28 LEGUMiNOSiE. Litpmus. 



Hab. in Palaestina australi prope Gaza et in Arabia Petrea contermin^ 

 (Boiss ! Ky. exs. 805 !), FI. Apr. 



Semipedalis vel pedalis, flores pallide flavidi cairuleo-tincti, flores eis prse- 

 •cedentinm subminores ; ab eis pedicellis longis carinaque abrupte nec sensim 

 curvatd facile dignoscendus. Semina matura non nota. 



4. L. Hispanicus (Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. pl. Hisp. p. 17) ad- 



pressiuscule piiosus, foliolis obovato-obiongis supra glabrescentibus, 

 racemo remotiuscule verticillato, bracteis parvis cito deciduis, pedi- 

 cellis calyce triplo brevioribus, floribus parvis, calycis bracteolati 

 labio superiore bipartito inferiore sublongiore obsolete tridenticulato, 

 cariua cymbiformiter curvat^, legumine adpresse hirsuto tetraspermo, 

 seminibus subcompressis badiis remotiuseule et minute tubercu- 

 Jatis O. 



Hab. in arenosis vallis Meandri in Lydia (Boiss I), insula Naxos (Wied !). 

 Fl. Mai. 



Facies L. tutei, flores eis L. varii dimidio minores pallide violacei. Speci- 

 mina Orientalia a me florifera tantum visa Hispanicis similia esse videntur ; 

 legumen 4 lineas latum, semina non ut in prsecedentibus scaberrima sed sub 

 iente tuberculis minutis subdissitis obsita. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania centralis, Africa borealis prope Constantine. 

 * * Semina laevia. 



5. L. hirsutus (L. Sp. 1015) pilis ferrugineis patentibus obsi- 

 tus, foliolis obovato-spathulatis utrinque hirsutis, racemo ovato ob- 

 scure verticillato, bracteis subulatis, calycis bracteolati Iabi« supe- 

 riore bipartito inferiore longiore profunde trifido, coroll^ csBrulea 

 calyce duplo longiore, legumine ferrugineo-hirsutissimo 3-4 spermo, 

 seminibus subcompressis griseo-badiis ©. Ic. Moris Fl. Sard. tab. 72, 

 fig. 1. 



Hab. in cultis Peloponnesi (Herb. Fauch6 !), insularum Archipelagi (Smith), 

 Lydiae (Tchih.) Syriae littoralis ad Tripoli (BII). 



/3. micranthus. Racemus subradicalis densior, flores dimidio mino- 

 res, corolla calyce parum longior, legumen brevius 2-3-spermum, 

 semina rufo-maculata. L. micranthus Guss. Prodr. Sic. II, p. 400 

 non Douglas. — L. Gussoneanus Ag. Lup. p. 5. 



Hab. in GretA ad Khania (Raul I), Bithynia (Thirke !), Gypro ad Troodissa 

 (Ky!), in ericetis Antilibani prope Rascheya (Boiss!). 



Formae quoad florum magnitudinem intermediae hanc varietatem cum typo 

 conjungere videntur. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa australis, Africa borealis. 



6. L. angustifolius (L. Sp. 1015) adpresse pubescens, foliolis 

 lineari-oblongis, racemo densiusculo, floribus breviter pedicellatis al- 

 ternis, bracteis lanceolatis deciduis, calycis bracteolati labio supe- 



