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Legumes oblong, scimitar- shaped, many-seeded, reticulate. Seeds 

 large, with a small hilum, black when ripe. 



Meadows and hedges. Perennial ; July-September. 



L. sylvestris, L. Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea. — e.b. 805, 

 L.B.S. 310. 



A. 12. C. 40. Lat. 50-56°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-48°. 



Root branching. Stems broadly winged. Leaflets oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, mucronate, in single pairs on broadly -winged leaf-stalks ; 

 stipules linear or setaceous, elongate. Flowers roseate, on long 

 peduncles. Legumes oblong-linear, finely reticulate, glabrous. 

 Seeds round, slightly shagreened, the hilum half surrounding 

 them. 



Hedges and bushy places ; not common. Per. ; June-Aug. 



Ij. latifolius, L. Broad-leaved Everlasting Pea. — e.b. 1108. 

 L.B.S. List of Excluded Species. Alien. 



Stem climbing, \vith very broad wings and spreading branches. 

 Leaves on a winged petiole, with a single pair of ellijjtical leaflets, 

 and terminating in a stout, branched tendril. Flowers numer- 

 ous, on stout peduncles, which are much longer than the leaves. 

 Legume compressed, beautifully veined (nerved). Seeds numer- 

 ous, round or ovate, tubereled ; hilum about one-third of the cir- 

 cumference. 



Hedges. Perennial ; July, August. In a hedge near Yapton, 

 Sussex. 



This species is said to be a doubtful native, but from its ten- 

 dencies to keep its place (its retentive hold of the soil), it might 

 be presumed to have as strong a claim to nationality as some re- 

 puted natives. As it produces a great quantity of leafy stems 

 and branches, it might be worth while to try its value as a fodder- 

 plant. It will grow in very poor soil. A plant was observed in 

 1856 growing vigorously on the verge of a gravel-pit on Wands- 

 worth Common. — N.B. This pit or cutting is on the line of the 

 railway opposite the prison ; and it produces, or did produce, in 

 addition to those already mentioned, Bianthus harhatus, Vero- 

 nica spicata, and some genuine British species never noticed on 

 Wandsworth Common prior to the formation of the railway. 



L. macrorhizus, Wimm. — Orobus tuberosus, Lin. and Sm., 

 and London Botanical Society. Common Bitter Vetch. Heath 

 Pm.— E.B. 1153. L.B.S. 312. 



A. 81. C. 80. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-700 yds. Tern. 51-40°. 



