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or shrubs, prostrate or erect, with trifoliolate, stipellate leaves on an 

 axis destitute of nodes, sometimes solitary in the axils. 



1. R. minima, D.C. 5 Minutely puberulent ; stems ?)e?'2/ sleti- 

 der. Leaflets rhombic-obovate, .007 to .01 long. Racemes few-flow- 

 ered, longer than leaves ; pod oblong, .015 long, .005 broad ; seeds 

 elliptical, rusty-yellow, mottled with black — Spring — Ghor-es-Safieh, 

 climbing on Acacias. 



2. R. §chimperi, Hochst. 5 Appressed-pannous, white, stems 

 shrubby, erect, somewhat twining. Lateral leaflets ovate, terminal cune- 

 ate-obovate, often retuse. Flowers axillary, solitary twin, short-pedi- 

 celled ; pod woolly, ohovate-oblong , tapering at base, obliquely acute at 

 apex; seeds globular, flattened, black — Spring — Mdian (Tistram). 



52. CASSIA, L. Senna. 8end. 



Calyx-tube very short ; sepals and petals imbricated. Stamens 5 or 

 10, free, equal, or the upper smaller ; anthers fixed at base, generally open- 

 ing by a i3ore or chink at apex. Pod various, indehiscent, generally 

 2-valved — Herbs, shrubs, or trees with abruptly pinnate leaves. 



1. C. obovata, Collad 2^ Send-MeTchi. Appressed hirtulous, 

 glaucescent ; stems herbaceous, ascending. Leaflets 4-7-pairs, obovate- 

 truncate to oblong ; ipod o'blo7ig-falciforra, .07 long on upper border, .015 

 broad, with a semi-lunar line of elevated crence along middle of valve, very 

 obtuse at base and apex, separated by transverse partitions — Winter and 

 Spring — Wadis around Dead Sea and 'Arabah to Sinai. 



2. C. lauceolata, Forsk. 2^ Send-saHdi, Lisdn-el-'' AsfHr. Sparing- 

 ly appressed-hirtulous ; stems ascending, sub-herbaceous. Leaf- 

 lets 3-7-pairs, oblong -lanceolate to lanceolate, acute. Pod ellij)tical-oblong, 

 scarcely curved, obtusely winged on both sides — Spring — Sinai. 



53. CERATO]VIA, L. Carob. Kharrub. 



Flowers polygamous or dioecious. Calyx-tube short, top-shaped, 

 with 5, dentiform, deciduous segments. Petals 0. Stamens 5, free, an- 

 thers elongated, versatile. Pod elongated, leathery, indehiscent, divided 

 between the seeds by pulpy partitions containing a' peculiar saccharine 

 substance. 



C. Siliqua, L. 5 St. John's Bread. Carob. Kharrub. A fine ever- 

 green tree, with hemispherical top, often reaching 10 metres in height 

 and ten in diameter of branches, thornless. Leaflets oblong, obtuse, 

 or obovate, frequently retuse, coriaceous, glistening above. Racemes 

 short, solitary or clustered alojg the year old branches ; pod .15 to. 3 

 long, .02 to .03 broad, .005 thick, brownish-black — Oct. to Dec. — 

 Very common. Dibs is made of the pulp of the pods. The fruit is the 

 "husks" of Luke xv. 16. 



54. €£R€IS. L. Red-Bud. Judas Tree. Zemzariq. 



Calyx campanulate. somewhat oblique with 5, broad, short teeth. 

 Petals 5, pseudo-papilionaceous, the standard being within the wings. 

 Stamens declined, free. Ovary stipitate, free at bottom of calyx. Pod 

 flattened — Shrubs or trees with entire leaves, and pink flowers, in small 

 racemes along the old branches. 



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