164 LEGUMINOS^E. 



ing on the pebbly shore of Weymouth, Dorsetshire : 

 V. Bithynica (flowers solitary, stalked, purple with 

 whitish wings), which has 4 pairs of leaflets on the 

 lower leaves, and only 2 on the upper. This last 

 grows in bushy places, on a gravelly soil, near the sea. 



14. LATHYRUS (Vetchling). 

 * Stalks many-flowered. 



1. L. pratensis (Meadow Yetchling). Leaf of two 

 narrow leaflets ; stipules arrow-shaped, as large as the 

 leaflets. Grassy places ; common. A climbing plant, 

 2 3 feet long, with showy bright yellow flowers, which 

 all turn one way. FL July, August. Perennial. 



2. L. sylvestris (Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea). 

 Leaf of two sword-shaped leaflets ; stem winged. 

 "Woods and thickets ; not very common. Much resem- 

 bling the "Everlasting Pea" of gardens (L. latifolius). 

 The stems climb to the height of 5 6 feet ; the flowers 

 are large, greenish yellow tinged with purple, but not. 

 so handsome as those of the garden species. El. July, 

 August. Perennial. 



3. L. palmtris (Blue Marsh Vetchling). Leaf of 

 2 4 pairs of very narrow acute leaflets ; stem winged. 

 Boggy meadows ; rare. A climbing plant, with bluish 

 purple flowers, smaller than the last. FL July, August. 

 Perennial. 



4. L. maritimus (Sea-side Everlasting Pea). Flower- 

 stalks shorter than the leaves ; leaves of 3 8 pairs 

 of egg-shaped leaflets ; stem angular, not winged. 

 Pebbly sea-shores ; rare. Stems prostrate, about a span 

 long ; flowers purple, variegated with crimson and blue. 

 FL July, August. Perennial. 



** Stalks single-flowered. 



5. L. Aphaca (Yellow Vetchling). Tendrils without 

 leaves ; stipules very large, leaf-like, half-arrow-shaped. 



