. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. »»» LATHYRUS Lathyrus, characterized in part by the lack of tendrils. (See, also, Orobus.) Lathyrus has Ivs. equally pinnate, ending in a tendril or in a point; Ifts. 2 or several; stip- ules leafy, large and prominent, half-sagittate: fls. soli- tary or racemose, on l
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. »»» LATHYRUS Lathyrus, characterized in part by the lack of tendrils. (See, also, Orobus.) Lathyrus has Ivs. equally pinnate, ending in a tendril or in a point; Ifts. 2 or several; stip- ules leafy, large and prominent, half-sagittate: fls. soli- tary or racemose, on long axillary peduncles; calyx ob- lique-campanulate, 5-parted, the upper teeth often shorter; corolla dark blue, violet, rose, white or yellow, or a union of these, the standard large, broadly obovate or roundish, notched, with a short claw, the wings fal- cate-obovate or oblong, the keel shorter than the wings, incurved, obtuse ; stamens dia- delphous (9 and 1) or monodel- phous below: ovary a one-celled pod, several-ovuled ; style curved, usually twisted, flattened, hairy along the inner side ; flat or terete, 2-valved. c. A. Babit climbing: Ivs. tendril-bearing. {) B. AnniiaU; leaflets one pair. 1. odoritua. Linn. Sweet Pea. Stem rough-hairy, winged : Ifts, oval or oblong, mucronulate ; stipules lanceolate peduncle 2^-fld., much longer than the Ivs.: fls. in shades of blue, red, yellow and white, fragrant, the shield large and showy, expanded, sometimes "hooded;" pod 1-2 in. Summer. Sicily. culture and varieties, see Sweet Pea. 2. Tingittons, Linn. TANOrER Scarlet Pea. Fig. 1242. Sts. spreading, winged, glabrous, 3 ft. long: Ifts. linear-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronulate; stipules lanceo- late: peduncle 2-fld., longerthanthe Ivs.: fls. 1 in. long. LATHYRUS dark red-purple; shield large, purple, wings and keel bright red: pod 4-5 in. long. June, July. W. Medi- terranean region. earlier annual thau the Sweet Pea, and because of its
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