LATH YR as 



species covered with a bluish bloom. Since it is a mari- 

 time plant, salt is said to assist its growth. It is some- 

 times regarded as an annual. V'ar. ilbus, Hort., "LOED 

 Anson's White," is the white form. 



cc. Lvs. with more than 1 pair of leaflets. 



9. paliistris, Linn. Marsh Pea. Wing-stemmed Wild 

 Pea. Stem slender, 1-3 ft. long, glabrous or somewhat 

 pubescent, often winged, rather erect: Ifts. 2-i pairs, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1-2 in. long; tendrils branched ; 

 stipules small, lanceolate: peduncles 2-8-fld., scarcely 

 longer than the lvs.: fls. purplish, Kin. long: pod 2 in. 

 long. Summer. Northern N. America and N. Europe, 

 in moist places. -A good bog plant. Var. myrtifdlius, 

 Gray (L. myrtifdlius, Muhl.). Myktle-leaved Marsh- 

 pea. Has smaller, obtuse lvs., broader and larger stip- 

 ules, the fls. pale purple. July, Aug. B;tnks of rivers, 

 northern North America to N. C. 



10. marltimus, Bijel. Sea or Seaside Pea. Beach 

 Pea. Sti/m ^tnut. l-J ft. lung, angled, decumbent: Ifts. 

 3-6 pairs. (.\ ati-..l.loiiL', thick, glaucous, nearly blue. 

 1-2 in. Ion;;; stipulis li/:if-like, broadly ovate and cor- 

 date-hastate; peduiicjles (j-lO-fld., a little shorter than 

 the lvs.: fls. purple; wings and keel paler, % in. long: 

 pod 1}4 in. long, hairy. May-Aug. Gravelly seacoasts 

 throughout northern hemisphere.— A spreading plant 

 with creeping rootstock and of rapid growth, very tena- 

 cious of life. A good plant in rock gardens and in 

 gravelly soil. 



11. vendsus, Muhl. Showy Wild Pea. Stem stout, 

 2-3 ft. long, finely pubescent, strongly 4-angled: Ifts. 

 4-6 pairs, oblong-ovate, obtuse, often pubescent below, 

 2 in. long; stipules narrow, short: peduncle crowded, 

 &-16-fld., rather shorter than the lvs.: fls. purple, 6-8 

 lines long: pod smooth. June. July. Shady places and 

 along streams, Canada to Ga. S.B.F.G. II. 37. 



12. spl^ndens, Kellogg. Pride op California. Stem 

 subshrubby, slender, more or less soft-pubescent: Ifts. 

 4-6, ovate-oblong to linear, %-l in. long, acute; stipules 

 narrow : peduncle 6-12-fld. : fls. pale rose or violet, large. 

 Dry hills of coast ranges, Calif. Gn. 52: 1133. -A green- 

 house plant 1 ft. long or more, becoming 8-10 ft. at home, 

 where it dies down during the summer. Elsewhere it 

 adapts itself to climate but is not hardy in N. United 

 States. Sometimes confused with a variety of L. lati- 



13. montinus, Bernh {Oiuhii^ litteuf, hinn L luteus. 

 Baker). Stem simple, angled, smooth. Ifts. 5-8 pairs, 

 large, elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, glaucous below: pe- 

 duncles mauy-fld., a little shorter than the lvs.: fls. 

 large, orange-yellow. June, July. Forests of the Alps. 



LAURUS 889 



S.B.F.G. II. 11.3. -A shade-enduring species with fls. 

 in erect, spike-like clusters and adapted to borders and 

 rockeries. 



BE. Fls. not yellow. 



14. polym6rphus, Nutt. Prairje VETrHLisi;. Stem 

 rather stout, usually low, Kl:it.r"ii-- nr tiin Iv i.iiln.i,', nt, 

 erect, a little woody at iln l.:i . ''• ■ i. i: > al- 

 tered, narrowly oblong-, arm. .: i I I : i ■ -^ 



narrowly acuminate: |iicluii> 1. J ' ,, ;,^. i- 



than the lvs.: fls. purpk-, iaryu. ^i.ii..;! liil,. i,r.i-~v, 

 alluvial plains, Colo, to New Mes. and Ariz." 



