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three feet afunder, for they grow very large ; they de- 

 cay to the ground ever)' autumn, and come up again 

 the following fpring, but the roots will continue ma- 

 ny years, and require no other culture but to clear 

 them from weeds, and to dig between the roots 



every fpring. 

 LATHYRUS. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 394- tab. 2 16, 

 217. Lin. Gen. Plant. 781. Chichling Vetch; in 



French, Gejfe, 



The Characters are, 

 ^be flower has a bell-Jhaped empahmeni of one leafy 

 cut into five parts at the top, the two upper being fhort, 

 and the under longer. "The flower is of the butterfly kind. 

 The ftandard is heart-Jhaped^ large^ and reflexed at the 

 point. 'The wings are oblong and blunt ; the keel is half 

 rounds tbefize of the wings. It hath tenftamina^ nine 

 cf them joined^ and one fcparate, crowned by rcundiflj 

 fummits. It hath an oblongs narrow^ comprejfed germen, 

 fupporting a rifing flyky which is flaty and the upper 

 part broady with an acute pointy crowned by a hairy 

 ftigma. The germen afte^'ward becomes a long comprejfed 

 pody ending in a pointy having two valves, and filled 



with rouTidifh feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 

 ■ Linnseus's feventeenth clafs, intltlcd Diadelphia De- 

 candria which includes thofe plants whofe flowers 

 have ten (lamina formed in two bodies. 



The Species are, 



1. Lathyrus {Sativus) pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis di- 

 phyllis, leguminibus ovzxi% compreffis dorfo bimar- 

 ginatis. Hort. Cliff, i^"]. Chichling Vetch with one 

 flower upon a foot-ftalky tendrils having two leaves y and 

 oval compreffed pods with two borders on their back part. 

 Lathyrus annuus, flore cseruleo, Ochri filiqua. H. L. 

 Annual Chichling Vetch with a blue flowery and a pod like 



Ochrus. . . •" 



2. Lathyrus (Cicera) pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis di- 

 , phyllis, leguminibus ovatis compreflis, dorfo canali- 

 , culatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 730. Chicblinr Vetch with one 

 : flower upon a foot-ftalky two-leaved tendrilsy and an oval 

 »■ comprejfed pod, a little channelled on the back. Lathyrus 

 r fativus flore purpureo. C. B. P, 344. Cultivated Chich- 



, . ling Vetch with a purple flower. . . * 



3. Lathyrus (Settfolius) pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis 

 . diphyllis, foliolis fetaceo-linearibus. Lin. Sp. 103 1. 

 . Chichling Vetch with one flower upon a foot-ftalky ^a two- 

 y leaved tendrily and linear briftly lobes. Lathyrus foliis 



anguftis, floribus fingularibus coccineis. Seg. PL 



Veron. Chichling Vctcby with narrow leaves and /ingle 

 fcarlet flowers. 



4. Lathyrus {P ariftenfus) pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis 

 " polyphyllis, ftipulis lanceolitis. Hort. Cli9\ 368. 



. ^Chichling Vetch with one flower upon a foot-ftalky a 

 \fnany-leaved tendrily and fpear-foaped ftipuU. Clyme- 

 num Parifienfe flore cseruleo. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 396. 

 ChichlingVetch of Paris with a blue flower^ \ 



5. Lathyrus {Htfpanicus) pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis 

 . polyphyllis, foliolis alternis. Hort. Cliff. Chichling 



. Vetch with two flowers upon a foot-ftalky ^ many- 



kaved tendrily and the lobes placed alternate. Clyme- 



num Hifpanicum, flore vario filiqua articulata. 



V Tourn. Inft, R. H. 296. Spanifl? Chichling Vet chy with 



. .ii variable flower aJid joi7ited pod.^i: ,'.'^ •-' * *" :'vi'.^.'' 



«?. Lathyrus {Odoratns) pedunculis bifl.oris, cirrhis 



; diphyllis, foliis ovato-oblongls, leguminibus hirfutis. 



/Hort. Clifl\ 368. Chichling Vetch with two flowers on 



, -. M foot-ftalky a two-leaved tendrily oblong oval leaveSy 



and hairy pods, Lathyrus difl:oplatyphyllos hirfutus, 



,%ioHis, magno & peramaeno flore odore. Hort. Cath. 



t-Tbefweet-fcented Pea. • - • - ' 



7. Lathyrus [Hirfuta) pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis di- 

 ^' phyllis, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, leguminibus hir- 

 ijutis, feminibus fcabris. Flor. Leyd. Prod. 363. 

 : Chichling Vetch with two flowers on a foot-ftalky a two- 

 leaved tendrily narrow fpe^r-fbaped lobeSy hairy podsy 

 and rou;^ feeds. Lathyrus anguftifolius filiqua hir- 

 futa. C, B. P. Harrow-leaved Chichling Vetch with a 



■ hairy pod. * . . .■*> 



8. Lythyrus (Tingitanus) pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis 

 diphyllis foliolis alternis ._ lanceolatis, Flor. Leyd. 



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Prod. 263. Chichling Vetch iiiib t-:ro flcx-.rs en 4 

 foot-flalky a two-leaved tendril^ and fpcarfljapsd alter- 

 nate leaves. Lathyrus Tinp;it:ir.us iiliquis orobi ^,-e 

 amplo ruberrimo. Mor. Hill. z. 55, CVuhl-ngi^iu 

 of Tangier y with a bitter Vetch pvdy and a la,9i rj 

 flower. 

