about fourteen lines long and three lines broad, acute, having the un¬ 
der surface prominently veined, and more pubescent, than the upper 
surface. Petioles about one third the length of the leaflets. Ten- 
■^RiLS simple, or rarely branched, scarcely as long as the leaflets. 
Stipules half arrow-shaped, about as broad, and half the length of 
the leaflets. Peduncles angular, about five times as long as the 
leaflets. Flowers from three to four, large, of a delicate blue or vio¬ 
let colour, and forming a close head. Pedicels densely tomentose, 
about three lines long. Bracts deciduous. Calyx densely tomen¬ 
tose, divided into five nearly ecpial segments, and which in length are 
about equal to the tube. Standard oblong-round, from ten to twelve 
lines long, and about eight broad. Wings and Keel of ec[ual length 
and a little shorter than the standard. Stamens ten, monadelphous, 
included within the keel, and about the length of the style. Style 
thickened and curved at the base, in the upper part, it is flattened and 
smooth, on the side next the axis it is densely villous. Pollen cylin¬ 
drical, smooth. Legumen oblong, cartilagineous, about two inches 
long, and three lines broad, exteriorly densely villous, containing 
about twelve seeds; in the interior of the valves between the spaces of 
the seeds is found a white compact pubescence composed of flat obtuse 
partitioned hairs. Funiculus delicate, about one line long. Hilum 
linear, seeds angularly roundish, brown, and beautifully spotted with 
a darker colour. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. The species which com¬ 
pose the genus Lathyrus are showy and ornamental, and have an inter¬ 
esting and striking appearance, if trained against a south wall; and 
such species as the following are peculiarly adapted for this : Lathy¬ 
rus rotundifolius, ellipticus, roseus, purpureo-caeruleus, Armitageanus, 
and the species now figured, which is a neat growing plant. 
This maybe called an American andEurppean genus, none having 
as yet been found at the Cape of Good Hope or New Holland, only two 
in Asia, two in Africa, and one in India, and their geographical dis¬ 
tribution will very nearly be as follows; thirteen species are natives of 
North America, eleven species of Brazil and South America, thiity- 
two of Europe, one of India, two of Africa, two of Asia, and six whose 
country is unknown. 
Introduction; Where grown; Culture. The seeds from 
which this species was raised, were presented to the Birmingham Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, by George Barker, Esq. in the autumn of 1839, 
who received them direct from Buenos Ayres, where in the neighbour¬ 
hood they had been collected by Mr. Tweedie. 
The soil for this species should be rich and light, and if it be planted 
against a south wall it will flower freely; but if planted in a stiff soil, 
it will be very liable to damp off. 
Derivation of the Names. 
Lathyrus is from Xa intensitive; and Ooipog anything exciting. Tomentosus 
from its white silvery hairs. 
Synonyme. 
Galega binata, Spr. Vogel: in Linmea 1. c. 