15. niger, Bernh. (0»-o6ms wJffer, Linn.). Black Pea. 

 Blac-k Bitter Vetch. Stem erect or ascending, 

 branched, angled, 1-2 ft. long: Ifts. 6-8 pairs, elliptical 

 or ovate, H-1 i". \<<uix. liu'ht green, turning black when 

 drying; stipiil.s nain.w, small : peduncles 6-8-fld., 

 longer than tin- l\s,: IK. purple, small. June, July. 

 Mountainous and rncky <iistricts. Middle Europe. B.M. 

 2261. — Slender species, with short rootstock, succeeding 

 in the shade. 



16. vemus, Bemh. (Orobns vh-nus, Linn.). Spkino 

 Bitter Vetch. Stem simple, somewhat pubescent, 1-2 

 ft.loug: Ifts. --:'. pair., -^:,l- :.. uniniat,-, li-l,t Kn-.-n; 



fls. blue-viol, ■!;■ kr. 1 . ; ' :. ■ .' . n ,' , a .,1,'li,,^',' .Mav', 



June. Hills aial w i-, -.,:iMi r.nnal Europ.-. |-;,.M. 



521. -The most popular lli.,l.,us. a ..-..Tjipact, tufted plant, 

 growing quickly in suu or a little shade; best in deep, 

 sandy loam, in a sheltered position; hardy. Var. ilbus, 

 a white form, is rare. 



L. gaUgiformi£ and L. HelvHicus are names in the American 

 trade, but cannot be placed botanieally.— i. tnberbsus, Linn,, has 

 lieen imported by an American amateur. It differs from all de- 

 scribed above by having tubers. It is a native of the northern 

 parts of the Old World, and bears red flowers, which are gener- 

 ally fewer and smaller than those of L. sylvestris. 



A. Phelps Wtman. 



LATTKEL, Properly Laurus nobilis, but other broad- 

 leaved evergreens have taken the name. In America, 

 the Kalmias are known as Laurels. The Cherry Laurel 

 is Prumis Lauro-cerasus .and in America P. CaroU7iia7ia. 

 Portugal Laurel, is P. Lnsitanica. Ground Laurel is 

 Epigjea. 



LAUKESTINUS. Popular name of Viburnum Tinus. 



LAUKOCfiRASUS. Consult Pruiius. 



LAOKUS ndbilis (Laurus is the ancient name) is 

 the Sweet Bay tree of the florists, the most universal of 

 all evergreen tub-plants. It is native to the Mediterra- 

 nean region, sometimes attaining a height of 40 to 60 ft., 

 but rarely assuming a true tree-like form. As a culti- 

 vated subject, it is grown as a small standard tree, with 

 a close-sheared top. The plant endures abuse and 

 neglect, the head can be trimmed to almost any shape, 

 and the growth mav be kept within small limits vear 

 after year. F.R. 1 :669 (Fig. 1244). It is, therefore," the 

 most popular of plants for decoration of open-air or ex- 

 posed restaurants, esplanades, architectural appurte- 

 nances, and the like. Although much used in America, 

 it is still more popular in Europe. Of the European 

 dealers one may order plants with heads trained to pyra- 

 mids, cones, globes, and the like, and with bodies long 

 or short. The plant will endure considerable frost. It 

 is grown in the open in England: "The Sweet Bay 

 bush in the farmer's or cottage garden comes with its 

 story from the streams of Greece, where it seeks mois- 

 ture in a thirsty land along with the wild Olive and the 

 Arbutus. And this Sweet Bay is the Laurel of the poets, 

 of the first and greatest of all poet and artist nations of 

 the earth — the Laurel sacred to Apolki, and used in 

 many ways in his worship, as we may see on coins, and 

 in many other thintrs that remain to usi.f thesreat jieo- 

 ples of thej.asr- Kin, 47, pn, lllll. :;(i7i, AlthonL-li so 



) the favaiiy lyaurdcece, which in- 

 Camphora, Persea, Sassafras, 

 era. Many species have been re- 



