LEGUMINOSiE. CLXXII. Lathyrus. CLXXIII. Ochrus. CLXXIV. Oroeus. 



337 



than the tube; legumes curved. 1^. H. Native of Siberia. 



Willd. spec. 3. p. 1091. _ 



is said to have the habit of and 



Buxb. cent. 4. p. 27. t. 46. This plant 



flowers of O^robus tuberbsus. 



Two of the angles of the stem are more winged than the other 

 two, but all ciliated. 



of Greece and Candia. L. alatus, Smith, fl. graec. t. 697. prod. 2. 

 p. 66. ? but not of Tenore. Flowers purple, about the size of 

 those of Z. odoratus, 



Purjole-Rowered Lathyrus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? PI. cl. 



66 L, cornu'tus (Horn. hort. hafn. 6SG.) stems unknown ; 



Incurved'-podded Lathyrus, Fl. Ju, Jul. Clt. 1808. PI. cl. lower petioles leafless, w^inged, upper ones bearing 4-6, lanceo- 

 59 L. ala'tus (Tenore, prod. 42. but npt of Smith,) stems late alternate leaflets; legumes unknown. ©. H. Native 

 tetragonal, winged; leaflets 6-8, oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, country unknown. Flowers purple. 



alternate ; petioles winged ; stipulas lanceolate, unequal, some- 

 peduncles 2-3-flowered, longer than the leaves ; 



Horned 



Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL cl. 



what sagittate 



calycine teeth unequal, shorter than the tube ; legumes com- 



f)ressed, flat, many-seeded. ©. H. Native of Italy. Flowers 

 arge, purple. This plant comes very near L, Clymenum. 



+ Species not suffix 



Winged-^temm^^d Lathyrus. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Clt. 1823. PI. cl. 



GO L. Cly'menum (Lin. spec. 1032.) stem tetragonal, winged ; 

 lower petioles dilated, leafless, linear-lanceolate. 



ones 



bearing 5-6 linear leaflets 



upper 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, linear ; pe- 



duncles 1-6-flowered, abcut equal in length to the leaves ; caly- ^^t\we country unknown. 



67 L. America'nus (Mill. diet. no. 19.) stems procumbent; 

 leaves kidney-shaped, simple, veiny beneath ; peduncles 2-. 

 flowered. % . H. Native of North America. Flowers yellow. 



Perhaps Baptisia pcrfoliata* 

 American Lathyrus. 



68 L. Parisie'nsis (Mill. diet. no. 4.) leaves with many pairs 

 of leaflets; stipulas lanceolate ; peduncles 1-flowered. 0. H. 



cine teeth unequal, longer than the tube ; legumes oblong, com- 

 pressed, finely reticulated, with the seminiferous suture tumid ; 



Native of the south of 



Flowers 



seeds compressed, variegated. 0. H. 



Europe. Cly'menum uncinatum, Mocnch. meth. 150. 

 blue. 



There is also a variety having the vexillum red and the 



wings blue. 



C/ear Vetchling. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1713. PL cl. 



Cl L.ARTicuLA'Tus(Lin. spec. 1031.) stem tetragonal, winged; 

 lower petioles leafless, linear, acuminated, upper ones bearing 

 5-C linear leaflets ; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 

 1-3-flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; calycine teeth 

 nearly equal, shorter than the tube ; legumes rather turgid, 

 finely reticulated and nodose at the seeds, having the semini- 

 ferous suture tumid ; 

 velvety. 



fruct. 2. p. 331. t. 152. f. 2. 



seeds compressed, dark purple, rather 



Gaertn. 



0- H. Native of the south of Europe. 



Parisian Lathyrus. Fl. July. Clt. ? PI. cl. 



G9 L. MAGNOFLORE (Mill. dict. no. 14.) stems winged ; leaves 

 with one pair of ovate-lanceolate leaflets ; peduncles many- 

 flowered. If. H. Perhaps only a variety of Z. latifblius. 



Large-flowered Lathyrus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? PI. cl. 



70 L. ere'ctus (Lag. nov. gen. 22.) leaflets linear ; peduncles 

 awnless, 1-flowered, short ; legumes linear, many-seeded. $ . H. 

 Native about Madrid. 



Erect Lathyrus. PL 1 foot. 



•f Species only known by name from the catalogues of gardens^ 

 which are probably identical with some of those described above, 



1 L. HallersteiniiyBanmg. 2 L, helodeSy Link. 3 L.Itd- 

 licus, Fisch. 4 Z. LusitdnicuSy Martins. 5 

 tins. 



