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2.— LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS, Lin. COMMON EVERLASTING PEA. 
Engraving. — Eng. Bot. t. 1108 ; 2d ed. t, 1005, I mucronate leaflets; stipules broad, ovate, semi-sagittate; peduncles 
Specific Character. — Plant quite glabrous ; stems winged ; leaves many-flowered, longer than the loaves ; legumes long, compressed, 
with one pair of elliptic, rather glaucous, 3 — 5-nerved, obtuse, and | reticulated lengthwise. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This very handsome species, if not a native of Britain, has been so long cultivated in 
this country as to be almost naturalised. It is quite hardy, and has bright rose-coloured flowers, of which bees 
are very fond, and which yield abundance of honey. It is a most valuable plant, as it will grow in any soil and 
situation ; and its flowers, when produced in the shade, are of as brilliant a colour as those which have expanded 
in the sunshine. It is thus very useful for arbours, as the flowers of most other climbing plants which hang 
down inside are very apt to be pale. We had one at Bayswater, which climbed up a mulberry-tree, and pushing 
its flowers through the branches, looked like a giant nosegay. The only objection is, the flowers are not fragrant. 
3.— LATHYRUS GRANDIFLORUS, Sims. LARGE-FLOWERED EVERLASTING PEA, OR 
PERENNIAL SWEET PEA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. 1938 : asd ova fig. 2 in Plate 36. scmi-s.igittate, lanceolate ; peduncles 2 — 3-flowered, longer than the 
Specific Character. — Hairy; stems tetragonal, winged; leaves leaves; teeth of calyx acute, longer than the tube; legumes long, 
with one pair of large, ovate, obtuse, waved leaflets ; stipules small, linear, tuberculous. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — One of the handsomest of our climbing perennials. The flowers are as large and aa 
brilliant as the finest and largest sweet pea ; but they are destitute of fragrance. It is a native of the soutli of 
Europe, where it grows freely on hedges and bushes. It is particularly abundant in Sicily, at Palermo, and on 
Mount Etna. In England it will grow in any garden soil, and in fact, when it has once taken possession of the 
soil, it is rather troublesome, on account of its creeping root, which it is very difficult to eradicate. In our Uttle 
garden it has become quite a weed. It was introduced in 1814. It is generally propagated by dividing the 
root, as plants raised from seeds will not flower the first year. 
3.-LATHYRUS GRANDIFLORUS, Simi. THE LARGE-FLOWERED EVERLASTING PEA, OR 
PERENNIAL SWEET PEA. 
T . If V IV .• e™ Leaves with one pair of elliptic, seven-nerved, mucronate leaflets 
Synonvme. — L. rotundifolius var. ellipticus, Ser. jj<,avi.s mui uu>- p» r i . . , 
Stipules linear, acuminate, entire. Peduncles many-flowered, much 
larger than the leaves. Calycine teeth lanceolate, acuminate. Le- 
gumes oblong, many-seeded, glabrous. 
Engravings.— Swt. Brit. Flow. Card., 2d ser. t. 333 ; and our/jr, 
5 in plate 36. 
Specific Character. — Plant quite glabrous. Stems much branched 
Description, &c.— This species is well adapted for small gardens, aa it does not grow to so large a size ao 
any of the other kinds of Everlasting Pea. The flowers' are of a rich deep crimson, but they die off a bright 
blue; they are about the size of those of the common Everiasting Pea, L. latifolius. It is a native of Georgia, 
and it was introduced in 1822. It will grow in any common garden soil and open situation, and it is increased 
by dividing the roots, or by seeds, which it ripens in abundance. 
OTHER SPECIES OF LATHYRUS. 
L. INTERMEDIUS, WaUr. 
A plant with rose-coloured flowers, a native of Germany ; introduced in 1820. 
L. PRATENSIS, Lin. 
A British species, with yellow flowers; sometimes called the YeUow Vetchling. 
