610 374. Lathyrus. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. PI ex. cal. 
2. Lathy rus gramineus. » Grassy vetchling. 
Tendril 0; leaves simple, lanceolate; stipules awlshape; 
peduncle 1 or 2-flowered. 
Catanance leguminosa quorundam, Raii Syn. 325, 1. 
Ervum sylvestre, Ger. em. 1249, 2. 
Ervum sylvestre seu Catanance, Park. 1079. 
Lathy rus Nissolia, Lin. S. P. 1029. 
Crimson grass-fetch. 
Edges of fields and woods ; annual ; May. 
Stem 2 feet high ; leaves sessile, linear, lanceolate ; pe- 
duncles shorter than the leaves ; standard red ; wings and 
keel white and purple ; legumen linear, roundish, hanging. 
3. Lathyrus hirsutus . Rough vetchling . 
Leaves 1 -paired; leaflets lanceolate, pointed; peduncles 
2 or 3-flowered; legumen compressed, hairy; seeds rough. 
Lathyrus siliqua hirsuta, Rail Syn. 320, 4. 
Lathyrus hirsutus, Lin. S. P. 1032. 
Rough codded chickling pea. 
Fields; annual; July. 
Stem winged; tendril 3-cut; leaflets bald; stipules arrow- 
shape, pointed, hairy ; peduncles thrice as long as the leaves ; 
flowers purple; calyx hairy; stigma veyy blunt. 
b. Perennial ; peduncles many -flowered. 
4. Lathyrus pratensis. Meadow vetchling. 
Leaves 1 -paired; tendrils nearly simple; leaflets lanceo- 
late, 8-ribbed ; stipules arrowshape, as large as the leaflets ; 
peduncles many-flowered. 
Lathyrus luteus sylvestris dumetorum, Raii Syn. 320,3. 
Lathyris sylvestris flore luteo, Ger . cm. 1231, 6; Park. 1062. 
Lathyrus pratensis, Lin. S. P. 1033. 
Tare everlasting. 
Fields and pastures ; perennial; July and August. 
Root tubercular; stem much branched, acute-angled; 
leaflets bald ; peduncles much longer than the leaves ; calyx 
hairy; corolla gold- yellow; legumen bald. — Being very vi- 
vacious, it has been proposed for forage ; but cattle are not 
fond of it. 
5. Lathyrus sylvestris. Wood vetchling. 
Leaves 1 -paired; leaflets swordshape; internodes winged; 
wings membranaceous; peduncles 4 or 5-flowered. 
Lathyrus major flore rubente et albido minore dumetorum, sive Ger- 
manicus, Raii Syn. 31 9, 2. 
Lathyrus sylvestris, Lin. S. P. 1033. 
Narrow leaved everlasting pea. 
