. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. 280 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) bent, simple. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, wedge-oblong tolinear, retuse. Flowersaxillary, nearly sessile,single or rarely twin ;pods straight, or slightlycurved; rings of seedsmore or less complete,more or less papillary orglabrous, sinus of seed Pod of Hippocrepis, unisiliquosa. looking toward concavity of pod— Spring — Fields ; common alongcoast, and in lower mountains and interior plains. Var. biflora, Post. 2-flowered. Rings of seeds complete


. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. 280 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) bent, simple. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, wedge-oblong tolinear, retuse. Flowersaxillary, nearly sessile,single or rarely twin ;pods straight, or slightlycurved; rings of seedsmore or less complete,more or less papillary orglabrous, sinus of seed Pod of Hippocrepis, unisiliquosa. looking toward concavity of pod— Spring — Fields ; common alongcoast, and in lower mountains and interior plains. Var. biflora, Post. 2-flowered. Rings of seeds complete, edgesoverlapping— Coast. (R. lijiora, Spreng.) 2. H. multisiliquosa, L. 0 .3 to .5, sparingly appressed-hairy or giabrescent, decumbent. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, oblong-linear, oftenretuse. Peduncles 2-8-Jfowered, about as long as leaves ; pods stronglycurved, sometimes circular, glabrous or scabrous-hairy at seed, smus com-pletely closed, looking toward tlie convex margin of pod — Spring —Fields ; coast and lower mountains. 3. H. ciliata, Willd. © .2 to .4, sparingly appressed-liairy,decumbent. Leaflets 4-5 pai


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