280 The 
BRITA S He H+Es RB A°L. 
branes, or little leaves, at their infertion on the 
ftalk ; and’they are of a greyifi green colour. 
The tendrils for climbing rife from the center 
of the two leaves, as from the end of the rib in 
the pea kind. 
The flowers are large, and of a bright and beau- 
tiful red, with a deeper tinge in the middle: they 
are fupported feveral together on long footftalks. 
The pod is long and flender, and the feeds are 
numerous and {mall. 
It is found in woods, principally in our nor- 
thern counties; and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine ealls it Lathyrus latifolius. Others, 
Lathyrus flore rubro fpeciofiore. Our Englifh wri- 
ters call it Peafe everlafting : but that is a very 
improper name, it not being of the pea kind. 
2. Great, narrow leaved Vetchling. 
Lathyrus anguftifolius major. 
The root is compofed of numerous, flender, 
long fibres, and takes great hold in the ground. 
The ftalks are numerous, angular, and weak : 
they are of a pale green, edged fharply, and 
jointed , and; when they have fupport, will rife 
to four feet in height. 
The leaves are placed at diftances, and two 
always ftand together at the end of a fhort kind 
of rib, with a tendril between them: they are 
narrow, ribbed, fharp-pointed, and of a pale green. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a mixed colour, 
partly white, and partly red. The red is in va- 
rious degrees, and fometimes there is fcarce any. 
The pods are thicker than in the former fpecies, 
and the feeds are round and large. 
It is found among bufhes in many parts of the 
kingdom, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lathyrus fylveftris major. 
J. Bauhine; Lathyri majoris fpecies flore rubente & 
albido minore Dumetorum five Germanicus, 
3. Yellow Vetchling. 
Lathyrus fylveftris luteus vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, and full of fibres. 
The ftalk is angulated, weak; and hangs about 
DIVISION TW. FO 
1. Garden Vetchling. 
Lathyrus fativus flore purpureo. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The ftalks ate numerous, thick, and ribbed, 
of a pale green, and very much branched: when 
fupported by flicks, they will rife to five feet 
high. 
The leaves ate placed two together on a ribbed 
footftalk, and that is terminated by atendril, which 
takes its rife between them. 
There is a broad film on each fide at the infer- 
tion Of the rib to the ftalk. 
The flowers are large and ‘purple: they Mand 
on long, flender footftalks, ufually one ‘on ‘each, 
but fometimes two. 
The pod is fhort, thick, and ribbed, and fur- 
rowed-on the back : the feeds are very large, and 
roundith. 
It is a native of the Eaft, and is cultivated in 
in an irregular form, not upright, nor quite trail- 
ing on the ground: it is of a pale green, and 
edged. 
The leaves ftand at diftances, and are each 
compofed of a fingle pair, fupported on a kind 
of fhort rib, and having a tendril thooting out 
from their center, At the infertion of the rib or 
ftalk which fupports them, there are alfo a pair 
of fhort leaves. 
The flowers are placed on fhort footftalks, four 
or five together, rifing from the bofoms of the 
leaves: they aré large, and of a pale yellow. 
The pods are flender: the feeds are fmall, 
roundifh, and black. 
It is common amiong our bufhes, and in paf- 
tures, and flowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Lathyrus fylveflwis luteus fo- 
liis vicie: a name very inexpreffive, for the leaves 
do not at all anfwer that defcription. Others call 
it Lathyrus luteus fylveftris, 
4: Rough-podded Vetchling. 
Lathyrus filiqua birfuta. 
The root is compofed of numerous, flender, 
tough, and irregular fibres. 
“The ftalks are weak and angulated, and they 
fupport themfelves irregularly to the height of a 
foot and half, or they will grow much taller when 
they can climb. 
The leaves are narrow, hard, and ribbed: they 
ftand two together, with a tendril at the end. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a mixed red and 
white colour: they ftand feveral together on very 
long, flender footftalks. 
The pods are an inch and half long, and con- 
fiderably broad: the feeds are fmall, blackith, 
and nearly round. 
It is found on the edges of ploughed fields in 
our midland counties, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine cails it Lathyrus anguftifolius filiqua 
hirfuta. 
RE Gini y 8: PaBG: fh Ess, 
gardens and fields in Germany, and fome parts of 
Italy. It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in 
Auguft. i 
C. Bauhine calls it Lathyrus fativus flore pur- 
pureo.” Dodoneus, Aracus five cicera, 
2. Peafe Earthwort. 
Lathyrus foliis ovatis radice tuberofa. 
The root is thick, oblong, and irregularly tus 
berous: frequently thefe thick knobs are near the 
furface, but at other times they are faftened to 
the ends of the fibres, and lie at a great depth: 
they are brown on the furface, white within, and 
of a fweet and very pleafant tafte. 
The ftalks are edged, weak, and three or four 
feet long: they trail upon ‘the ground, or fup- 
port themfelves among the buthes. 
The leaves grow two together, as in the others; 
but they are fhort and broad, of an oval figure, 
and obtufe at the ends, 
6 The 
