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ing to the height of 1 or 2 feet. Pods linear-oblong, covered 
with bulbous hairs. Fl. 2 or 1, pale blue with a crimson stan- 
dard. Hile oblong. — Eare. Essex. Surrey. A. VI. VII. E. 
4. L.praten'sis(L.) ; st.angvlar,ped. many-Jlowered,\ts.la.n- 
ceolate mucronate slightly silky, calysc-teeth subulate, pods ob- 
liquely veined, seeds globose smooth. — E. B. 670. — Creeping. 
St. 2 — 3 feet high, climbing, not winged. Pods linear-oblong, 
compressed. El. racemose, drooping, bright yellow. Hile 
small, oblong.— Moist meadows. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
t5. L. tuberosus (L.) ; st. angular, ped. long many-flowered, 
Its. obovate -oblong mucronate, upper cal. -teeth triangular, pod 
net-veined, seeds globose smooth. — Sy. E. B. 401. — Creeping 
and tuberous. St. about 2 ft. high, not winged. Fl. 2 — 5 to- 
gether, purple. Pods linear-oblong, subcylindric. Hile small.— 
Hedges and fields. Abundant at Fyfield, Essex. P. VIII. E. 
6. L. sylves'tris (L.) ; st. winged, ped. many-flowei'ed, Its. 
linear -lanceolate or lanceolate, calyx-teeth triangular-subulate, 2 
upper ones short, pods net-veined, seeds compressed roughish 
nearly half surromuled by the hile. — E. B. 805. — St. climbing 
to the height of 5 — 6 feet. Pods linear-oblong curved. Fl. 
greenish yellow variegated with purple. Broader-leaved varie- 
ties often pass for L. latifolius. which differs by its elliptic 
pointed Its. and rougher seeds with a shorter hile, but is 
not a native. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. — IX. E. S. 
*** Petioles with 2 or more pairs of leaflets and a tendril. 
7. L.palus'tris(h.) ; st. winged, ped. long many-flowered, ^^s. 
in 2 or 3 pairs linear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped 
lanceolate, pods linear-oblong compressed, seeds globose smooth 
i surrounded by the hile.— A". B. 169.— St. 2—3 feet high. Fl. 
bluish purple. — Boggy meadows, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 
8. L. marit'imus (Big.); st. angular not winged, ped. short 
many-flowered. Its. in 3 or 4 pairs oval, sfi/i. large oval cordate- 
hastate, pods oblong obliquely net-veined, seeds globose •■ sur- 
rounded by the hile. — Fisum L. £. B. 1046. — St. prostrate. 
Leaflets large, blunt but apiculate ; petioles often recurved. 
Fl. purple variegated. — /i. acutifolius (Bab.) ; leaflets elliptic- 
lanceolate acute, petioles straight, stems slender straggling. — 
Pebbly sea-shores, rare. /3. Burrafirth, Unst, Shetland. P. 
VII. VIII. Sea Pea. E.S.I. 
