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ing to the height of 1 or 2 feet. Pods linear-oblong, covered 

 with bulbous hairs. Fl. 2 or 1, pale blue with a crimson stan- 

 dard. Hile oblong. Rare. Essex. Surrey. A. VI. VII. E. 



4. L. prat en' sis (L>.) ; st. angular, ped. many-jloicered, Its. lan- 

 ceolate mucronate slightly silky, calyx-teeth subulate, pods ob- 

 liquely veined, seeds globose smooth. E. />. 670. Creeping. 

 St. 23 feet high, climbing, not winged. Pods linear-oblong, 

 compressed. Fl. racemose, drooping, bright yellow. Hile 

 small, oblong. Moist meadows. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



f5. L. tuber osus (L.) ; st. angular, ped. long many-flowered, 

 Its. obovate-oblong mucronate, upper cal. -teeth triangular, pod net- 

 veined, seeds globose smooth. &?/. E. B. 401. Creeping and 

 tuberous. St. about 6 2 ft. high, not winged. Fl. 2-5 together, 

 purple. Pod.- linear-oblong, subcylindric. Hile small. Hedges 

 and fields. Abundant at Fytield, Essex. P. VIII. E. 



6. L. si/Ires' tr is (L.) ; st. winged, ped. many-flowered, Its. 

 linear-lanceolate j'or lanceolate, calyx-teeth triangular-subulate. 2 

 upper ones short, pods net-veined, seeds compressed roiighish 

 nearly half surrounded by the hile. E. B. 805. St. climbing 

 to the height of 5 6 feet. Pods linear-oblong curved. Fl. 

 greenish yellow variegated with purple. Broader-leaved varie- 

 ties often pass for L. latifolius, which differs by its elliptic pointed 

 Its. and rougher seeds with a shorter hile, but is not a native. 

 Woods and thickets. P. VII. IX. E. S. 



**# Petioles with 2 or more pairs of leaflets and a tendril. 



7. L. palus'tris (L.) ; st. winged, ped. long many-flowered, Its. 

 in 2 or 3 pairs linear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped 

 lanceolate, pods linear-oblong compressed, seeds globose smooth 

 -} surrounded by the hile. E. B. 169. St. 23 feet high. Fl. 

 bluish purple. Boggy meadows, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 



8. L. marit'imus (Big.) ; st. angular not ivinged, ped. short 

 many-flowered, Its. in 3 or 4 pairs oval, stip. large oval cordate- 

 hastate, pods oblong obliquely net-veined, seeds globose \ sur- 

 rounded by the hile. Pisum L. E. B. 1046. St. prostrate. 

 Leaflets large, blunt but apiculate ; petioles often recurved. 

 Fl. purple variegated. ft. acutifolius (Bab.) ; leaflets elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute, petioles straight, stems slender straggling. 

 Pebbly sea-shores, rare. ft. Burrah'rth, Unst, Shetland. P. 

 VII. VIII. Sea Pea. E.S.I. 



