LATHYRUS SYLVESTRIS. NanRow-LrAv'p 
VETCHLING, or EVERLASTING-PEA. 
LATHYRUS Linn. Gen, P, Diapetpuia DECANDR1A. 
Stylus. planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Cz lacinie fuperiores. 
2 breviores. 
Ran Syn. Gen, 29. MigRBAE FLORE PAPILIONACEO SEU LEGUMINOSA. 
LATHYRUS /jefris pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis diphyllis: foliolis enfiformibus, internodiis 
membranaceis, - Linn, Syff. Vegetab. p. 663.: Sp. P/. 1033. Fl, Suec, n. 644, 
LATHYRUS caule alato, foliis geminis enfiformibus. Haller Hi/f. 434. 
LATHYRUS /lveftris. Scopo FI, Carn, p 892. 
LATHYRUS fylveftris major. Bawb. Pin. 344. 
LATHYRUS fylveftris Dodonei. Park. 1061. 
LATHYRI majoris fpecies flore rubente et albido minore dumetorum, five Germanicus. 7. B. II. 302. 
Ran Syn. p. 319. Hudfon Fl. Angl_p. 317. Lightfoot FI. Scot.. 0. 392. 

RADIX perennis. - 
i ROOT- perennial. 
CAULIS orgyalis, et ultra, fcandens, ramofus, alatus, STALK fix feet, or more in height, climbing, branched, 
) lavis. 
: winged, and {mooth. 
FOLIA petiolata, bina, enfiformia, mucronata, fubtus 6 LEAVES ftanding on footftalks, two together, fword- 
trinervia, bafi glandulofa, . Ó fhaped, terminating in a fhort point, beneath 
MI three-ribbed, glandular at the bafe.. 
© LEAF-STALKS three-fided and winged. 
9 TENDRILS for the moft part trifid. 
STIPUL/Z/E betwixt linear and lanceolate, hooked or 
Ó bearded at bottom. 
6 FLOWER-STALKS a {pan long, fomewhat angular, 
i naked, and fupporting many flowers. - 
0 FLOWERS growing in a bunch, from 5 to 10. 
6 FLORAL LEAVES awl-fhaped. 
PARTIAL FLOWER-STALKS  fhort, 
and coloured. 
CALYX: a PzniaNTHIUM of one leaf, fomewhat 
." bell-fhaped, having five teeth and five ribs, 
the two uppermoft teeth fhort and bent to- 
wards each other, the three lowermoft ftraight 
and longer, jig, 1. 
COROLLA papilionaceous; Sranparp large, emar- 
ginate, rofe-coloured, faintly reticulated with 
veins, fig. 2. WiNcs oblong, obtufe, violet- 
coloured, adhering to the keel, fig. 3. Kexx of 
a whitifh-green colour, a little twilted, jig. 4. 
STAMINA: ten FiLAMENTS (nine connected, one 
fingle) the tenth or fingle one nearly free, 
oblique; Au THER x yellow. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblong, flattened; Srvrz 
bent upwards, broadeft at top; STIGMA an- 
teriorly villous. 
PETIOLI triguetri, alati. 
CIRRHI plerumque trifidi. 
STIPUL E lineari-lanceolate, bafi hamate, 
PEDUNCULI fpithamei, fubangulati, nudi, multi- 
. flori. ; 
FLORES racemofi, 5 ad io. 
BRACTE/E fubulate. 
PEDICELLI breves, nutantes, colorati. drooping, 
CALYX: Perrantruium monophyllum, fubeampanu- 
latum, quinquedentatum, quinquenerve, den- 
tibus duobus fuperioribus brevibus, incurvis, 
tribus inferioribus re€tis, longioribus, jig. 1. 
COROLLA papilionacea; VExi1LLUM amplum, emar- 
ginatum, rofeum, venis obfolete reticulatum, 
fig. 2. Ar oblonge, obtufe, violacez, carine 
. adherentes, fig. 3. CAR1NA ex albido-virefcens, 
fubtortuofa, fig. 4. 
STAMINA: FirAMENTA decem (fimplex et novem 
fidum) decimum-fubliberum, obliquum ; AN- 
THER flava. 
PISTILLUM: Germen_ oblongum, compreffum ; 
SrvLus furfum erectus, fuperne latior; 
ST1GMA antice villofum. 
PERICARPIUM: Lecumen fubbiunciale, femunciam 
fere latum, compreffum, leve, fufcum, poly- 
Ípermum, jig. 5. 
SEMINA numerola, ad 10 aut 12, fubrotunda, nigri- 
cantia, fig. 6. 
In the neighbourhood of London this fpecies 1s rare; 
SEED-VESSEL :; a Pon about two inches long, and 
nearly half an inch wide, flattened, fmooth, 
brown, containing many feeds, jig. 5. 
SEEDS numerous, from 10 to 12, nearly round, and 
blackifh, fig. 6. 
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we have found it fparingly m the Oak of Honour wood 
near Peckham: in many parts of Kent, in the hedges by the road fides, it grows abundantly. 
Though greatly inferior in beauty to the Larhyrus datifolius, it has been thought fufficiently ornamental for 
the flower-garden, in which we frequently find 1t. 
It flowers in June and July; being a hardy perennial, it requires little care in its cultivation : from its fize it 
is rather adapted to the fhrubbery or plantation than the flower-garden. 
