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Lathy r us latifolius White Pearl, Henry A. Dreer 

 Lathyrus latifolius Delicata, Peter Henderson, New York 

 Lathyrus latifolius roseus, A. T. Boddington, New York 

 Lathyrus latifolius Pink Beauty, A. T. Boddington 

 Lathyrus latifolius albus, A. T. Boddington 

 Lathyrus latifolius White, J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York 

 ^r-athyrus latifolius Pink Beauty, J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 '■•-uthyrus latifolius splendens, R. & J. Farquhar, Boston 

 ^thyrus latifolius Giant White, R. & J. Farquhar 

 -■•.kthyrus W^^ "'erennial Pea, Red, James Vick's Sons, Rochester 



"fi.riyrtis Tennial Pea, Rose, James Vick's Sons 



^*iiyrus I, rennial Pea, White, James Vick's Sons 



''''^■'hyrus syiue^ • M. Thorburn & Co. 



iyrus pubescen:> A. T. Boddington 

 'iyrus grandifioru's, EUwanger & Barry, Rochester 

 kyrus Lord Anson's Blue, A. T. Boddington 

 . hyrus Lord Anson's Blue, J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 vrus Lord Anson's White, J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 '4,s niger, J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 us lathyr aides, J. M. Thorburn & Co. 

 i^s albus roseus, Henry A. Dreer 

 %s superbus, Henry A. Dreer 

 'ojUs vernus, Henry A. Dreer 

 Urobus verr s, R. & J. Farquhar 



the above, mostly annual species, flowered the first year. 



^ Descriptions of the species 



LATHYRUS SATIVUS L. 



, branching, smooth, winged, 2 feet high; leaflets linear-oblong; 



'^trifid; stipules semisagittate-ovate, ciliated, not so long as 



jles; peduncles i-flowered, longer than the petioles (i|-2 inches 



: acteolate and articulate at the apex; calyx lobes lanceolate, 



IS, almost three times length of tube; legumes ovate, short, broad. 



Ay reticulated, winged on the back; seeds trigonal, smooth, trun- 



'■' ISTative of vSpain, France, and Italy. Flowers blue, sometimes 



te, f-i inch in diameter. L. sativus, L. sativus azureiis, and L. sativiis 



neus were found at this station to be a mixture of white and blue 



