318 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
foot-stalk very short, with a small leaf at the base. Used in 
dyeing yellow. Often giving a bitter taste to milk, when 
cows feed upon it, so that it is not a desirable plant in pas- 
tures. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALYCIFLORZ. FABACE. 
LATHYRUS. (Vercuiine, Evertastine Pra.) 
Generic Character. See page 241. 
LATHYRUS PRATENSIS. Meadow Vetchling. Found fre- 
quently in moist meadows and pastures. Stems from two to 
three feet long, climbing. Groups of yellow flowers from 
two to eight in number. Two long, narrow leaflets, with the 
tendril, form the perfect leaf, and the stipules or leaflets at 
the bottom are arrow-shaped and large. Cattle are said to 
be fond of this plant. 
Latuyrus sytvestris. Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea. 
Found in the middle and south of England, in thickets and 
hedges ; in the Isle of White, in profusion, climbing in all 
directions over the bushes, and covering them with its 
handsome blossoms, which are large, greenish, with purple 
