Psoralea. leguminobjs. 187 



Hab. in agria argillosis Syriae borealis inter Antiochiam et Aleppo (Boiss I), 

 ad Aintab et Adiaman (Haussk!), in Mesopotami^ inter Orfa et Suerek (Ky. 

 exs. 14!}. Fl. Jun. 



Gaules 3-3-pedales, racerai cuna peduuculo 5-9 pollicares, legumen vix 3 li- 

 neas longum pericarpio sicco. 



3. P. drupacea (Bunge PI. Lehraann. p. 249) glandiilosa et patule 

 hirta, c^ulibus erectis induratis, foliia breviter petiolatis simplicibus 

 suborbiculatis grosse dentatis, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, racemis 

 axillaribus laxiusculis folio raulto longioribus, floribus parvis subter- 

 natim verticillatis , calycis coroUa violascenti triente brevioris denti- 

 bus triangulari-lanceolatis tubo brevioribus inferiore sublongiore, le- 

 guraine villoso obovatO' calyce duplo longiore ^^ . 



Hab. in desertis Turkestaniae inter Bukara et Samarkand (Lehm !), in mon- 

 tosis prov. Khorassan Persiffi (Bge !). Fl. Jun. 



Rami elati, folia pollicem ssepe diani. lata,_ sa»pe tranSverse latiora. A P. 

 Jaubet'tiand distincta glandulositate majore, foliis simplicibus, legumine duplo 

 majore calycem excedente. 



* * Flores capitati , legumen rostratum. 



4. P. bituminosa (L. Spec. 1075) adpresse plus minus hirsuta, 

 caulibus erectis, foliis trifoliolatis foliolis subintegris inferiorum ovatis 

 obtusis superiorum lanceolato-linearibus acutis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 folio longioribus, floribas capitatis capitulo bracteis trifidis subulato- 

 acjrainatis involucrato, calycis plus rainus dense hirsuti corolla cseru- 

 leo-violaced triente brevioris laciniis a basi lanceolata louge subulatis 

 inferiore Jongiore, leguraine hirsuto ovato corapresso in rostrura ensi- 

 forrae glabrura vel strigosura eo longius exsertura abeunte ^, Ic. 

 Lam. III. tab. 614, fig. 1. — P. Palestina L. Gouan, Jacq. Hort. Vind. 

 tab, 184. — P. plumosa Rchb. Fl. exc. p 869. 



Hab. in sterilibus regionis inferioris totius ditionis a Grsecift! et MacedoniAf 

 ad Palestinam (Boiss !), Arabiam petream (Bove !), Tauriam (Ledeb !), Pontum 

 maritimum (Bourg !), Imeretiam (Szow). Fl. Jun. 



Variat admodum indumento, foliorum forma, involucri longitudine, etc. 



Ar. Geogr. Insulae Canariensea, regio Mediterranea Europse et Africce bo- 

 realis. 



5. P. acaulis (Stev. in M.B. Taur. Gauc. 11, p. 206) pubesceus 

 virens aeaulis, rhizomate pluricipiti, foliis oranibus radicalibus longe 

 petiolatis trifoliolatis foliolis amplis a basi cuneata ovatis obtusis argate 

 dentatis, pedunculis folia subsuperantibus, floribus in capitula ovata 

 dein oblongo-cylindrica bracteis lineari-Ianceolatis indivisis vel 2-3- 

 partitis involucrata et intermixta dense congestis, calycis corolia pur- 

 purascente subbrevioris laciniis lanceolatis inferiore longiore, legu- 

 mine ovato subcorapresso inter pilos aculeis nigris echinato in ros- 

 trura subulatura eo sublpngius abrupte abeunti "^ . 



