EVERLASTING PEA. 
It ill the third sedlion of his seventeenth 
class ; which includes those plants, the flowers 
■of which have ten stamina formed in two bo- 
dies. Of -this genus, there are twenty species 
described by Miller. 
Among these, perhaps, might be considered 
as Everlasting Peas, ail those which have peren- i 
nial roots; at least, if we admit that any of i* 
them are entitled to that appellation, which I 
certainly originated from this property. 
Miller, however, mentions only two species ! 
as having particularly obtained that denomi- 
nation. — l. The Lathyrus Latifolius.; or^ 
Broad-Leaved Chichling Vetch ; commonly 
<:alled, the Everlasting Pea: and, 2. The La- 
thyrus Latifolius Minor, Flore Majore; or., 
Smaller Broad-Leaved Chichling Vetch, with 
a laiger Flower ; or, Large Red Flowering 
Everlasting Pea. 
Nothing-can be more evident, than that there 
are several varieties of the Everlasting Pea^ 
or Perennial Chichhng or A'etch ; but, with 
jespe<3; to the propriety of dividing thern all 
into different species, we entertain conside- 
rable doubt. 
