L athyrus S y l v e s t r i s . N arrow-Le a v ’d
V etchling, or Everlasting-Pea.
LATHYRUS Linn. Gen. Pi. D iadelphia Dec_andria.
Sty fas planus, fupra villofus, fuperne latior. Cal. lacinias fuperiores
2 breviores.
Raii Syn.Gen, 23. Herb.e flore Papilionaceo seu L eguminos-e .
LATHYRUS fyheßris pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis diphyllis: foliolis enfiformibus, internodfis
membranaceis. Linn. Syß. Vegetab.p. 663. Sp. PI. 1033. FI. Suec, n. 644.
LATHYRUS caule alato, foliis geminis enfiformibus. Haller Hiß, 434.
LATHYRUS fylvefiris. Scopoli FI, Carn, n. 893.
LATHYRUS fylveftris major. Baub. Pin. 344.
LATHYRUS fylveftris Dodonaei. Park. 1061.
LATHYRJ majoris fpecies flore rubente et albido minore dumetorum, five Germanicus. J . B, II. 302.
Rail Syn. p, 319. Hudfon Fl. Angl. pi 317. Ligbtfoot FI. Scot. p. 392.
KADIX perennis,
EAULIS orgyalis, et ultra, fcandens, ramofus, alatus,
lævis.
■ OLIA petiolata, bina, enfiformia, mucronata, fubtus
trinervia, bafi glandulofa,
ffETIOLI triquetri, alati.
EIRRHI plerumque trifidi,
BTIPULÆ linean-lanceolatæ, bafi hamatæ.
KDUNCULI fpithamei, fubangulati, nudi, multi-
( , flori.,
iLORES racemofi, 5 ad 10.
ÈRACTEÆ fubulatæ.
PEDICELLI brèves, nutantes, colorati,
KALYX : Per ianthium monophyllum, fubcampanu-
latum, quinquedentatum, quinquenerve, den-
tibus duobus fuperioribus brevibus, incurvis,
tribus inferioribus réélis, longioribus, Jig, 1.
ginatum, rofeum, venis obfolete retiçulatum
jig, 2. A læ oblongæ, obtufap, violaceæ, carina
adhérentes,^. 3. C a r i n a ex albido-»virefcens
B fubtôrtuofa, Jig, 4.
BT AMINA; Filament a decem (fimplex et noven
fidum) decimum fubliberum, opliquum ; A n
1 ther^ flavæ.
rISTILLUM : Ger men oblongum, comprefium
Stylus furfum ereélus, fuperne latior
L Stigma antice villofum.
■ pKICARPIUM : L egumen fubbiuncîale, femuncian
fere latum, comprefium, læve, fufcum, poly
l fpermum, Jig. g.
| ^ ^ A numerofa, ad ip aut 12, fubrotunda, nigri
cantia, Jig, 6,
ROOT perennial.
STALK fix feet, or more in height, climbing, branched,
winged, and fmooth.
LEAVES Handing on footftalks, two together, fword-
fhaped, terminating in a ftiort point, beneath
three-ribbed, glandular at-the bafe.
LEAF-STALKS three-fided and winged,
TENDRILS for the moft part trifid.
ST IPU LE betwixt linear and lanceolate, hooked or
bearded at bottom. •
FLOWER-STALKS a fpan long, lomewhat angular^
naked, and fupporting many flowers.
FLOWERS growing in a bunch, from « to 10,
FLORAL LEAVES awl-fhaped.
PARTIAL FLOWER-STALKS fhort, drooping,
and coloured.
CALYX : a Perianthium o f one leaf, fomewhat
belWhaped, having five teeth and five ribs,
the two uppermoft teeth fhort and bent towards
each other, the three lowermoft ftraight
and longer, Jig, 1.
COROLLA papilionaceous; Standard large, emar^
ginate, rofe^coloured, faintly reticulated with
veins, jig. 2, W ings oblong, obtufe, violets
coloured, adhering to the keel, fig. 3. K eel o f
a whitifhcgreen colour, a little twined, fig . 4.
STAMINA: ten Filaments (pine conue&ed, one
fmgle) the tenth oj fingle one nearly free,
oblique; A nt her 4? yellow.
PISTILLUM: G ermen oblong, flattened; Sty le
bent upwards, broadeft at top; Stigma an->
teriorly villp.us.
SEED-VESSEL ; a Pod about two inches long, and
nearly half an inch wide, flattened, fmooth,
- brown, containing many feeds, fig. g.
SEEDS numerous, from 10 to 12, nearly round, and
biackifh, fig.
near PerU6 • ^oimon mis ipecies is rare; we nave round it lparmgiy m the Oak of Honour wood
■ ctKnam; jn many parts, of Kent, m the hedges by tlie road Tides, it grows abundantly. '
■ he flowpr^f£r^ f * h beauty to the Lathyrus latifohus, it has been thought fufficiently ornamental for
M uwcr-garcten, in which we frequently find It.
| r a f e d Sa« i U.n e un<y ul7J being a, ha% perennial, it requires little care in its cultivation: from its fize it
I Qapted to the fhrubbery or plantation than the floweregardeu.