Tas. 6522. 
LATHYRUS ROTUNDIFOLIUS. 
Native of South Russia and Asia Minor. 
Nat. Ord. Lasvitiwownas-clie VICIER. 
Genus Laruyrvus, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 526.) 
Latuyrvs rotundifolius ; glaberrimus, caule elato late alato ramoso, foliis 1-jugis, 
~ foliolis elliptico- v. obovato-rotundatis 3-5-nerviis obtusis subacutisve apiculatis, 
stipulis semisagittatis oblongis lanceolatisve acutis petiolum vix equantibus, 
pedunculis folio sublongioribus, racemis 6-7-floris, calycis lobis triangularibus 
acutis tubo brevioribus, corolla rosea, legumine longe lineari subincurvo paulo 
compresso basi subattenuato dorso carinato, seminibus oblongis reticulatis. 
L. rotundifolius, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii. p. 1088; Bieberst. Fl. Taur. Cauce. vol. ii. 
p. 156*; Cent. Plant. Rar. Ross. vol. i. t. 22; DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 370; 
Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. ii. p. 612. 
L. miniatus, Stev. Verz. Taur. p. 140. 
L. peduncularis, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. vol. ii. p. 775. 
This very beautiful plant has been long cultivated in 
England, though when and how introduced is not certain. 
It is not described in Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, nor, up to 
this time, cultivated at Kew; it is not included in Mamaout 
and Decaisne’s ‘‘Flore Elementaire des Jardins et des 
Champs,” which is the fullest work of the kind known to 
me, nor do I find it in the more accessible works devoted 
to English out-of-door gardening ; yet I observed it last 
summer growing in the gardener’s cottage at Lytchett, and 
it probably occurs elsewhere, though overlooked as too like 
an Everlasting Pea to be worth notice. Nevertheless it is 
one of the most charming plants of its kind, perfectly 
hardy, a free flowerer, and for the brilliancy and delicacy 
of its rose-coloured flowers, it ought to be a favourite. 
Like its near ally, the Everlasting Pea, it is scentless. 
A variety of this plant, L. rotundifolius, var. ellipticus, which 
is figured in the Botanical Register, tab. 333, 18 a very 
inferior plant, with much smaller and darker-coloured, more 
OCTOBER Ist, 1880. 
SS, 
