LEGUMINOS^. CLXXL Pisum. CLXXII. Lathyrus. 



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such plants as are riot of the right sort, which if left to mix will 

 degenerate the kind. As many rows as may be thought suffi- 

 cient to furnish the desired quantity of seed should be marked 

 out, and left till their pods turn brown and begin to splits when 



America, at Cape Horn. Peduncles 4-5-flowered. Flowers 

 blue. Legumes tapering, near 3 inches long. Seed about the 

 size of those of tares. Miller calls this the Cape Horn pea, 

 from its having been brought by Lord Anson's cook when he 



they should immediately be gathered up with the haulm ; they passed that Cape, where this pea was a great relief to the sailors, 

 may then be either stacked or threshed out as soon as they are but it is not so good for eating as the worst sort cultivated in 

 dry ; but care should be taken not to let them remain too long ~ 

 abroad after they are ripe, as wet would rot them, and heat after 

 a shower of rain making their pods burst in such a manner, that 

 the greater part of their seeds would be lost. 



England. 



American Pea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. proc. 

 6 P. Joma'rdi (Schranck, in flora, p. 309.) plant quite smooth 

 and glaucous ; stem angular ; petioles terete ; stipulas toothed 



The diseases of peas are few, and chiefly the worm in the pod, at the base, as well as the leaflets, which are ovate. ©. H. 



and the fly on the leaves and flowers. They are also liable to be 

 niiklevved or blighted. None of these evils, however, are very 

 common, and there is no known method of preventing them but 

 by judicious culture. . 



Cultivated or Common Pea. FL June, Sept. PI. cl. 



2 P. ela'tius (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 151.) stems erect; petioles 

 terete, bearing 6 lanceolate-oblong leaflets ; stipulas rounded and 

 crenated below ; peduncles 2-flowered, longer than the leaves. 

 If.? H. Native of Iberia. Internodes naked, striated. Stipulas 

 nearly like those of P. sativum, but the leaflets are more oblong. 

 Peduncles very long, erect. Flowers pale red, with the lamina of 

 the wings dark purple. Legume unknown. 



Taller Pea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



Native of Egypt. Flowers white. 

 . Jomard's Pea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



7 P. tu'lvum (Smith, fl. graec. t. 088.) petioles terete; sti- 

 pulas rounded below, and acutely-toothed ; peduncles 2-flow- 

 ered ; legumes short. ©. H. Native of Asia Minor. Flowers 

 of a beautiful fulvous colour, marked with deep or almost scarlet 

 veins. Legume semi-elliptic, an inch long. Leaflets 2 or 4. 



Fiihous-ftowered Pea. PL cl. 



8 P. Theba^icum (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 51, ex Link. enum. 

 2. p. 236.) peduncles shorter than the leaves. ©. ? H. Native 

 of Upper Egypt. 



Thebes Pea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. cl. 



Cult. The seeds of all kinds of^peas only require to be sown 



3 P. ARVE NSE (Lin. spec. 1027.) petioles terete ? bearing 2- . in the open ground in spring for common purposes, and the 

 3 pairs of ovate, roundish, crenulated, mucronulate leaflets ; sti- plants sticked to support them. 



CLXXII. LA'THYRUS (from Xa^vpog of Theophrastus, 

 which is said to be from Xa, la, augmentative, and ^ovpog, thou- 



pulas ovate, semi-cordate, denticulated; peduncles usually 1- 

 flowered, very short. Q. H. Native country unknown. P. 

 sativum arvense, Poir. diet. 5. p. 456. 

 sect. 2. t, 1. f. 4. ~ 



—Moris, hist. 2. p. 47. 

 ^. Bram. icon. chin. t. 15. Called in French 



^isaille and Pois de Pigeon. In English field-pea or grey-pea. 



I'lowers red, the vexillum darkest. Seeds grey. For the culture 

 and uses o{ Ptsum arvense y see field-peas, and their culture under 



risum sattvumy of which all the grey varieties belong to this 

 species. ^ "^ 



Field Vea. Fl. June, Sept. PI. cl. 



ros, any thing exciting ; in reference to the qualities of the seeds). 