 Lathyrus {ylnntius) pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis C.\- 



foliolis cnfiformibus, 1cp;u minibus 



phyllis. 



[jbbns. 



ftipulis biparcitis. Amccn. Acad. 3. p. 417. CL:ch~ 

 ling Vetch with two floivcrs on a foot-ftaik^ a tiuo-lraViJ 

 tendriFy fword-floaped Ivbes^ fmocth pcdsy end a bifid H:- 

 pula. Lathyrus lutcus latifolius. Bot. Monfp. Yth::) 

 broad-leaved Chichling Vetch. 



10. Lathyrus {Tubercfus) pedunculis rriultifioris, 'cir- 

 rhis diphyllis, foliolis ovalibus, internodis nudis. Hort. 

 ^1-^ ^ ^7* 7;-.._ Tz.x-7- _..-w y fl(yxcrs on a ft 



ftalk 



oval leaves^ and naked Ic- 



tween the joints. Lathyrus arvenfis repens tubcrofus. 

 C. B. P. 344. Creeping Field ChichUng Vetch with a 

 tuberous root. 

 II. Lathyrus {Pratcnfis) pedunculis mukifloris, cir- 

 rhis diphyllis, foliolis lanceolatis cirrhis fimplicifT:- 

 mis. Hort. Cliff". 367. Chichling Vetch with mar^y 

 flowers on a foot-ftalky a two-leaved tendril^ ftcar- 

 fhaped leaveSy and fingle tendrils. Lathyrus luteus fyl- 



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Tello^^v 



Wli 



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Chichling Vetch of the woods. 



12. Lathyrus {Heterophyllus) pedunculis mukifloris, 

 cirrhis diphyllis tetraphyllifque, foliolis lanceolati^i. 

 It. W. Goth. y^. ChichlingVetch with mayty flowers en 

 a foot-ftalky a two-leaved^ and fcmetimes four4caved ten- 

 drily and fpear-fljciped leaves. Lathyrus major N.;rbo- 

 nenfis anguftifolius. J 

 Vetch of Narbonne wit 



13. Lathyrus (Latifolius) pedunculis mukifloris, cir- 

 rhis diphyllis, foliolis lanceolatis, internodiis menibra- 



. naceis. Hort, Cliff; 2^7. Chichlinz Vetch with viam 



Greater Ckicklinj 



flowers oh ci^ foot-ftalky a two-leaved tendrily fpear-fhafcd 

 Udhe^y and a 'membranaceous flalk between the joints. 

 .Lathyrus latifolius. C. B. P. 544. Broad-leaved Click- 

 ling Vetchy commonly called Everlafting Pe^. 



14. Lathyrus {Magnoflore) pedunculis mukifloris, 

 cirrhis diphyllis foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, incernodiis 

 mtmbranaceis. Chichling Vetch with 7na?iy fiozccrs en a 

 fcot-ftalky a two-leaved tendrily oval jptar-fl:apcd leaveSy 

 and a membranaceous ftalk between the joints. Lachy- 

 rus latifolius minor flore majore. Boerh. Ind. ak. 2. 

 f». 42. Smaller broad-leaved Chichling Vetch wi'h a 

 larger flowery or largCy redy flowcringy Everlrfting Pea. 



15. Lathyrus {Pififormis) pedunculis muitifloris, cir; 

 rhis polyphyllis, ftipulis ovatis, bafi acutis. Hort. 



Upfal. 217. 



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foot-ftalky a many-leaved tendrily and cvalftipuLe 



ift 

 16. Lathyrus {Nijfol 



pedunculis unifloris, fcliis 



fimplicibus ftipulis fubulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 729 

 Chichling Vetch with one flower on a foot-ftalky Jiggle 

 ledveSy and awl-fhapedftipul^e. NifiTolia vulgaris. Tourn. 



■ Inft. 656. Crimfon Grafs Vetch. ' •; . k--. 



ly. Lathyrus {Amphicarpos) pedunculis unifloris calycc 

 longioribus, cirrhis diphyllis fimpliciffimis fubtus yc- 



t 



ftalk 



fingle jloivers upon a ft 



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18. Lathyrus {Aphaca) pedunculis unifloris, cirrnis 

 - aphylJis, ftipulis 



fagitto-cordatis. 



Lin. Sp. i07.g. 



flower on each foot ftalky a ten- 



-ftyaped ftipula. 



foliis 



Aphacha. Lob. Ic. 2. p. 70, "^ " - ■ 



19. Lathyrus (Americana) ped'unculis 



reniformibus fimplicifilmis fubtus venofis. Chichling 



Vetch with two flowers upon a foot-ftcdky and kidney- 



floapedflngle leaveSy "^hich are veined on their under fide. 



Nifiolia Americana^procumbens, folio rotundo, fiorQ 



nth a 



MSS. Trailing. American Niffo 



w 



round leaf and a yellow fit _. .. . 

 The firft fort grows naturally in France, Spain, and 

 Italy ; this is an annual plant, with a climbing ftalk 

 about two feet high. The leaves come our at each 

 joint alternate J they are compofed of two long narrow/ 



lobes. 



