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LATHYRUS ealifornicus. 
Californian Latiyrus. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lrcuminosz. 
LATHYRUS L.— Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, lobis 2 superioribus 
brevioribus. Corolla papilionacea. Stamina diadelpha. Stylus com- 
planatus, apice dilatatus, anticé villosus aut pubescens. Legumen ob- 
longum, polyspermum, bivalve, l-loculare. Semina globosa aut angulata. 
Herbee se@pius scandentes. Stipule semisagittate. Petioli apice in 
cirrhum ramosum abeuntes. . Foliola 1-3-juga. Pedunculi azillares. De- 
candolle prodr. 2. 369. 
§ 1. Eulathyrus. + 
Vexillum basi edentatum. Foliola opposita vel abortu nulla. Petiolus 
angusté alatus. 
; 1. Perennes, pedunculis multifloris. 
** Foliis multijugis. 
L. californicus ; caulibus tetragonis glabris, foliis glaucis 4-5-jugis glabris : 
foliolis ovato-oblongis mucronulatis, cirrho tripartito, stipulis semi- 
sagittatis foliolorum magnitudine, racemis foliis subzequalibus, radice 
repente. ; 
L. californicus. Douglas Journal ined. 
Radix perennis, repens. Caules procumbentes, tetragoni, glabri. Folia 
glauca, 4-5-juga, racemis subequalia; foliolis ovato-oblongis, mucronulatis, 
subtis glabris, subalternis, cirrhis brevibus, 3-partitis. Stipule semz- 
sagittate, ovate, foliolorum magnitudine. Racemi multiflori, foliorum 
longitudine, pedunculo glabro. Calyces glabri, laciniis inferioribus elongatis. 
Flores purpuret, eleganter venost. Legumen oblongum, subfalcatum, in- 
flatum. Semina fusca, concolora, spherica, hilo lineari. 
Arambling, strong-growing, creeping-rooted, handsome 
perennial plant, native of the north-west of North America, 
where it was found by Mr. Douglas. It is common all 
over the country, at the outskirts of woods in the sub- 
alpine regions of the mountains. With us it flowers during 
the most of the summer, thriving freely in any soil or 
situation, but especially in peat among other plants. 
