Orobus. LEGuMiNOS^. 621 



Byzantini (Sibth! Wied!), Taurise et prov. Trans et Ciscaucasicarum (Ledeb 

 Szow!). Fl, vere. 



Tota planta desiccatione nigrescit. 



Ar. Geogr. Europa tota a ScandinaviS ad Rossiam mediam, in austral. mon- 

 taaus. 



h.) Folia omnia unijuga. 



12. O. hirsutus (L. Sp. 1027) moUiter et patule piloso-hirsu- 

 tus vel glabratus, rhizomate repente fibris filiformibus, caulibus as- 

 cendentibus tenuibus angulatis basi ramosis^, foliolis unijugis ellipticis 

 acutis vel acuminatis petiolo subsequilongis, stipulis basi acute semi- 

 sagittatis ellipticis acuminatis petiolum sequantibus, pedunculis 2-5- 

 floris folio sublongioribus, floribus secundis, calycis laciniis subaequa- 

 libus lanceolatis acuminatis ciliatis tubo dnplo longioribus, corolla 

 violaceo-coerulea, legumine adpresse hirsuto lineari acuto sursum 

 subfalcalo '¥. Ic. Fl. Gr. tab. 690. — 0. laxiflorus Desf. Goroll., p. 

 83, tab. 63. — Lath. imrmis Roch. Act. Hung, 1834, tab. 2. — L. 

 mliosus Friv. Flor. 1836, p. 437. 



Hab. in sylvaticis regionis montanse Graecise totius (Boiss ! Heldr ! Orph. Fl. 

 Gr. exs. 570 !), Thessaliae (Heldr!), Macedoniae et Thracise (Griseb !), Cretae 

 (Heldr! Raul!), totius Anatolise praesertim littoralis a Byzantio ad Trapezun- 

 tem et Pontum Lazicum alt. 6000' (Bal !) et a Bithynia et Lydi^ ad Ciliciam 

 (Bal !), Syria littorali in monte Amano (Ky!), Cassio (Boiss!), Libano (Gaill!), 

 Tauria et prov. Transcaucasicis (Szow! Hoh !), Persia bor. maritimi usque ad 

 prov. Asterabad (Buhse ! Bunge !). Fl. Mai, Jun. 



13. O. sericeus (Boiss. et Bal.) adpresse hirsutus subsericeus, 

 rhizomate repente, caulibus erectis firmis angulatis, foliolis unijugis 

 lanceolatis acutissimis 5-7-nerviis petiolo subduplo longioribus, sti- 

 pulis basi acute semisagittatis lanceolatis acutis petiolo sublongiori- 

 bus, pedunculis 3-5-floris folio sublongioribus, floribus secundis, ca- 

 lycis adpresse hirsuti laciniis subaequalibus lanceolatis acuminatis 

 tubo duplo longioribus, corolld violaceo-coerulea, legumine adpresse 

 tomentoso lineari sursum vix incurvo ^. 0. hirsutus var. seriem 

 Boiss. in Ky. pl. exs. 



Hab. ad Tchomakli ad basin montis Argsei in Cappadocid (Ky. exs. Suppl, 

 226!), in Armeniu prope Erzerum (Calv !), in collibus herbosis Ponti Lazici 

 prope Djimil alt. 6000' (Bal!). Fl. Jun. Jul. 



A L. hirsuto foliolis multo longioribus etangustioribus 1 Vj-2-poll. longi^s 3- 

 4 lin. latis, indumento adpresso nec patulo, legumine tomentoso specifice dis- 

 tinctus. 



* * Folia suprema interdum imparipinnata. CoroUa ochroleuca vel lutea. 



14. O. aureus (Stev. in Ind. III Hort. Petrop. 1837, p. 42) cau- 

 libus angulatis erectis, foliis 3-4-jugis supremis iuterdum imparipin- 

 natis, foliolis amplis ovatis vel ovato-obiongis acutis vei acuminatte 

 subtus nitidis et ad nervos saepe puberulis, stipulis semioblongo-sa- 



