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230. V, lathyroides, L. 



Native ; on the sandy shores of the Channel, very local. 

 S. Plentiful on Kewstoke sands, whence first reported to 



us by the Rev. W. H. Painter. Brean Down. Dr. St. 



Brody. Burnham. Miss Livett. 

 This tiny vetch flowers and passes away very quickly. 



The open valves of the fruit and withered stems alone 



remain at the middle of June. V. VI. 



LATHYRUS, L. 



231. L. Aphaca, L. 



Native ; in cultivated ground and waste places, very rare 



and not often stationary in its localities. 

 G. Henbury. Westbury. Swete, FL, p. 25. Horfield. 



Mr. T. B. Flower. 

 S. Bedminster. Mr. T. B. Flower. Yarley, where it 



has been known for thirty years by Miss M. W. Mayow. 



v. vn. 



232. L. Nissolia, L. 



Native ; in grass, or among bushes, very rare. 



G. In plenty on a railway embankment at Ashley. Mr. 

 W. E. Green. Berwick. Henbury. Swete, FL, p. 25. 

 It still grows plentifully at the spot in Shirehampton 

 Marshes first recorded by Mr. Flower, but this habitat 

 is not easy to find. 



S. Easton and Yarley, sparingly. Miss lAvett. Stock- 

 wood. Mr. G. Thwaites, in Swete, FL, p. 25. VI. 



(L. hirsutus, L. " On the sides of two hills, the one north 

 of Pensford, on the Bristol road, the other between 

 Pensford and Keynsham, Somersetshire ; Mr. Swayne." 

 Withering' s British Plants, ed. 8, pub. 1796. A mistake. 

 Vicia bithynica is the plant found there.) 



