DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Lathyrus. 275 



wither away. Fl. solitary, on long simple stalks, accompanying 

 some of the tendrils, small, drooping, lemon-coloured. Brae 

 teas in pairs, awl-shaped. Teeth of the cah/x long and lanceo- 

 late, ribbed. Legume about an inch in length, somewhat cylin- 

 drical, smooth, with about G round seeds. 



2. L. A^ssolia. Crimson Vetchling. Grass Vetch. 



Stalks mostly single-flowered. Leaves simple, without ten- 

 drils. Stipulas awl-shaped. 



L. Nissolia. Linn. Sp. PL 1029. TVilld. v. 3. 1078. Fl. Br. 764. 



Engl. Bot. V. 2.t.\\2. Curt. Lond.fasc. "C. t.b\. 

 L. n. 441. Hall. Hist. v.\. 190. 

 L. sylvestris minor. Baith. Pin. 344. Moris, v. 2. 56. sect. 2. t. 3. 



L. angustifolius erectus, folio singulari sine capreolis. Magn. Hort. 

 Monsp. 1 1 2. f. 1 6. 



Nissolia parva, flore purpureo. Buxb. Cent. 3. 24. t.45.f. 1 . 



N. vulgaris. Lind. Alsat. 73. t. 3. 



Catanance. Dalech. Lugd. \366.f. 



C. leguminosaquorundam. Raii Syn. 325. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 309./. 



Ervum svlvestre. Dod. Pempt. 529. f. Ger. Em. \249.f. Lob. 

 lev. 2.71./. 



In bushy places, and the grassy borders of fields. 

 ■ Annual. Maij. 



Taller than the last, and more erect, being supported, though de- 

 stitute oi tendrils, by surrounding plants. The herbage is smooth, 

 of a grassy habit, as well as colour, by vvhich it often escapes 

 notice, except when bearing its beautiful crimson blossoms, va- 

 riegated with purple and white. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, taper-pointed, many- ribbed, entire, quite unlike the gene- 

 rality of this order. Stipulas in pairs at the base of each, awl- 

 shaped, minute. Fl. mostly solitary, sometimes two, on long 

 axillary stalks, downy in the upper part, where they bear one 

 or two little awl-shaped bracteas. Legume long, nearly cylin- 

 drical, pendulous, with numerous seeds. 



** Floxvers in fairs, 



3. \j. hirmitns . Rough-podded Vetchling. 



Stalks two-flowered. Each tendril with a pair of linear- 

 lanceolate leaflets. Legumes hairy. Seeds rough. 



L. hirsutus. Linn. Sp. PL 1032. mUd. v.3. 1086. Fl. Br. 764. 

 Engl. Bof.v. 18. /. 1255. 



L. n.437. Hall. Hist. V. 1.189. 



L. siliqua hir.suta. Paii Si/n. 320. Bnnh. Hist. v. 2. 305. /. Riv. 

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