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5. L. pratensis (Meadow Vetchling). — A climbing plant, 2—3 

 feet long, with angular stem ; lanceolate leaflets ; large, arrow- 

 shaped stipules; short tendrils; long peduncles ; flowers 3 — 12 

 together, pedicellate, showy, bright yellow, all turning one way. — 

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

 Perennial. 



6* L. latifblius (Everlasting Pea), with broad oval leaflets and 

 pink flowers, more than an inch across, occurs only as an escape 

 from gardens. 



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

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

 long peduncles bearing 2 — 5 crimson flowers, f in. across, occurs 



lAthyrus montXnus (Tuberous Bitter Vetch). _ 



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 ; stems winged, 2 — 6 feet ; leaflets 

 sword-shaped ; flowers \ in. across, with rose-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. Perennial. 



*** Perennials : leaflets 4— 1 o : tendrils short : flowers 

 2 — 10 together. 



9. L. pahistris (Blue Marsh Vetchling). — A climbing plant, 

 smaller than the last ; stem winged ; leaflets 4 — 8, very narrow, 



