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Latuyrus Tincitanus. TANGIER PEa. 
Clafs and Order. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA,. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior, Ca/, lacinie fupe- 
riores 2-breviores. 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
LATHYRUS fingitgnus pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, 
foliolis alternis lanceolatis glabris, ftipulis lu- 
natis. Lin. Sy. Vegetab. p. 663. 
LATHYRUS tingitanus, filiquis orobi, flore amplo ruber- 
rimo. Moris, bift. 2. p. 55- 
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The Tangier Pea, a native of Morocco, cannot boaft the 
agreeable {cent, or variety of colours of the fweet Pea; nor 
does it continue fo long in flower; neverthelefs there is a 
richnefs in the colour. of its bloffoms, which entitles it to 4 
place in the gardens of the curious, in which it is ulually fown 
in the fpring, with other hardy annuals. 
It flowers in June and_fuly. 
The beft mode of propagating it, is to fow the feeds on the _ 
borders in patches, where the plants are to remain; thinning 
them when they come up, fo as to leave only two or three 
together. 
