610 374. Lathyrus. ^ 63. LEGUMINOS^E. PL ex, cal. 



2. Lathyrus gramineus. Grassy vetchling. 

 Tendril 0; leaves simple, lanceolate; stipules awlshape; 



pedimcle 1 or 2-flowered. 



Caldnancp leguminosa quorundam, Rail Syn. 325, 1. 



Ervuni sylvestre, Ger.em. 124'J, 2. 



Ervum sylvestre seu Catanance, Park. 1079. 



Lathyrus Nissolia, Lin. S. P. 1029. 



Crimson grass-fetch. 



Edges of fields and woods ; annual ; May. 



Stem 2 feet high ; leaves sessile, linear, lanceolate ; pe- 

 duncles shorter than the leaves ; standard red ; wings and 

 keel white and purple ; legumen linear, roundish, hanging. 



3. Lathyrus hirsutus. Rough vetchling. 

 Leaves 1 -paired ; leaflets lanceolate, pointed ; peduncles 



2 or 3-flowered ; legumen compressed, hairy ; seeds rough. 



Lathyrus siliqua hirsuta, Raii Syn. 320, 4. 

 Lathyrus hirsutus, Lin. S. P. 1032. 

 Rough codded chickling pea. 



Fields; annual; July. 



Stem winged; tendril 3-cut; leaflets bald; stipides arrow - 

 shape, pointed, hairy ; peduncles thrice as long as the leaves; 

 flowers purple ; calyx hairy ; stigma very blunt. 



b. Perennial j peduncles many -flowered. 



4. Lathyrus pratensis. Meadow vetchling. 



Leaye^ 1 -paired ; tendrils nearly simple; leaflets lanceo- 

 late, 8-ribbed ; stipules arrowshape, as large as the leaflets ; 

 peduncles many-flowered. 



Lathyrus luteus sylvestris dumetorum, Raii Syn, 320,3. 

 Lathyris sylvestris flore luteo, Ger. em. 1231, 6; Park. 1062. 

 Lathyrus pratensis, Lin. S. P. 1033. 

 Tare everlasting. 



Fields and pastures ; perennial; July and August. 



i?oo^ tubercular ; stem much branched, acute-angled; 

 leaflets bald ; peduncles much longer than the leaves ; calyx 

 hairy; corolla gold-yellow; legume?i bald. — Being very vi- 

 vacious, it has been proposed for forage ; but cattle are not 

 fond of it. 



5. Lathyrus sylvestris. Wood vetchling. 

 Leaves 1 -paired; leaflets swordshape; internodes winged; 



wings membranaceous; peduncles 4 or .5-flowered. 



Lathyrus major flore rubente ct albido miuore dumetorum, sive Ger- 

 manicus, J?«u %«. 319, 2. 



Lathyrus sylvestris, Lin. S. P. 1033. 



Narrow leaved everlasting pea. 



