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Lathyrus sylvestris wagneri. Flat pea. (Fig.21.) 
A perennial, native of eastern Europe and northern Asia, which has of recent years 
n highly recommended as a forage plant on account of its drought-resisting 
qualities. The plant looks much like the ornamental sweet pea, with man 
weak, leafy stems which interlace in great tangled masses. The handsome 
rose-colored flowers are borne in loose clusters, and are doll by pods not 
unlike those of the field pea. Analyses of the hay, made at the Michigan Sta- 
tion, showed 27 per cent crude protein, The growth of the plant at firstis slow, 
and it is recommended to plant the seed in beds, from which they may be trans- 
planted at the bezinning of the second season ^ the place they are to occupy in 
the field. Several cuttings may be taken each season in favorable localities, and 
the average life of a field is from fifteen to twenty-five years. In this country 
Southwest, and in the Southern States. The hay is relished by domestic stock 
of all ade: and on account of its highly nutritious character it is of much 
it holds the ground for many years. Its root system is somewhat similar to that 
Fig. 21.—Flat pea (Lathyrus sylvestris wagneri). 
of alfalfa, inasmuch as it will not thrive on lands which are undrained, or where 
the ground water stands within less than 10 or 15 feet from the surface. 
once its roots have penetrated into the subsoil, the plant will withstand the 
hottest and driest summer. On rich soil the growth is often 4 or 5 feet high. 
Lavatera assurgentifolia. 
A shrubby, branching mallow 6 to 15 feet high, with hairy stems, dee five to 
ngled leaves 3 to 6 inches wide, and large rose-red and crimson flowers on 
long curving flower stalks which bend downward. A native pr the islands off the 
coast of . California which has long been cultivated as a forage plant 
around San Francisco. It has become established there on the sand dunes and 
along the seashore. The mucilaginous leaves are eaten by stock. 
Lespedeza capitata. Round-headed bush clover. 
A ad clover with rigid woolly stems, short leaf stalks, oblong leaflets which are " 
mooth above and silky below, and layers i in rounded clusters. Common in dry 
