LATHYRUS 



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. Var. dlbus, Hort., "Lord 

 Akson's White," is the white form. 



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



9. palustris, Linn. Marsh Pea. Wing-stejdied Wild 

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

 pubescent, often winged, rather erect: Ifts. 2^ pairs, 

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

 stipules small, lanceolate: peduucli-s 2-S-Hil., scarcely 

 longer than the lvs.: Hs. purplish, 'j in. Inn?;: ]tnd 2 in. 

 long. Summer. Northern N. Amt-riiM and N. Kurope, 

 in moist places.— A good bog plant. Var. myrtifdlius. 

 Gray (i. mj/rtlfdlius, Muhl.). Myktle-leaved JIarsh- 

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

 ules, the Hs. pale purple. July. Aug. Banks of rivers, 

 northern North America to N. C. 



10. maritimus, Bigel. Sea or Seaside Pea. Beach 

 Pea. Stem stout, 1-2 ft. long, angled, decumbent: Ifts. 

 3-6 pairs, ovate-oblong, thick, glaucous, nearly blue. 

 1-2 in. long; stipules leaf-like, broadly ovate and cor- 

 date-hastate: peduncles 6-10-fld., a little shorter than 

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

 pod IK 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. vendsua, Muhl. Showy Wild Pea. Stem stout, 

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

 4-0 pairs, oblong-ovate, obtuse, often pubescent below, 

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

 S-I6-fld., rather shorter than the lvs.: fls. purple, 6-8 

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

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



12. splfindens, Kellogg Pride op California Stem 

 subsbrubby, slender more or less soft pubescent Ifts 

 4-6, ovate-oblong to linear }^-I in long ac ute stipules 

 narrow: peduncle 6-12 fld fls pale rose or Molet large 

 Dry hills of coast ranges Cilit (in _11 - \ .leen 

 house plant 1 ft. long or more bei_ niiii, ^ Init t li me 

 where it dies down duuug tin -.uiriii i II uh u it 

 adapts itself to climate but is n it li iiih in \ I nited 

 States. Sometimes confused with i variety of L lati 



LAURUS 



889 



.B.F.G. II. 11.1. — A shade-enduring species with fls. 

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

 ockeries. 



BB. Fls. not !/eliuw. 

 14. polymfirphus, Nntt. Phmrie VETriiMN-n. Stem 



B. Fls. yellow. 

 13. montinus, Bemh. (OVoSms .'hYchs, Linn. L.ltiteu.i, 

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

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

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

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



alluvial plains, Colo. u> New Mex. and Ariz. 



15. nlger, Bernh. (OrofeMS «li7c»-, Linn.). Black Pea. 

 Blaok Bitter Vetch. Stem erect or ascending, 

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

 or ovate, /i-l in. lon.l,^ li;;lit i^rct n. lurnin:; black when 

 drying; stipules nul■I■.i^^, Mnall: i.MiumI, s 6-8-fld., 

 longer than the lvs.: IK. |iiir|,li . .iti;ill, .lune, July. 

 Mountainous and rocky 'li^iin-t.v. .Midiiii' j;iirope. B.M. 

 2261. — Slender species, with short rootstock, succeeding 

 in the shade. 



16. v6mus, Bernh. {Orobu.1 vh-nus, Linn.). Spring 

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

 ft. long: lft~. ■: ■: i.iir-. "\ ale-acuminate, light green; 

 .stipules entire I :. 7-Hd., shorterthan the lvs.: 

 fls. blue-vi"l' 1 with green, nodding. May, 



June. HilU , , -.and central Europe. B.M. 



521.-Theiuu^i pupulai Uiubus; a compact, tufted plant, 

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

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

 a white form, is rare. 



L.tialdgiformis and L. Helvetiats are names in the American 

 trade, but cannot be placed botanically.— iv. fuberosu^, Linn., has 

 been 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. 



LAUKEL. Properly Laurus nolilis.hut other broad- 

 leaved evergreens have taken the name. In America, 

 the Kalmias are known as Laurels. The Cherry Laurel 

 isPrunns Lauro-cerasus.sMd'vaAmeT'wdiP.Carollniana. 

 Portugal Laurel, is P. Lusitanica. Crround Laurel is 

 Epigsea. 



LAURESTINnS. Popular name of ri6»»-H»»i Tinus. 



LAUROCfiRASUS. Consult Prmuis. 



LAt^BUS n6bilis (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 may 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 Apollo, and used in 

 many ways in bis worsliip, as we may see on coins, and 

 in many other things that remain to us of the great peo- 

 ples of the past" (Gn. 47, pp. 301, 307). Although so 

 universally used, there are few important horticultural 

 varieties,— the variegated-leaved and crisped-leaved 

 forms being the best known. Prop, by cuttings, and 

 sometimes by seeds. 



Laurus gives name to the family i(iM»-(5cca>, which in- 

 cludes Cinnamomum, Camphora, Persea, Sassafras, 

 Benzoin, and other genera. Many species have been re- 



