Pl.ex.cal. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. 374. Lathyrus. 611 
Damp woods and hedges; perennial; July and August. 
Root branched; stem 6 feet high; tendrils 3 or 4-cut; 
leaflets bald, ribbed; stipules very slender, not cut; peduncles 
longer than the leaves ; calyx bald ; standard purple ; wings 
violet; keel greenish ; legumen brownish. 
6. Lathyrus latifolius. Broadleaved vetchling . 
Leaves 1 -paired; leaflets elliptical; internodes winged; 
wings membranaceous ; peduncle many-flowered. 
Lathyrus major latifolius, Raii Syn. 319, 1 ; Ger. em. 1229, 1. 
Lathyrus major perennis, Park. 1061. 
Lathyrus latifolius, Lin. S. P. 1038. 
Pea everlasting. 
Woods; perennial; July and August. 
Leaves many-ribbed; tendrils 5-cut; stipules ovate, broader 
than the stem ; flowers very large, rose-colour. 
7. Lathyrus palustris . Marsh vetchling . 
Leaves many-paired; leaflets linear, lanceolate, acute; 
stipules rather arrowshape, lanceolate ; internodes winged ; 
wings membranaceous; peduncle 3 to 6-flowered. 
Lathyrus viciaeformis, seu Vieia lathyroides nostras, Raii Syn. 320, 1. 
Lathyrus palustris, Lin. S. P. 1034. 
Damp fields and pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 
Tendrils 2-cut; peduncles twice as long as the leaves; 
flowers bluish violet ; legumen bald. 
XIV. 375. PISUM. Theophrastus. Pea. 
Calyx 5-cut; two upper lobes shortest; style 3-sided, 
keeled below; stigma rough-haired; legumen oblong, many 
seeded ; seeds globular ; hilum rounded. 
1. Pisum arvense. Field pea . 
Petiole round; leaves pinnate; stipules nearly heartshape, 
erenated; peduncle 1 or many-flowered. 
Pisum arvense flore roseo, fructu ex cinereo-nigricante, Raii Syn. 318,2. 
Pisum arvense, Lin. S. P. 1027. 
Pisum biflorum, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 20. 
Gray pea. 
Cultivated in fields ; annual ; June and July. 
Peduncle 1 -flowered; standard rose-colour; wings dark 
purple ; seed gray. — Leaves used as fodder ; seeds nutritive 
but flatulent. 
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