358 LEGUMiNOB^. Astragalus (XLIV. Rhacophorus). 



iatis mucronatis tomentosis, calycis dentibus tubo sesquilongioribus, 

 vexilli iamina basi obsoletissime et obtuse angulatEl 5 



Hab in rupestribus calcareis supra Kalakoi in monte Scherdagh Syriae Me- 

 sopotamicoe (Hausskl). 



Affinis A. chthonocephalo ab eo specifice differre videtur foliolis planis den- 

 sius t£>mentosis muticis 4 lineas lorigis; calycis dentes praeterea longiores sunt, 

 vexillum vix nec manifeste angulatum. 



383. A. Bethlemiticus (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 9, p. 85) frutjculo- 

 sushumilisdenseerinaceus ramis brevibus spinis vetustis crebris pa- 

 tulishorridis, stipulis ovatis tomentellis parte iibera breviter triangula- 

 ribus ciliatis, spinis brevibus rigidis tomentosis, foliolis 4-5-jugis parvis 

 oblongis mucronjlatis carinato-subplicatis dense sericeo-canis , axiiiis 

 subquinquefloris ad apicem ramorum paucis aggregatis, bracteis late 

 ovatis concavis breviter mucronatis calycino tubo lon^ioribus dorso 

 tomentellis, calycis albo-hispidissimi dentibus tubo triplo longioribus, 

 Vexilli lamina basi longe et acutissime auriculala 5. A. plumosus 

 Sieb. exs. non WiUd. — A. mollissimus Presl Bemerk. p. 57 non 

 alior. 



Hab. in Judsea circa Herodiam, Thecoa, Bethlehem (Sieb ! Auch. 1261 1), in 

 collibus ad Damascum et Libano ad Deir el Kammar (Boissl Gaill! exs. 

 1765 !). 



Spinse 1-1 V» pollicares, foliola 2 lin. longa , calyx 6 lineas, vexillum 8 

 longum. 



384. A. lepidanthus (Boiss. Diagu. Ser. I, 9, p. 85) fruticulo- 

 sus erinaceus ramis spinis tenuibus horridis, stipulis ovatis hirtulis 

 parte lij)era breviter lanceolatis, folioiis trijugis spina petiolari bre- 

 vioribus oblongo-lanceolatis coraplicatis in spinulam longam acerosam 

 abeuntibus adpresse sericeis, axillis 4-5-floris ad apicem ramorum 

 paiicis aggregatis vel subdistantibus, bracteis late ovatis concavis bre- 

 viter mucronatis tomentellis, calycis longe hirsuti dentibus tubo 

 asquilongis, vexilli lamina basi acute auriculata 5. 



Hab. in incultis planitie inter Edlip et Aleppo sitae in Sj^-ria bor. (Boiss I). 



Suflfrutex V»-l pedalis, spinse 1-1 7» poUicares , foliola 3-3 '/2 lineas longa, 

 calyx 4 lin., vexillum 61ineas long\im. Ab A. Bethlemitico foliolislonge spinu- 

 losis, calycis dentibus brevibus, etc. distinctus. 



385. A. argyrophyllus (Boiss. et Gaill.) fruticulosus ramis 

 spinis crebris elongatis erinaceis, stipulis tomentosis ovatis breviter 

 triangulari-acuminatis, foliolis trijugis planis vel subcarinatis ovatis 

 vel ellipticis in spinulam longam abeuntibus adpresse argyreo-canis 

 spinulse petiolari sequilongis vel brevioribus , axillis 4-5-floris secus 

 ramos saepius laxe dispositis, bracteis late ovato-orbiculatis cymbifor- 

 mibus tomentellis, calycis dentibus tubo sublongioribus, vexilli lami- 

 na basi acute auriculata 5- 



