PLex.cal. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. 374. Lathy rus. 611 



Damp woods and hedges; perennial; July and August. 



Root branched; stem 6 feet high; tendrils 3 or 4-cut; 

 leaflets bald, ribbed; stipules very slender, not cut; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; calyx bald ; standard purple ; wings 

 violet; keel greenish ; legumen hxawm&h. 



6. Lathyrus latifoliiis. Broadleaved vetchlin^f. 

 t Leaves 1 -paired; leaflets elliptical; internodes winged; 

 wings membranaceous ; peduncle many-flowered. 



Lathyrus major latifolius, Raii Syn, 319, 1 ; Ger. em. 1229, 1., 

 Lathyrus major perennis. Park. 1061. 

 Lathyrus latifolius, Lin. S. P. 1038. 

 Pert everlasting. 



Woods; perennial; July and August. 

 Leaves many-ribbed; tendrils 5-cut; stipules ovate, broader 

 than the stem ; jlowers very large, rose-colour. 



7. Lathyrus palustris. Marsh vetchling. 

 Leaves many-paired; leaflets linear, lanceolate, acute; 



stipules rather arrowshape, lanceolate; internodes wmgedi; 

 wings membranaceous; peduncle 3 to 6-flowered. 



Lathyrus viciaeformis, seu Vicia lathyroides nostras, Raii Syn. 320, 1. 

 Lathyrus palustris, Lin. S. P. 1034. 



Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Tendrils 2-cut; peduncles twice as long as the leaves; 

 Jlowers bluish violet ; legumen bald. 



XIV. 375. PISUM. Theophrastus. Pea. 



Calyx 5-cut; two upper lobes shortest; style 3-sided, 

 keeled below; stigma rough-haired; legumen oblong, many 

 seeded ; seeds globular ; hilum rounded. 



1 . Pisum arvense. - Field pea. 



Petiole round ; leaves pinnate ; stipules nearly heartshape, 

 crenated; peduncle 1 or many-flowered. 



Pisum arvense flore roseo, fructu ex cinereo-nigricante, Raii Syn. 318,2. 



Pisum arvense, Lin. S. P. 1027. 



Pisum biflorum, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 20. 



Chray pea. 



Cultivated in fields ; annual ; June and July. 



Peduncle 1-flowered; standard rose-colour; wings dark 

 purple; seed gXQ,y. — Leaves used as fodder ; seeds nutritive 

 but flatulent. 



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