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:;. L. prathish (Meadow A'etchling). — A climbing plant, 2 — 3 

 feet long, with angular stem : lanceolate kaJJds ; large, arrow- 

 shaped stiptih-s : short icndrih : long peditiules ; floiL>ei-s 3 — 12 

 together, pedicellate, showy, bright j-ellow, all turning one way. — 

 Hedges and meadows; very common— -Fl. June — September. 

 Perennial. 



6.* Z, laiifiliiis (Everlasting Pea), with broad oval kaflcts and 

 }^\\\V floaters, m.ore than an inch across, occurs only as an escape 

 ft-om gardens. 



7. L. tuber osiis (Peas Earth-nut), with edible tuberculate roots ; 

 angled stem ; ovate leaflets ; large half-arrow-shaped stipules : and 

 long peduncles bearing 2 — 5 crimson //tizi^^w, | in. across, occurs 



iDNT.^Nl'S (Tuh, 



I'rtc/i). 



rarely in Essex, where it may have been introduced by the Dutch 

 in the; sixteenth century. — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



8. L. sylvestris (Narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea). — A clambering 

 plant, glabrous and glaucous ; steins winged, 2 — 6 feet ; leaflets 

 sword-shaped ; flo'vers j in. across, with ro.se-coloured standard and 

 greenish-yellow wings tinged with purple, not so handsome as those 

 of the garden species. — Rocky thickets.; not uncommon. — Fl. 

 June —September. I'erennial, 



*'~'^ Perennldls : leajlets 4 — 10 ; tendrils short: flowe/s 

 2 — TO tflgetlier. 



9. L. paluslris (I'.lue Marsh A'etchling). — A climbing plant, 

 smaller than the last ; stent winged ; leajlets 4 — 8, very narrow, 



