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LATHYRUS DECAPHYLLUS. 'TEN-LEAFLETTED 
EVERLASTING PEA. 
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Class and Order. 
Diapevpui1a Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. campanulatus 5-fidus, lobis 2 superioribus breviori- 
bus. Cor. papilionacea. Stam. diadelpha. Stylus com- 
planatus, apice dilatatus, antice villosus aut pubescens. 
Legumen oblongum, polyspermum, bivalve, 1-loc. Semina 
globosa aut angulata. De Cand. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Laturrvs* decaphyllus ; glabriusculus, caule acute angu- 
lato, foliolis 8—412 elliptico-ovatis suboblongisve, 
stipulis parvis lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, pedun- 
culis folii longitudine multifloris, calyce dense pubes- 
cente dentibus 2 superioribus valde abbreviatis, (corol- 
lis purpureis. ) stra i 
Latuyrus decaphyllus. Pursh, Fl. Am. v.2. p. 471. Hook. 
Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 159. f 
Descr. Stem three feet and more long, procumbent, or 
climbing among bushes, rather stout, downy, somewhat 
geniculated, acutely three or four-angled and striated, 
purplish-green. Leaves a span long, pinnated with from 
eight to twelve ovato-elliptical, or sometimes approaching 
to oblong, alternate, remote, and shortly petiolated leaflets, __ 
mucronated at the point, somewhat nerved, and ater: ag 
reticulated, 
* In Greek Aabvpor, the name of a Leguminose plant in Theopbrastus. ae 
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