Lathyrus Sylvestris. Narrow-Leav d 
Vetchling, or Everlasting-Pea. 
LATHYRUS Linn. Gen. PI. Diaeelphia Decandria. 
Stylus planus, fupra villcfus, fuperne latior. Cal. Iacinite fupcrioros 
2 breviores. 
RaiiSyn.Gen.23. Herba; flore Papilionaceo seu Leguminosas. 
LATHYRUS fylvejlris pedunculis multifloris cirrhis diphylhs : f° l! ° ! ‘ s en j| 0 “‘® nodiis 
membranaceis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab.p. 663. Sp. 1 • 33 ’ ’ 44 
LATHYRUS caule alato, foliis geminis enfiformibus. Haller Hif. 434 * * 
LATHYRUS fylvejlris. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 892. 
LATHYRUS fylveftris major. Baub. Pin. 344. 
LATHYRUS fylveftris Dodonaei. Park. 10 61. 
LATHYRI majoris fpecies flore rubente et albido minore dumetorum, five Germanicus. J. B. II. 302. 
Ran Syn. p. 319. Hudfon FI. Angi. p. 31 f Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 392. 
RADIX perennis. 
CAULIS orgyalis, et ultra, fcandens, ramofus, alatus, 
laevis. 
FOLIA petiolata, bina, enfiformia, mucronata, fubtus 
trinervia, bafi glandulofa. 
PETIOLI triquetri, alati. 
CIRRHI plerumque trifidi. 
STIPULAE lineari-lanceolatae, bafi hamatae. 
PEDUNCULI fpithamei, fubangulati, nudi, multi- 
flori. 
FLORES racemofi, 5 ad 10. 
BRACTEyE fubulatae. 
PEDICELLI breves, nutantes, colorati. 
CALYX : Perianthium monophyllum, fubcampanu- 
latum, quinquedentatum, quinquenerve, den- 
tibus duobus fuperioribus brevibus, incurvis, 
tribus inferioribus re£lis, longioribus, fg. 1. 
COROLLA papilionacea; Vexillum amplum, emar- 
ginatum, rofeum, venis obfolete reticulatum, 
fg. 2. AlyE oblongae, obtufe, violaceae, carinae 
adherentes,^», 3. Ca r in a ex albido-virefcens, 
fubtortuofa, fg. 4. 
STAMINA: Filamenta decem (fimplex et novem 
fidum) decimum fubliberum, obliquum ; An- 
ther /£ flavae. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, compreffum; 
Stylus furfum ere6lus, fuperne latior ; 
Stigma antice villofum. 
PERICARPIUM: Legumen fubbiunciale, femunciam 
fere latum, compreffum, laeve, fufcum, poly- 
fpermum, fg. 5. 
SEMINA numerofa, ad 10 aut 12, fubrotunda, nigri- 
cantia, fg. 6. 
1 ROOT perennial. 
STALK fix feet, or more in height, climbing, branched, 
winged, and fmooth. 
LEAVES {landing on footftalks, two together, fword- 
{haped, terminating in a fhort point, beneath 
0 three-ribbed, glandular at the bafe. 
I LEAF-STALKS three-fided and winged. 
V TENDRILS for the moft part trifid. 
X STIPULyE betwixt linear and lanceolate, hooked or 
a bearded at bottom. 
X FLOWER-STALKS a fpan long, fomewhat angular, 
9 naked, and fupporting many flowers. 
$ FLOWERS growing in a bunch, from 5 to 10. 
V FLORAL LEAVES awl-fhaped. 
PARTIAL FLOWER-STALKS fhort, drooping, 
and coloured. 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, fomewhat 
bell-lhaped, having five teeth and five ribs, 
the two uppermoft teeth fhort and bent to- 
wards each other, the three lowermoft ftraight 
and longer, fg, 1 . 
COROLLA papilionaceous; Standard large, emar- 
ginate, rofe-coloured, faintly reticulated with 
veins, fg. 2. Wings oblong, obtufe, violet- 
coloured, adhering to the keel, fig. 3. Keel of 
a whitifh-green colour, a little twilled, fg. 4. 
STAMINA: ten Filaments (nine connefled, one 
fingle) the tenth or fingle • one nearly free, 
, oblique; Anthers yellow. 
1 PISTILLUM : Germen oblong, flattened; Style 
) bent upwards, broadefl at top; Stigma an- 
> teriorly villous. 
* SEED-VESSEL : a Pod about two inches long, and 
nearly half an inch wide, flattened, fmooth, 
j brown, containing many feeds, fg. 5. 
) SEEDS numerous, from ioto 12, nearly round, and 
) blackifh, fg. 6. 
In the neighbourhood of London this fpecies is rare; we have found it fparingly in the Oak of Honour wood 
near Peckham : in many parts of Kent, in the hedges by the road fides, it grows abundantly. 
Though greatly inferior in beauty to the Lathyrus latifolius, it has been thought fufficiently ornamental for 
the flower-garden, in which we frequently find it. 
It flowers in June and July; being, a hardy perennial, it requires little care in its cultivation ; from its fize it 
is rather adapted to the fhrubbery or plantation than the flower-garden. 
