LEGUMINOS^. CLXXII. Lathykus. 



335 



f tdlia. 



|S 



Nis' almost 3-times the length of the tube; legumes ovate, broad, 



short, irregularly reticulated, winged on the back ; seeds tri- 

 gonal, smooth, rather truncate, ©. H. Native of Spain, 



dilated. Q. H. Native of Tauria, L. angulatus, Stev. inlitt. France, and Italy. Jacq. fil. eel. 116. Curt. hot. mag. t. 115. 



jRownd-seeded Lathy rus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. PL 1 ft. 



88 L. micra'nthus (Gerard, in Lois. not. 106.) stems tetra- Flowers white. 



Riv. tetr. irr. t. 47. Cicercula alkta, Moench. meth. p. 163; 



gonal ; tendrils simple, very short ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ; 



Far. 13, angustatus (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 373.) leaf- 



peduncles very short, 1 -flowered ? ; stipulas ? ; calycine segments lets and stipulas linear, and very narrow, 

 about equal in length to the corolla ; legumes almost sessile, 

 straight, spreading, cylindrical, rather villous. ©. H. Native 



Far. 7, coloratus (Ser. mss. 1. c.) corolla white, having the 

 vexillum violaceous on the under side in front, and with deeper 

 veins, and with the wings having each a large blue spot. ©. H. 

 Native ofTeneriffe. L. sativus /3, HofFm. verz. fl. 1824. p. 235. 



of Provence, in corn-fields. Flowers purplish. Perhaps only 



h\tixhiy oi L. inconspicuus. , 



^ma//-/on;^re(/Lathyrus. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt.1816. Pl.^tolft. The seedsofZ. ^a^i^w* are commonly sown in Switzerland for 



S9 L. ANGULATUS (Lin. spec. 1031.) plant glabrous ; stems soiling horses, under the name of G^<?^^^. In several parts of the 



erect, tetragonal; leaflets linear, acuminated ; tendrils trifid ; continent a white, light, pleasant bread is made from the flour of 



stipulas semi-sagittate, linear, acute, hardly longer than the the pulse, but it produced such dreadful effects in the seventeenth 



petiole ; peduncles fiUform, 1 -flowered, hardly equal in length century, that the use of it was forbidden by an edict of George, 



duke of Wirtemberg, in 1 671, and was enforced by two other 



^ ' o ^ edicts under his successor Leopold, in 1705 and 1714. Mixed 



pressed, veinless ; seeds angular. 



of Europe, in cultivated fields. ~ 



, bracteas _ 

 calycine teeth acute, length of tube ; legumes 



O.H. 



narrow, corn- 

 Native of the south 



Flowers small, red, or purple. 



^wgu/ar-seeded Lathyrus. 

 \ to 1 foot. 



with wheat-flour in half the quantity makes a very good bread, 

 Buxb. cent. 3. p. 23. t. 42. f. 2. and appears to be harmless. But bread made with this flour 



exclusively has brought on a most surprising rigidity of the limbs 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. 1683. PL in those w^hohave used it for a continuance, insomuch that the 



40 L. iongipeduncula'tus (Ledeb. hort. dorp, suppl. 1824. 

 p. 5.) leaflets linear; ^ - -^ , ,^ _*^ - 



awned, exceeding the 

 seeds angular. 



1 



exterior muscles could not by any means be reduced, or have 

 their natural action restored. Tliese symptoms usually appeared 

 on a sudden without any previous pain. The disease was re- 



tendrils trifid ; peduncles 1 -flowered, 



eaves ; legumes cylindrical, nerveless ; garded as incurable, and being neither very painful nor fatal, those 



Perhaps who were seized with it usually submitted to it with patience. 



" Swine fattened with this meal lost the use of their limbs, but 



O. H. Native country unknown. 



^^angulatus, Roth. cat. 3. p. 68. Flowers red. ^„.... .«......^ , .o .,,.». .^. ^^, ^». 



^ong'pedunckd Lathyrus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PL 1 ft. grew very fat lying on the ground. A horse fed some months 

 1!. ^-^ptophy'llus (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 155. suppl. p. 465.) on the dried herb was said to have his legs perfectly rigid. Kine 



are reported to grow lean on it, but sheep not to be affected. 



stems erect ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ; tendrils branched ; sti- 



puas narrow, subulate, semi- sagittate ; peduncles short, 1- Pigeons, especially young ones, lose the power of walking by 

 nouered; calycine teeth lanceolate; legumes lanceolate, gla- ^ '' ^ ' " "' '" .-. ^ . *. i- . 



brous; seeds globose, tubercled. 

 Caucasus. Flowers purple but with the keel white. 

 blender-leaved Lathyrus. 



feeding on the seeds. 



Clt. 



Poultry will not readily touch it, but 

 0. H. Native of easrern geese ^at it without any apparent damage. In some parts of 



Switzerland cattle feed on the herb without any apparent harm." 