Mar 



Mill. 



Ri 



fig. 



Curt. hot. mag. 253. 



T 



ourn. 



t. 96. Clymenum bicolor, Moench. 



Corolla with a bright red 



us. 



pt - 



>nst. t. 218. 



meth. 150.— uiv. tetr. irr. t. 48. 



standard, and white wings and keel. 



^rticuIatcd-T^odded Lathyr..,. 



62 L. auricula'tus (Bert. pi. rar. dec. 2. p. 38.) stem tetra- 

 gonal, winged ; lower petioles leafless, broadly auricled ; upper 

 with 5-6 linear leaflets ; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; 

 peauncles few-flowered ; calycine teeth unequal ; legumes toru- 

 lose, thickened 4 . s 



O.H. 



Cult. The greater part of the species of Ldlhijrus are 



very handsome when in bloom, the larger kinds are very fit 



for arbours or shrubberies, and being mostly climbing plants, 



should be supported by branches stuck in round their roots, or 



Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 16 JO. PI. cl. other supports. They all grow in any common soil, and are 



increased by seeds, and some of the perennial kinds by dividing 



ones 



Native of Italy. 

 P- <-• prod. 2. p. 37 

 "ig blue. 



at the seminiferous suture ; seeds velvety. 



5. 



L. articulatus /3, auriculatus, Ser. in 

 Flowers purple, but at length becom- 



Aurl 



terminating m a 



1-flowered; 



Per- 



country unknown 



Jcu^a<e-petioled Lathyrus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1800. PI. cl. 

 hr 11 ^^"'^'"s (WiUd. enum. 760.) stems winged ; petioles 

 "roauy winged, bearing about 4 leaflets, 

 ranched tendril ; stipulas lanceolate ; peduncles 

 'egumes eonnpressed. 0. H. Native 

 -•ps only a variety of L, articulatus. Flowers purplish-blue. 

 ^^J«r/o«« Lathyrus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. PI. cL 



tetra^ /^^-"^^^"^^ ^^^^^' ^- ^^^- ^- P" ^^^"^ stem simple, 

 unner'^"^ ^^mged ; lower petioles leafless, linear, acuminated, 

 orwT?"^^ ""S ^or6 linear leaflets; lower stipulas small 



2-flowe 1 'J^^^^^^" ""^^ ^^""S^' semi-sagittate 



•horterth ?°*^'" than the leaves; calycine teeth unequal, 



thosP ^f ?^*'^^ "^^ Algiers. Corolla blue, about the size of 

 p^^ ^' sathus. 



65%"^ I^athyrus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



winded • r^^^'^^u.s (Desf. cor. p. 81. t. 61.) stem and petioles 



*-6°ovatP ?"" petioles leafless, lanceolate ; upper ones bearing 



Pedunclp 1 a^^*''^*^ leaflets ; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; 



y 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves. ©. H. Native 



at the root. 



CLXXIIL O^CHRUS (from wxpoc,oc7iro5, yellow; in refer- 

 ence to the colour of the flowers, which are of a pale yellow). 



Pers. ench. 2. p. 305. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft, the 2 superior lobes the shortest and conniving. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous. Vexillum furnished with a tooth on each 

 side. Style flattened, villous in front at the apex. Legumes 

 with a longitudinal membranous wing on each side of seniinifer- 

 ous suture, few-seeded. Seeds globular. — A herb, with bi- 

 foliate tendrilled leaves, and axillary, solitary, cream-coloured 



flowers and ovate stipulas. 



1 O. pa'llida (Pers. 1. c.) stem prostrate, tetragonal, winged ; 

 petioles winged, lower ones for the most part leafless, upper ones 



peduncles usually 

 _ le teeth unequal, 

 legumes oblong, compressed, glabrous. 



bearing usually 2 leaflets, cirrhiferous ; lower stipulas wanting, 

 upper ones ovate ; teeth of calyx rather unequal, length of tube. 

 0. H. Native of the south of Europe. Pisum ochrus, Lin. 

 spec. 1027. Lathyrus ochrus, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 578.— Tourn. 

 inst. t. 219. Flowers pale yellow. Leaves glaucous. 



Pale-foTveredYeWow-pea. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. cl. 1 ft. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in the 

 open border, in any light soil. 



CLXXIV. 



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present genus, however, has nothing to do with the plant ot 

 Theophrastus and Dioscorides, which whatever it was, was used 

 Xx 



