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24. HEDtSAKUM. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers in 

 axillary spikes or racemes, purple, yellow, or white. Standard 

 obovate or obcordate, narrowed at the base. Upper stamen 

 free. Pod flattened, prickly or naked, the joints separating 

 when ripe. .There are about fifty species, from Europe, North 

 Africa, temperate Asia, and North America. Many of them 

 are very handsome, but they are rarely seen in cultivation. It 

 is a classical name. 



1. H. coronarium. French Honeysuckle. This is the only 

 common species in gardens. It attains a height of about 18 

 inches, and very much resembles the Sainfoin, excepting that 

 the leaflets are larger. The flowers are scarlet or purplish, 

 rarely white, and agreeably scented. South of Europe. 



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Leaves abruptly pinnate ; petiole terminated by a bristle or 

 tendril, leaflets often toothed at the tip. Stamens generally 

 diadelphous. Pod 2-valved. 



25. LlTHYRUS. 



Climbing annuals or perennials. Leaves pinnate, petiole 

 ending in a simple or branched tendril ; stipules foliaceous. 

 A- large genus, found in temperate regions of the northern 

 hemisphere and in South America. The name was applied 

 by the ancients to a plant of this group. 



Annual Species. 



1. L. odoratus (fig. 73). Sweet Pea. This popular plant 

 is a native of the South of Europe and Asia Minor. There is 

 now great diversity in the colours of the different varieties, 

 and some of the best are of quite recent acquisition. They 

 include pure white, black, purple, scarlet, blue-edged and 

 striped sorts. The varieties called Painted Lady, rose and 

 white; coccineus superbus, or Invincible, fine scarlet; and 

 coeruleo-marginatus, blue-edged, are amongst the handsomest. 



2. L. Tingitanus. Tangier Pea. Leaves bifoliolate ; 

 leaflets ovate-oblong, mucronulate ; tendrils much branched ; 

 stipules sagittate. Peduncles usually 2- or 3-flowered ; flowers 

 large, crimson or scarlet. 



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