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24, HEDYSARUM. 
Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers in 
axillary spikes or racemes, purple, yellow, or white. Standard 
obovate or obcordate, narrowed at the base. Upper stamen 
free. Pod flattened, prickly or naked, the joints separating 
when ripe. There are about fifty species, from Europe, North 
Africa, temperate Asia, and North America. Many of them 
are very handsome, but they are rarely seen in cultivation. It 
is a classical name. 
1. H. coronarium. French Honeysuckle.—This is the only 
common species in gardens. It attains a height of about 18 
inches, and very much resembles the Sainfoin, excepting that 
the leaflets are larger. The flowers are scarlet or purplish, 
rarely white, and agreeably scented. South of Europe. 
Tring VIIL—VICIEZ. 
Leaves abruptly pinnate ; petiole terminated by a bristle or 
tendril, leaflets often toothed at the tip. Stamens generally 
diadelphous. Pod 2-valved. 
25. LATHYRUS. 
Climbing annuals or perennials. Leaves pinnate, petiole 
ending in a simple or branched tendril; stipules foliaceous. 
A large genus, found in temperate regions of the northern 
hemisphere and in South America. The name was applied 
by the ancients to a plant of this group. 
Annual Species. 
1. L. odordtus (fig. 73). Sweet Pea.—This popular plant 
is a native of the South of Europe and Asia Minor. There is 
now great diversity in the colours of the different varieties, 
and some of the best are of quite recent acquisition. They 
include pure white, black, purple, scarlet, blue-edged and 
striped sorts. The varieties called Painted. Lady, rose and 
white; coccineus supérbus, or Invincible, fine scarlet; and 
ceeruleo-margindtus, blue-edged, are amongst the handsomest. 
2. L. Tingitanus. Tangier Pea.— Leaves bifoliolate; 
leaflets ovate-oblong, mucronulate; tendrils much branched ; 
stipules sagittate. Peduncles usually 2- or 3-flowered ; flowers 
large, crimson or scarlet. 
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