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LATHYRUS TINGITANUS. TANGIER PEA.


_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Stylus_ planus, supra villosus, superne latior, _Cal._ laciniæ
superiores 2-breviores.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LATHYRUS _tingitanus_ pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, foliolis
alternis lanceolatis glabris, stipulis lunatis. _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. p. 663._

LATHYRUS tingitanus, filiquis orobi, flore amplo ruberrimo. _Moris,
hist. 2. p. 55._

[Illustration: No 100]

The Tangier Pea, a native of Morocco, cannot boast the agreeable scent,
or variety of colours of the sweet Pea; nor does it continue so long in
flower; nevertheless there is a richness in the colour of its blossoms,