PEA FA-MILY 



/uwes reduced to grass-like, linear, parallel-veined phyllodes. 3 — 6 

 in. long, without tendrils ; flouvrs small, deep crimson.— Grassy 

 places in the south ; not common. — Fl. INIay^July. Annual 



LATHYRLS FRAT^NSIS {MctLdpU! VetchllH^), 



** Leaflets 2 : ivith teiidj-ils : Jloivers ilarely solitary 



3. L. /lirsiitNS (Rough-podded A'etchling), with its ffdK'ci-s pale 

 blue, with a crimson standard, in pairs, and hairv /''(A, occurs, very 

 rarely, in Essex and Surrey. — Fl. June, July. Annual. 



4.* L. sp/hirirus, vrith solitary flowers, has been found in 

 Hertfordshire. 