 Lin. gen. no. 1186. D. C. prod. 2. p. 3G9. — Lathyrus, Clyme- 

 num, and A phaca, Tourn. inst. p. 394. 396. t. 21G, 217, 218, 



219, and 220 Cicerella, Moench. meth. 163. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 cleft, the 2 superior lobes shortest. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Style complanate, dilated at the apex, 



4 P. MARi'TTAmiLf (\\. \r. ino^N 4.^ 1 ^' ^ villous or pubesccut in front. Legumes oblong, many-seeded, 



flattish above eafl.i r , '^fr * r ^f '^ "'""^ T^ \lF"u ^-valved, l-celled. Seeds globose or angular.-Usually climb- 



nate; stSas trf^^^^^^^^^ elliptical mucronate, smooth, alter- . ^^^^^> ^j^,^ semi-sagittat'e stipulas, and having the petioles 



I oupuias triangular, semi-saeittate, toothed towards the . ° . .' . , i i . i -i i r • i i , wi. i *^ 9 ^^ivc. 



bass ; peduncles many-fliwered, itngth of leaves ; legumes ob- termmating m branched tendrils, and furnished nith 1 to 3 pairs 



ong, small, obliquely-reticulated; seeds small, 6-8, approxi- 

 mate, roundish, rather bitter. 1/ . H. Native of France, Den- 

 ^^\l' ^"^ other parts of Europe, and Kamtschatka. In Britain 



anl O T'^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ' °" *^^ P^^^^y ^^^^^ between Aldburgh n- 



• , l^^' Suffolk ; also near Hastings, Sussex ; on the west Petioles furnished with a narrow wing. 



nh f ""g^"^ss near Lyd, in Kent ; on the sharp ridge run- 



of leaflets. Peduncles axillary. 



Sect. I. Eula'thyrus (from e«, well, and lathyrus; genuine 

 species). Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 369. Vexillum tooth- 

 less at the base. Leaflets opposite or wanting from abortion. 



Oed. fl. dan. 338. 

 Moris, hist. 2. p. 47. 



§ 1. Perennial plants, nith many-Jlowered pedun 



Leaves with only one jmir of leajlets. 



nmg from Portland island to Bridport. 



&m.th sp.cel. t. 9. engl. bot. t. 1046.- ^. ... 



' -• '• 1- f- 5. Flowers large, purple, variegated with crim- 1 L. toment6sus (Lam. diet. 2. p. 709.) plant clothed with ru- 



.f " ^ p"p . ^^6 seeds are very bitter. We learn from the epis- fescent tomentum ; stems tetragonal, striated ; leaves with one 

 ly^ v^^' ^^^' ^^^ sea-pea was first observed in the year pair of linear-lanceolate leaflets; stipulas semi-sagittate, much 

 Suff ilTf^ in a great scarcity the poor people on the coast of shorter than the leaves ; peduncles many-flowered, approximate, 

 nolk, about Orford and Aldburgh, supported themselves with longer than the leaves ; calycine teeth nearly equal, lanceolate, 

 withM^^V-^' ^^^^ legend is retailed by Stow and Camden, acute, length of the tube; legumes linear, clothed with silky 

 in til t ^<idition, that they supposed it to spring up opportunely tomentum ; style very long, twisted at the base, linear-spatu- 

 peas r^'" ^^ ^^^'■t^. ft-om a ship-wrecked vessel loaded with late. U . G. Native of Buenos Ayres. Flowers large, purple ? 

 mu„l ^"^'■easthe sea-pea is a verv different species from all Tomentose Lathyrus. PL cl. 



2 L. SERi'cEUS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 708.) plant clothed with silky 

 rufescent down ; stems tufted, simple ; leaves with one pair of 

 linear leaflets ; stipulas narrow, semi-sagittate, length of leaflets ; 

 tendrils very short; peduncles many-flowered. %. G. Na- 

 tive of Monte Video. 



other — n^"^ "''"■-pea is a very ditterent species 



'1 a tim ^^V • ^^^end of the miraculous arrival of these peas 



Cattle ^ scarcity is still believed among the country people. 



Vnr ""n ""T.^ ^^"'i of the herb. 

 ;... h.^^^'^m (Ser. in D. C. 



brous. 



Native of Canada. 

 ^eaPea. Fl.July. Britain. 



prod. 2. p. 368.) leaves gla- 



J 



PL trailing. 



SilJcy Lathyrus. PL cL 



5 P A -••^''"v^ i^riiain. ru trailing. 



benf . \ ^^^^^^^ NUM (MilL diet. no. 5.) stem angular, procum- 



S.1 .^ "^'^^ ^"^ pair of leaflets ; lower leaflets lanceolate, etems winged ; leaves with one pair ol ianceoiaie, auenuaieu, 



•wtely.toothed, upper ones sagittate, li . H. Native of South coriaceous leaflets ; stipulas very narrow, semi-sagittate, shorter 



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