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is no geographical evidence against this view. It is 

 much more common in this country in cultivated land, 

 by roadsides and in waste ground.] 



Lathyrus Cicera, L. An annual weed of Southern 

 Europe, communicated by Mr. Eraser Robinson among 

 casuals from Hull. 



Lathyrus hirsutus, L. This species occurs in grassy 

 and bushy places in Central and Southern Europe, but 

 in France, Belgium, and England it is only recorded 

 from cultivated fields, roads, &c., or so near them that 

 it must be looked upon with suspicion. 



Lathyrus latifolius, L. A native of the woods of 

 Southern Europe, long cultivated in British gardens, 

 and noticed as an escape from them in various localities. 



Lathyrus Ochrus, DC. Recorded in The Naturalistf 

 1902, p. 315, by Dr. Arnold Lees, as an abundant 

 colonist in a grain field in the West Riding of 

 Yorkshire. 



Lathyrus odoratus, L. The Sweet Pea. This favourite 

 garden plant, which is a native of woods in Italy and 

 Sicily, has often been recorded in Britain in a semi-wild 

 condition. 



Lathyrus sativus, L. A cultivated vetch, probably 

 derived originally from Western Asia, which has been 

 widely grown in Europe for fodder, and has become 

 a cornfield weed in some countries. In Britain it has 

 been recorded from cultivated fields and from localities 

 where the siftings of foreign grain have been scattered. 



