226 LEGUMiNOS^. Ash-agalus (IV. Oxyglottis). 



Goii. — A. Asterias Stev. io Ledeb. FL Ross. I, p. 636. — A con- 

 tortuplkatus Fl. Grgec. Vill, p. 21, Uib. 729 non L. — A. depressus 

 Bertol. Misc. II. p. 232 ! non L. 



Hab. in herbidis siccis et saxosis, Smyrnse (Ky. Supl.3791), Gappadocia aus- 

 trali ad Bereketly (Ball),Syria boreali etMesopotamii (OlivlChesn! Hausskl), 

 ad Damascum (Gaill 11 deserto ad Palmyram (Bl !), Palestinft (Boiss !), Trans- 

 caucasia (G. A. M, Hon !). Arabice Huzam el KuU. 



Flores 3-4 lineas, legumina 6-7 lin. longa. Planta exHispanid et Afric4 bO- 

 reali hiic ab auctoribus adducta distincta videtur capltulis6-12-floris aliisque 

 notis et speciem propriam A. polyaetinus dicendam sistere videtur. 



8. A. radiatus (Ehrenb. Mss. in herb. Beroi. — Bge. Astr. p. 8) 

 adpresse canescens, caulibus procumbentibu^ vel ascendentibus te- 

 nuibus, foliolis ellipticis 6-8-jugis, capitulis 5-9-floris pedunculis folio 

 brevioribus suffullis, calycis dentibus tubo brevioribus, vexillo calyce 

 subduplo longiore, leguminibus stellatira divergentibus brevibus a 

 basj latiori bigibba attenuatis acutis rectlusculis pube sursum ad- 

 pressa obsitis O. 



Hab. in ^Egypto prope Alexandriam (Ehrtnb I Montb I Samar. exs. 3436!), in 

 Arabia Petraeft Palestinam versus (Boissl). Fl. Mart 



A specie praecedenti diversus floribus minoribus 2 linofts tantam longis, ve- 

 xillo minus elongato, leguminibus saepius brevioribas ; caBterse notae a cL, Bge. 

 indicatse non sat confirmatse mihi videntur. An melios notna tantum varieta» 

 A. cruciati? 



9. A. triradiatus (Bge. Astr. p. 7) pilis adpressiusculis vel pa- 

 tulis hirtus, cauiibus prostratis vel ascendentibus, foliolis ellipticis 

 5-7-jugis, capituUs 3-6-flori8 peduncuUs patule et nigricanter hirtis 

 legumini aequilongis vel longioribus suffultis, calycis campanulati den- 

 tibus tubo subaequilongis, vexillo calyce dupio longiore, leguminibus 

 stellatim divergentibus lanceolatis trigonis rectiusculis crassiusculis 

 a basi truncato-bigibb& attenuatis acutis pube duplici longiore tuber- 

 culo insidente patulo-reversfi obsitis ©. A. pseudopentaglottk Boiss. 

 et Noe in Noe pl. exs. 



Hab. in graniinosis prope Aleppo (Auch. 1302! Hausskp, in deserto ad flu- 

 vium Chabur Mesopotamiae (Haussk!), prope Diarbekir (Ky. exs. 868!), 



Difetinctus ab .4. tribuloide et pseudosteUd capitulis pedunculatis, ab A. cru- 

 ciato et A radiato leguminis pube basi tuberculata patulo-retrorsft. ab omnibus 

 legumine longiore et crassiore 8-9 lineas longo basi 2 '/4 iato. 



10. A. Schimperi (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 53) adpressiuscule 

 lomentcllus.caulibus procumbenlibus, foliolis 4-jugis oblongo-ellipticis 

 obtusis, capitulis 2-4-floris peduncuio legumine subfequilongo suffultis, 

 calycis tubulosi dentibus setaceis tubo dimidio brevioribus, vexillo 

 alteimato calyce subduplo iongiore, ieguminibus patentibus iineari- 

 nblongis teretiusculis rectiusculis apicc abrupte attenualis patentira 

 hispiiiis O- 



