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Bulletin 320 



Fig. 178. — Lathyrus sativiis L. 



LATHYRUS CICERA L. 



Stems smooth, 2 feet high, branching, winged; leaflets linear; tendrils 

 branched; stipules semisagittate, narrow, much shorter than the petioles; 

 peduncles 1-2-flowered, length of the leaves; bracteoles small; calyx 

 segments lanceolate, nearly three times length of tube; legumes oblong, 

 irregularly channeled on the back, not winged; seeds trigonal, truncate, 

 sm.ooth. Native of Spain. Flowers purple or red, variable. 



LATHYRUS HIRSUTUS L. 



Stems winged, 2 feet high; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 3-ncr\^ed; stipules 

 semisagittate, linear, about equal the petiole in length; peduncles usually 



