Culture of the Sweet Pea 



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2 -flowered; calyx hairy, segments ovate-acuminate, length of tube; legumes 

 oblong, hairy; seeds globular, warted. Native of southern Europe, in 



Fig. 179. — Lathyrus hirsutus L. 



grainfields. Flowers with a bright crimson standard, pale blue wings 

 and white keel. 



