Papilionaceae 181 



Lathyrus Smooth or sparingly hairy, stems 

 palustris L. angled and winged, slender, 1-3 

 Marsh feet long; s tip u les half sagittate, 



Vetchling. , . 



lanceolate-linear or ovate-lance- 

 olate, J to nearly an inch long. Leaves with 

 branched tendrils and 2-4 pairs of lanceolate 

 oblong or linear, acute, mucronate leaflets; 

 iJ-4 inches long. Flowers purple, half an 

 inch or more long, 2-6 in loose-headed ra- 

 cemes on peduncles about equaling the 

 leaves. 



In wet ground and swamps at the lower 

 altitudes throughout the region; flowering 

 during July. 



Stems slender, somewhat angled, 

 Lathyrus 



ochroleucus trailin g r climbing, smooth and 

 Hook. slightly glaucous, 2-2 J feet long, 



Cream- stipules broad foliaceous, half 



coloured oyate and hglf cordate> j_ x inch 



Vetchling. 



long. Leaves with branched 

 tendrils and 3-5 pairs of thin, ovate or 

 broadly oval, obtuse leaflets, 1-2 inches long, 

 green above, whitish beneath. Flowers 



