DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Lathyrus. 275 

 L. sylvestris minor. Bauh. Pin. 344. Moris, v. 2. 56. sect. 2. t. 3. 



L. angustifolius erectus, folio singulari sine capreolis. Magn. Hort, 

 Monsp. 112. <. 16. 



Nissolia parva, flore purpureo. Buxh. Cent. 3. 24, t. 4b. f. 1 . 



N. vulgaris. Lind. Alsat. To. t. 3. 



Catanance. Dalech. Lugd. 1366./. 



C. leguminosaquorundam. Rail Syn. 325. Bauh. Hist. v.2. 309. f. 



Ervum sylvesiie. Dod. Pempt. 529. f. Ger. Em, 1249./. Lob. 

 Ic.v.2.7\-f. 



In bushy places, and the grassy borders of fields. 



Annual. May. 



Taller than the last, and more erect, being supported, though de- 

 stitute of tendrils, by surrounding plants. The herbage is smooth, 

 of a grassy habit, as well as colour, by which it often escapes 

 notice, except when bearing its beautiful crimson blossoms, va- 

 riegated with purple and white. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, taper-pointed, many-ribbed, entire, quite unlike the gene- 

 rality of this order. Stipulas in pairs at the base of each, awl- 

 shaped, minute. Fl. mostly solitary, sometimes two, on long 

 axillary stalks, downy in the upper part, where they bear one 

 or two little awl-shaped bractens. Legume long, nearly cylin- 

 drical, pendulous, with numerous seeds. 



** Flo'wers in pairs. 



3. L. hirsutus. Rough -podded Vetchling. 



Stalks two-flowered. Each tendril with a pair of linear- 

 lanceolate leaflets. Legumes hairy. Seeds rough. 



L. hirsutus. Linn. Sp. PI. \Q32. mild. v. 3. 1086. Fl.Br.764. 

 Engl. Bot.v. 18.^.1255. 



L. n. 437, Hall. Hist. v.\.\S9. 



h. siliqua hirsuta. Raii Syn. 320. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 305 . /. Riv. 

 Tetrap. Irr. t.4\. 



In cultivated fields, but rare. 



InvariouspartsofRochford Hundred, Essex. Ray. At Southend, 

 Essex, Mr. D.Turner. Between Bath and Bristol; Mr, Swayne. 

 With. 



Annual. July. 



Root small. Stem winged, slightly hairy, leafy, climbing, by the 

 help of its branched tendrils, to the height of about two feet, 

 very little branched. Footstalks winged, each bearing, at the 

 base of the tendril, a pair of linear-lanceolate, 3-ribbed, veiny 

 leafets, either slightly hairy or quite smooth, varying much m 

 breadth. Stipulas half-arrow-shaped, very narrow, somewhat 

 hairy, FL usually 2 on each stalk, rarely 1 or 3, not large, but 



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