Order IV. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 621 
10344 Leaves in 2 pairs cnsiform. Stipules subulate. Stem simple 
10345 Stem branched. Leaves in 6 pairs ovate oblong 
10346 Stem branched. Leaves in 2 pairs lanceolate nerved. Stipules somewhat spiny 
10347 Leaves pinnate hairy of many pairs ovate lane. Stip. half-sagitt. Stem branched decumbent hairy 
10348 Leaves pinnate smooth of many pairs elliptical. Stipules ovate lanceol. Stem branched erect hairy 
10349 Peduncles 1-flowered, Tendrils leafless. Stipules sagittate cordate 
10350 Peduncles many-flowered, Leaves simple. Stipules subulate 
10351 Peduncles 1-flowered longer than calyx. Tendrils 2.1eaved simple 
10352 Peduncles 1-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved, Pods ovate compressed channelled at back 
10353 Peduncles 1-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved and 4-leaved, Pods ovate compressed with 2 edges at back 
10354 Peduncles 1-flowered shorter than calyx. Tendrils 2-leaved simple. Leaflets lanceolate 
10355 Peduncles 1-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets setaceous linear 
10356 Peduncles 1-flowered as long as cal. Petioles 2-leaved, Leaflets lane. Pods linear roughish mucronate 
10357 Peduncles 1-flowered awned. Tendrils 2-leaved simple ensiform 
10358 Peduncles 1-flowered awned. Tendrils 2-leaved simple. Leaflets linear 
10359 Peduncles 1-flowered, Tendrils 4-leaved, Petioles winged, Pods compressed 
10360 Peduncles 1-flowered awned. Tendrils many-leaved, Leaflets linear truncate mucronate 
10361 Peduncles about 1-fl. Tendrils many-leaved. Leaflets alternate lanceolate. Petioles winged 
10362 Peduncles 2-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets ovate oblong. Pods hairy 
10363 Peduncles 2-flowered naked. Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets obovate wavy, Stems rigid 4-angled 
10364 Peduncles 2-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets ensiform. Pods smooth. Stipules 2-parted 
10365 Peduncles 2-flowered, Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets altern. lane, smooth, Stipules lunate 
10366 Peduncles 2-flowered, Tendrils many-leaved. Leaflets lanceolate. Stipules toothed 
10367 Peduncles about 3-flowered, Tendrils many-leaved. Leaves lane. Pods hairy. Seeds rough 
10368 Peduncles long many-fl. Stipules broad cordate sagittate. Tendrils 2-leaved 
10369 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets oval. Joints naked 
10370 Pedunc. 1-fl. shorter than stipules, Tendrils 2-4-leaved, Stip. toothed. Pods erect turgid and villous 
10371 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets roundish, Joints membranous 
10372 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved quite simple. Leaflets lanceolate 
10373 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets ensiform. Joints membranous 
10374 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved, Leaflets lanceolate, Joints membranous 
10375 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils 2-leaved and 4-leaved, Leaflets lane. Joints membranous 
10376 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils many-leaved. Leaflets linear lane, acute 
10377 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils many-leaved, Leafl. lane. obi. blunt mucronate. Joints membran. Pods curved 
10378 Pedunc. many-fl. Tendrils many-leaved, Leafl. ellipt. blunt, Stipules half-sagitt. ovate broader than leaflet 
10379 Petioles decurrent membranous 2-Ieaved, Peduncles 1-flowered 
10380 Petioles round. Stipules rounded below crenate. Peduncles many-flowered. 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
use of Lathyrus sativus ; swine having lost the use of their limbs, and become pitiable monsters by being fed 
on this pulse exclusively. The peasants, however, eat it boiled, or mixed with wheat flour, in the quantity of 
one-fourth, v/ithout any harm. 
The poisonous Lathyrus from Barbary, is L. semine punctato of Casp. Bauhin, and seems to be only a 
variety ; for in the crops of L. sativus in Italy, they find black seeds striped with white, as in the African 
seed. Fabbroni suspects it to be a mule between L. sativus and Cicera, for the flower and seed partake of the 
characters of both ; having a black seed marked with white ; and a white banner with a red keel to the 
corolla. (Fabbroni's Letters in MSS. Banks.) 
L. odoratus is one of our most esteemed border annuals, and is extensively grown in pots for decorating 
chambers and windows. L. tingitanus, articulatus, and annuus are also sown as border annuals. 
L. tuberosus produces tubers on the roots, like those of the earth nut (Bunium bulbocastanum) ; these are 
sold in the markets of Holland, like those of Orobus tuberosus and Trapa natans, and their flavor is highly 
esteemed. 
L. latifolius is a very shewy plant for shrubberies, arbors, and trellis work, and yields a'great quantity both 
of green fodder and seeds, which some botanists have suggested might be applied to agricultural purposes. 
1559. Ochrus ; ov^os, yellow,", in allusion to the color of its flowers. A small annual plant with yellow 
flowers, native of hedges in the south of Europe. 
1560. Pisum. From the Celtic pis, a pea. P. sativum, Pois, Fr., Erbse, Ger., and Pisello, Ital., is the most 
valuable of culinary legumes. Like most domestic plants of great antiquity, its native country is unknown, 
though it is commonly referred to the south of Europe. The varieties of the pea are numerous, and differ 
widely among themselves from the early frame, a low plant bearing only one white blossom on each footstalk, 
to the crown-bearing, having pink blossoms on a terminating corymb. The rouncival grows ten or twelve 
feet high, and the imperial not two feet. The sugar-pea has pods in which the inner film is wanting, or much 
less tough than usual, which admits of boiling the pods entire, and eating them in the same manner as kidney 
beans. 
In the open garden, the pea is sown at intervals from January to the middle of July, and a succession of 