 FLJune,Jul. Clt,1818. PL 1 ft. Duvernoy Fabbroni, of Florence, says, that the government there 



had cautioned the peasants against the use of Za//?7/rM5 aa/uw*, 

 in 178G, swine having lost the use of their limbs, and become 

 pitiable monsters, by being fed on this pulse exclusively. The 

 peasants, however, eat it boiled or mixed with wheat flour, in 

 the quantity of one-fourth, without any liarm. 



CtiUivated Lathyrus or Chickling-vetch. Fl. June, July. 



1640. PI. cL 



45 L. CicERA(Lin. spec. 1030.) plant smoothish; stems dif- 

 fuse, winged ; leaflets linear-oblong; tendrils trifid or quadrifid ; 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, lanceolate, a little toothed, ciliated, length 

 of the petiole ; peduncles 1 -flowered, longer than the stipulas ; 

 bracteoles small ; calycine segments lanceolate, foliaceous, nearly 

 3 times the length of the tube ; legumes oblong, irregularly-reti- 

 culated, channelled on the back, not winged ; seeds trigonal, 

 somewhat truncate, bay-coloured, smooth. ©. H. Native of 

 Spain. Jacq. fih cclog. t. 115. L. sativus /3, Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 705. Cicercula anceps, Moench. meth. 10;}, Flowers purple or 



and France. L. prostratus. 



erec^ setif6lius (Lin. spec. 1031.) plant glabrous ; stems 

 ) tetragonal ; leaflets linear, very narrow ; stipulas very 

 arrow, semi-sagittate, length of petiole ; tendrils trifid ; pe- 

 the a ^'^^^'^^ed, filiform, shorter than the leaves, jointed at 

 acute^T' furnished each with a small bractea ; calycine teeth 

 shnr7 • ^ 1 ^^ ^"^^ ' tendrils trifid ; legumes ovate-oblong, 

 t; pL'/T"'^^''^ 5 '^^^s globose, warted, purple. ©. H. Na- 



a £u ^ ^g^^'-J^^'^ns. 1. p. 28. ?— J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 308. with 

 gure. I'Jowers small, rose-coloured, or scarlet. 

 ^m7;e-leaved Lathyrus. Fl.Ju. JuL Clt. 1739. PL ^ to 1 ft. 



leaflef i'^"^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^'"- sP^c- 102^0 stems winged, diffuse; 

 toothed ]^^ * tendrils simple; stipulas semi-sagittate, 1- 

 tJ^an the 1 ^^^ ^'^^^ ^^^ P^^^^^^^^ peduncles 1-flowered, longer 

 2-^inffed ^'^^n^ ' cauline as well as subterraneous legumes ovate, 

 if ^ , ^"t, and a little compressed on the sides, 2-seeded. 

 gard o'^cZ^ ^.^ ^y^^^- ^^^t. fl. lus. 162. t. 66. Sweet, fl. 



pink tin T'?"^' ^^'^^* ^' P' ^^- ^^^^' ^' ^' ^^' ^' ^' Fl^^'^^s red, rather variable, 

 ground s^^ "^ ^^"^" ^" ^^'^ singular plant there are under- T^r^r-like or Fh 



aUolutel ^"^^'/^^^^'^ ^^^ whitish, and bear flowers and legumes 

 ground JP^^^^^' ^.'^d resembling those en the 

 B.fi .-."^^P! ^^I'^^t the flowers are smaller and do 



C«cer-like or Flat-podded 



vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 163:3, 



Lathyrus or Dwarf Chickling- 



PI. cl. 1 to 2 feet. 



une, July^ 



stems above- 



. — . — not expand. 



'jruited Lathyrus, or Underground or Earth-pea. 

 Clt. 1680. PLi tol foot. 



46 L. a'nnuus (Lin. spec. 1032.) plant glabrous; stems dif- 

 je, winged; leaflets linear, elongated; tendrils trifid; stipulas 



44 L s ' ^»- lottu. Fl. ^ to 1 loot, 

 "^g^d- le fl^^^r^^^"* ^P^^' 1030.) plant smpothish; st^ms 



iinear-oblong ; tendrils trifid^; stipulas semi- 



•^'^tate. ovnt. V ''**.V^."^o'?g ; ^tendrils tnti^; stip 

 <^«flcle« i?J ' <^»l»ated, hardly the length of the pet 



es 



V^' 



fuse, c. , « 



semi-sagittate, very narrow, much shorter than the petioles ; pe- 

 duncles 1-2-flowered, length of the leaves; bracteoles small; 

 calycine segments lanceolate, hardly longer than the tube ; le- 



oblonff-linear, densely-reticulated, not winged; FCcds 



- ■ -Buxb. cent. 3. t. 42. f. 1. 



gumes 

 roundish. 



0.H. 



^^^culated 



Riv. tetr. irr. t. 42. 



than the petioles, bracteolate and 



cine segments lanceolate, foliaceous, Annual Lathyrus. Fl. June, July. 



Native of Spain. 



Flowers small, yellow. 



Clt. U2\. 



PI. cl. 



