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Latruyrus ARTICULATUS. JOINTED= | 
- PoppEep LaTuyrus. 
| Clafs and Order. 
Diapvereur1a DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charafer. ~ 
Stylus planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Ca/. lacinie fu- 
periores 2-breviores. . 
- — Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
LATHYRUS articulatus pedunculis fubunifloris, cirrhis poly- 
phyllis; foliolis alternis. Linn. Syft. Veg. ed. 14. 
Murr. p. 662. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 41. oa 
_ CLYMENUM hifpanicum, flore vario, filiqua articulata. - 
Tourn. Inft. 396. : 
LATHYRUS hifpanicus, pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis polyphyl-° 
lis fofiolis alternis. Mill, Did. ed. 6. 4to. 
The feed-veffels are of the firft importance in afcertaining 
the feveral {pecies of Lathyrus, fome being naked, others hairy, . 
fome long, others fhort, fome having a {mooth and perfectly — 
even furface, others, as in the prefent inftance, affuming.an 
uneven or jointed appearance. Le : 
Of this genus we have already figured three annual fpecies, — 
common in flower-gardens, viz. odoratus, iingitanus, and fa-— 
tivus ; to thefe we now add the articulatus, not, altogether fo — 
_ frequently met with, but meriting a place on the flower-border, 
as the lively red and delicate white fo confpicuous in its blof- 
foms, caufes it to be much admired. 
It is a native of Italy, and was cultivated at the Chelfea — 
Garden, in the time of Mr. Ranp, anno 1995. 3 : 
It is a hardy annual, requiring fupport, and rarely exceed- — 
ing the height of two feet, flowering in July and Auguft, and — 
is readily raifed from feeds, which fhould be fown in the 
open border at the beginning of April. ee 
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