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conveniently keyed. Under each species we find a complete 
account of the synonomy, a description, general indication of 
distribution, and a complete list of the specimens examined, 
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Lathyrus hirsutus.—In the Gardeners’ Chronicle of 30th 
September, f. B. T. P. Barker gives 
an account of a series of experiments carried out at the 
amalgamation of the two genera proposed by Grenier and Godron 
and adopted in the Genera Plantarum. 
Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 732 (1753); Boiss. Fl. Or. 
ii. 609; Beck in Reichb. Ic. xxii. 168, t. it, age 
¥1., 12-15, Nyman Consp. 203. L. hirtus, Ten FI. Nap. iv. mm 
Syll. 302 (1830). L. variegatus, Host. Fl. Austr. ii, 327 (1831). 
Lastila hirsuta, Alef. in Bonplandia, ix. 147 (1861).—Leat- 
stalks ending in a 3-forked curled tendril; leaflets linear or 
linear-lanceolate, scarcel 1 cm. broad; stipules linear, very 
acute, 1-2 mm. broad; seeds globose, with conspicuous wart-like 
wrinkles. 
Disrrie.—Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa. 
Lathyrus laxiflorus, 0. Kuntze in Act. Hort. Petrop. x. 185 
(1887); Maly in Aschers. et Graebn. Synop. Mittel.-Europ. Fl. 
Vi. it. 1042. Orobus hirsutus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 728 (1753), non 
Lathyrus hirsutus, Linn., vide supra. Orobus laxiflorus, Desf. in 
Ann. Mus. Par. xii, 57, t. 8 (1808). Lathyrus inermis Rochel 
ex Friv. in Magyar Tud. Tér. Evkon. ii. 250, t. 2 (1836). 
L, villosus, Frivald. in Flora, xix. 437 (1836).—Leafstalks not 
ending in a tendril: leaflets elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, wit 
pumerous parallel nerves; 1-2 cm. broad; stipules large and 
foliaceous, ovate, sagittate-auriculate at the base, about 2:5 em. 
ong and 1 cm. broad; seeds somewhat compressed, smooth. 
Distr1p.—Balkan States and Crete. — 
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