_ LATHYRUS fativus, flore fru@tufque albo. Baub. Pin. 343: : 
as F135] | 
 Latuyrus SATIvus. BLuE-FLOWERD 
- Latuyrus, or CHICHLING-VETCH, 
Clafs and Order. 
DiADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 
Generic Chara&er. 
‘Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Calycis lacinie 
_ fuperiores 2 breviores. 4 
. Specific CharaZer and Synonyms. 
LATHYRUS /ativus pedunculis unifloris, cirrhis diphyllis — 
tetraphyllifque, leguminibus ovatis compreflis _ 
dorfo bimarginatis. Linn. Sy/t. Vegeta. ed. 14+ 
Murr. p. 662. ae 
_ A native of France, Spain, and Italy, and diftinguifhable 
when in flower by the blue colour of its bloffoms, which are 
fometimes, however, milk white; but its feed-pods afford a 
more certain mark of diftin€tion, being unufually fhort, br oad, 
and winged on the back. 2 
This {pecies grows to the height of about two feet, and is” 
ufually fown in the {pring with other annuals; though not fo 
beautiful, it forms a contraft to the fweet and. Tangier Pea, — 
_ and may be introduced where there is plenty of room, OF 4 — 
_ defire of poffefling and knowing moft of the plants of 2 _ 
genus. a. 
It flowers in June and July. - 
Cultivated 1739, by Mr. Purzir Mixrer. Ait. Hort. Kew. 
