrous ; stems as- 

 cending, angled. Petiole short ; leaflets 1-3 pairs, obovate-oblong to 

 oUong-lanceolate, 9-11-nerved, .03 to .04 long, .008 to .013 inroad, the 

 upper acute ; stipules semi-sagittate, acute. Peduncles 5-9-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate, the upper shorter, curved upward ; 

 corolla blue ; pod linear — May and June — Subalpine Lebanon near 

 Bsherri ; Akherdagh, and northward. 



