284 LEGUMiNoSiE. Astrarjolus (XXXV. Myobroma). 



glabriri, racemi 5-6-flori peduiiculo folium dimidium aquante vel bre- 

 viore, calycis patule hirsuti deutibus tubo quintuplo brevioribus, 

 vexilli lamina basi angulata, alis retusis vexillo brevioribus carinam 

 antice subrectilineam superantibus, ovario villoso longe stipitato, le- 

 guinine ovalo-oblongo turgido depresso utrinque acuminato suturis 

 crasse nervosis ^. A. utriger C. A. M. Enum., p. 143 non Pall. 



Hab. in locis petroleum fundentibus prope Bakuad Caspium et in insulis 

 adjiicentibus (G. A. MI Bruhns!). 



Folia semipedalia, foliola 3-4 lineas, scapi cum racemo 4-pollicares, flores 15 

 lin. longi. Legumen absque stipite pollicare semipollicem diam. latum farctum 

 biloculare. Aflinis A. longifloro a quo alarum structura legumineque hirsuto 

 abimdediffert. 



180. A. platyraphis (Fisch. in Ky. pl. Alepp. 1843) viridis 

 patule liirtus acaulis, stipulis lanceolatis ciliatis, foliolis 12-16-jugis 

 o\;\lis vel ellipticis supra glabris, raceini 5-7-flori scapo petiolos non 

 «quante, calycis hirsutissimi dentibus calyce 4-o-pIo brevioribus, 

 vexilli lamina obovata basi subauriculala alas sequanti, alis carina 

 falcata longioribus, ovario stipitato glabro rarius antice pilosulo, le- 

 gumine coriaceo oblongo-triquetro acute tricarinato in mucronem 

 subincurvum abeunli ^ . 



Ilab. in collibus Syrise prope Aleppo (Ky.99I) et Aintab (Haussk!), Cappa- 

 docia^ orientalis (Auch. 1315!) et Kurdistaniie (Noe !), Mesopotamiae (Ghesn. 

 15'i !) et ad Orfa et Biredjick (Haussk ! , Auch. 1308 !). 



Folia 4-8-pollicaria, foliola 4-7 lin. longa, flores 13-15 lin. longi. legumen 

 siibbiloculare absque stipite et mucrone pollicare faciebus 5 lineas latis. Le- 

 guinine acute triquetro insignis. 



181. A. Alexandrinus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 9, p. 74) patule 

 hi.-^pidus acaulis, foliolis 13-15-jugis ovatis Dbtusis vel retusis. race- 

 mis 3-5-floris brevissime pedunculis. calycis hispidi dentibus tubo 

 du[)!o vel triplo longioribus, vexillo obovato alas carina vix lougiores 

 excedente, ovario hirsuto breviler stipitato, legumine breviter ovato 

 subtrigono longe et parce hirsuto.calycem vix excedente '^ . 



Hab. in campis arenosis nd Alexandriam et Aboukir -.Egypti (Ehrenb! Ca- 

 det I Gaill! Samnr!), Arabia Petrasu (Boiss !), Palestina ad Jordanum (Seetzen 

 ex Bge.j, circa Dnmascum (Gailli). 



Ab A. plaU/raphidc legumine brevius stipitato distinctus. A. lanigerus Desf. 

 in (litionf! noslra non obvius differt foliobs acutis, legumine oblongo calyce 

 pbi-^ duplo longiore. Noster valde variat foliolis 3 et C-8 lineas longis, legu- 

 niine G-lOlineas iQugo. 



Ar. Geogr. R<^gnum Tunetanum. 



18^2. A. Gompholobium (Bth. in herb. Kew) brevissime ve- 

 lulino-eauesceus, acaulis ad collurn petiolis slrictis rigidis pcrsisten- 

 tibus obsitus, slipulis membranaceis lanceolatis, foliolis 10-12-jugis 

 foliorum primariorum oblongis c eterorum auguste lineari-lanceolatis 



