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LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



C. Siliquastrun, L. 5 Zemzariq. A straggling tree, with ob- 

 long top 6 to 10 metres high. Leaves cordate-orbicular, . 1 broad. 

 Standard shorter than wings and keel; pod .13 to .15 long, .016 broad, 

 narrow-winged at upper suture — April — Rocky places ; common. 

 Very showy in flower and fruit. 



55. PROSOPIS, L. Prosopis. JunMt. 



Flowers generally sessile. Pod thick, or sub-terete, straight, or 

 variously twisted, coriaceous or corky, partitioned between the seeds — 

 Thornless or prickly trees or shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and 

 cylindrical spikes. 



1 . P. §tepliaiiiana, Willd. Kharembah, JunMt. Shilsh-hildwi. 

 ^Aqul. ' TJqeil. An unsightly, straggling shrub, .3 to 1 high, with scat- 

 tered, conical, .003 long prickles, and pubescent twigs and petioles. 

 Pinnse of 3-5 pairs ; leaflets 8-13 pairs, linear-oblong, .002 to .004 long. 

 Spikes longer than leaves ; pod ovoid-oblong, .03 long, .015 broad, in- 

 curved or more or less constricted and deformed, brownish-black — 

 Summer — Waste fields ; common, especially in interior plains. 



2. P. spicigera, L. 5 ^ ^^ ^j glabrous, prickles scattered, 

 conical, sometimes 0. Pinnae of 2-3pau's. Leaflets 6-12 pairs, oblong, 

 .006 long, .002 broad. Spikes elongated, often interrupted at base, 

 solitary or twin ; pod .1 long, .007 broad, nearly terete^ torulose, often 

 curved — Spring — Jordan valley (Tristram). 



56. ACACIA, Willd. Acacia. Sant. 



Calyx campanulate or 5-sepaled. Petals generally more or less 

 united. Stamens exserted. Pod terete, flattened, or twisted — Shi'ubs 

 or trees with bipinnate leaves. 

 * Flowers globular-capitate. Leaflets .002 to .004 long^ .QOlh^oad, oUuse. 



1. A. Farneiiana, Willd. 5 Fig. 152. 

 ^Anbar. Qarz. 3 to 5. Spines .01 to 

 .02 long ; twigs and petioles puber- 

 ulent. Pinnae 5-8 pairs ; leaflets 15- 

 20 pairs, oblong. Heads solitary or 

 clustered in axils, peduncles unequal ; 

 flowers golden-yellow, with oppres- 

 sively sweet odor ; pods cylindrical, 

 .06 to .08 long, .015 thick, brown, 

 somewhat tapering at ends, slightly 

 curved — Winter — Hedges and 

 water-courses, introduced, but sub- 

 spontaneous. Flowers much prized 

 by the natives. 



2. A.MIotica, Del. 5 5 to 6. 

 Stipular-spines long, straight, tliosQ of 

 the flowering lyranches abortive or 0. 

 Pinnce 4-8 pairs ; leaflets 15 to 27ipairs. 

 die ; pod .1 long, .012 broad, flattened^ necUace-shapedj with rhonibic- 

 orbicular joints — Winter — Southern Sinai to Egypt. 



3. A. tortilis, Hayne. 8eyydl 5 5 to 8. Stipular-spines al- 

 ternately long, straight, and short, recurved. Pinnoe 2-6 pairs ; leaflets 



Foliage and pods of A, Farnesiana. 

 Peduncles bracteate above mid- 



