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H. RUTIDOCARPUM, Deo. ; H. IBERICUM, Bieb. ; H. ALTAICUM, Fiseh. ; H. CRETACEUM, Fitch. ; 
and H. CONSANGUINEUM, Dec, 
Appear nearly allied to this species, and are perhaps only varieties of it. 
H. OBSCURUM, Lin.,- Bot. Mag. t.282. 
This species has a creeping root, and a loose raceme of pendulous pinkish flowers. There is a variety, 
the flowers of which are white. Introduced in 1C40. 
H. BRACHYSEMUM, G. Don. 
This species is nearly allied to the last, and is probably only a variety. Introduced in 1817. 
H. ALPINUM, Lin. 
This is a tall showy plant, with dark purple pendulous flowers in an erect raceme. It is a native of Siberia ; 
introduced in 1796. It is very ornamental, and flowers from May till August. 
H. CAUCASICUM, Bieh. H. SIBERICUM, Poir., 
Are only varieties of this species. 
GENUS XIV. 
LATHYRUS, Dec. THE EVERLASTING PEA. 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
oblong manj^seeded, 2-TalTed, 1 -celled, Seedi globose or angnlar. 
(G. Don.) 
Generic Character— Calyx campanulate, 5-cloft, the two superior 
lobeB shortest. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens diadelphous. Stylo 
complanate, dilated at the apex, villous or pubescent in front. Legumes 
Description, &c. — This genus is well known from the beautiful annual sweet peas that are so common in 
our garden?, and the splendid perennials allied to the Everlasting Pea. The name of Lathyrus signifies something 
exciting, and it alludes to the real or supposed qualities of the seeds. The species are all hardy or half hardy 
climbing plants, with very showy pea-flowers and they will all grow in any common garden soil. Most of them 
seed freely, but all the perennials may be readily increased by dividing the root. 
1.— LATHYRUS MAGELLANICUS, Lam. LORD ANSON'S PEA. 
Synonymes. — L. Arraitageanus, Wesic. ; Pisum americanum, Michx. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flower Gard., 2d eer. t. 344 ; Bot. Gard. 
t. 526 ; Flor. Cab. t. 110 ; and oat fig. 1 in Plate 36. 
Specific Character. — Plant glabrous and blackish ; stems a little 
branched, tetragonal, but not winged ; leaves with one pair of ovate or 
ovate-oblong leaflets ; stipules broad, cordately sagittate, broader than 
the leaves ; tendrils trifid ; peduncles long, 3— 4-flowered ; legumes 
unknown. 
Description, &c. — ^This splendid plant was introduced by the cook on board Lord Anson's ship, the 
Centurion, who gathered the seeds when that vessel touched at the Straits of Magellan in 1744. Lord Anson 
presented some plants of it to the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, where it was grown for several years by the cele- 
brated Miller, author of Miller's Dictionary, who was curator there. It is quite hardy, only requiring a pure 
air J but it looks best trained against a wall. As it is a maritime plant, it is said to be improved by putting a 
little salt occasionally in the water given to it. It is suffruticose at the base, and evergreen. It may be increased 
by seeds or division of the root, but the usual way of propagating it is by cuttings, which strike freely. 
