OLASS XVII. ORDER III. | LATHYRUS. 1005 
leaflets ; stipules arrow-shaped, large ; calyx with nearly equal lanceo- 
late awl-shaped teeth ; legumes linear oblong, obliquely veined; stem 
angular. 
English Botany, t. 670.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 276.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 269.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 86. 
B. velutinus, De Cand. The whole plant clothed with soft pu- 
bescence. 
Root with long creeping underground stems. Stem angular, 
branched, leafy, from one to three feet long, climbing. Pelioles an- 
gular, not winged, terminating in a simple or branched tendril, and 
bearing a pair of lanceolate leaflets, about an inch long, three ribbed, 
and veiny, Stipules arrow-shaped, almost as large as the leaflets. 
Inflorescence slender angular axillary peduncles, much longer than 
the leaves, terminating in a raceme of about ten yellow flowers. 
Calyx tubular, with nearly equal lanceolate awl-shaped teeth. Legume 
linear oblong, compressed, black, netted with oblique veins. Seeds 
about eight, globose, smooth. The whole plant is either smooth, or 
more or less clothed with soft pubescence. 
Habitat.— Meadows, pastures, and thickets; common. 
Perennial; flowering in July and August. 
Cattle are very fond of this vetch, and it has been recommended as 
an excellent and profitable plant for cultivation, especially in a coid 
clay soil, affording an admirable fodder for cattle and sheep, and is 
also equally good for making into hay for winter provender. It has 
not, however, hitherto been generally cultivated, but is deserving of 
greater attention ; in poor cold lands especially would be far more 
profitably grown than many other crops. 
5 LL. sylves'tris, Linn. (Fig. 1171.) Narrow-leaved Hverlasting 
Pea. Peduncles many flowered, longer than the leaves; petioles 
winged, terminating in a branched tendril, and bearing a pair of 
sword-shaped leaflets; stipules narrow, half arrow-shaped ; legumes 
oblong, linear, smooth ; seeds rugous ; stem winged. 
English Botany, t. 805.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 276.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 269.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 85. 
foot with long creeping underground stems. The whole plant 
smooth. Stem angular, and broadly winged, branched, spreading, 
climbing from five to six feet high. Petioles winged below, above 
tapering into a branched tendril, bearing a pair of long narrow 
lanceolate or arrow-shaped leaflets, three ribbed, and veiny. Jn/flo- 
rescence angular axillary peduncles, as long as the leaves, terminating 
in a raceme of from six to ten large flowers, each having at the base 
of its pedicle an awl-shaped bractea. Calyx bell-shaped, with unequal 
lanceolate teeth. Corolla pale green, variegated with pale crimson 
and purple. Legume long, linear, obliquely pointed, compressed, 
reticulated with veins. Seeds sub-globose, rugous. 
