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LATHYRUS.—Suprd, vol U. fol 



natural system of 



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L. tingitanus ; glaberrimus, caulibus diffusis alatis, foliolis ovatis obtusis 

 luucronulatis, stipulis semisagittato- ovatis petiolo mult6 brevloribus, 

 pedunculis bifloris folio longioribus, dentibus calycinis subaequalibus 

 tubo brevioribus, leguminibus oblongo-linearibus leviter reticulatis com- 

 pressis torulosis, suturis crassis, seminibus (subquadratis fusco-nebulosis). 



Decand. prodr. 2. 374. 



L. tingitanus. Linn. sp. pi. 1032. Desf. 



Curt. bot. mag. 100. 

 L. tingitanus siliquis orobi, flore amplo ruberrimo 



Willd 



1084. 



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While we are every where ransacking nature for 



of 



and searching in the most 



corners of the globe for flowers and fruits to delight our 

 senses, we are too apt to neglect the old inhabitants of our 

 Gardens, which are at least as beautiful as the new comers. 

 How seldom we now see the Helleborus niger, the Rose of 



Christmas 



how little estimation are held the old 



ties of Crocus. Fritillaria, and Colch 



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rich varieties of Tagetes ^are fast fading from remembrance 

 This should not be so : ^r Gardens are capacious enough 



and 



tastes sufficiently varied 



render every 



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handsome plant worth preservation^ and when we 



old discarded fav 



make its appearance after a short 



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Nothing certain is known of the origin of this word. The xd^^^i of 

 Theophrastus appears to have been Lathyrus sativus. 



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