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  THE

  BOTANICAL MAGAZINE;

  OR,

  Flower-Garden Displayed:

  IN WHICH

  The most Ornamental FOREIGN PLANTS, cultivated in the
  Open Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately
  represented in their natural Colours.

  TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

  Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according
  to the celebrated LINNAEUS; their Places of Growth,
  and Times of Flowering:

  TOGETHER WITH

  THE MOST APPROVED METHODS OF CULTURE.

  A WORK

  Intended for the Use of such LADIES, GENTLEMEN, and GARDENERS, as
  wish to become scientifically acquainted with the Plants they cultivate.

  By _WILLIAM CURTIS_,

  Author of the FLORA LONDINENSIS.

  VOL. VIII.

  "Much I love
  To see the fair one bind the straggling pink,
  Cheer the sweet rose, the lupin, and the stock,
  And lend a staff to the still gadding pea.
  Ye fair, it well becomes you. Better thus
  Cheat time away, than at the crowded rout,
  Rustling in silk, in a small room, close-pent,
  And heated e'en to fusion; made to breathe
  A rank contagious air, and fret at whist,
  Or sit aside to sneer and whisper scandal."

                                  VILLAGE CURATE, p. 74.

_LONDON:_

PRINTED BY STEPHEN COUCHMAN, For W. CURTIS, No 3, _St.
George's-Crescent_, Black-Friars-Road; And Sold by the principal
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LATHYRUS ARTICULATUS. JOINTED-PODDED LATHYRUS.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

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

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

     LATHYRUS _articulatus_ pedunculis subunifloris, cirrhis
     polyphyllis; foliolis alternis. _Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14._ _Murr.
     p. 662._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 41._

     CLYMENUM hispanicum, flore vario, siliqua articulata. _Tourn. Inst.
     396._

     LATHYRUS hispanicus, pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis polyphyllis
     foliolis alternis. _Mill. Dict. ed. 6. 4to._

The seed-vessels are of the first importance in ascertaining the several
species of Lathyrus, some being naked, others hairy, some long, others
short, some having a smooth and perfectly even surface, others, as in
the present instance, assuming an uneven or jointed appearance.

Of this genus we have already figured three annual species, common in
flower-gardens, viz. _odoratus_, _tingitanus_, and _sativus_; to these
we now add the _articulatus_, not altogether so frequently met with, but
meriting a place on the flower-border, as the lively red and delicate
white so conspicuous in its blossoms, causes it to be much admired.

It is a native of Italy, and was cultivated at the Chelsea Garden, in
the time of Mr. RAND, anno 1739.

It is a hardy annual, requiring support, and rarely exceeding the height
of two feet, flowering in July and August, and is readily raised from
seeds, which should be sown in the open border at the beginning of
April.

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LOPEZIA RACEMOSA. MEXICAN LOPEZIA.

_Class and Order._

MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

     _Cal._ 4-phyllus. _Cor._ irregularis, pentapetala, duo superiora
     geniculata, quintum inferne declinatum, plicatum, ungue arcuata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

     LOPEZIA _racemosa_ caule herbaceo ramoso; foliis alternis
     ovato-lanceolatis, serratis; floribus racemosis. _Cavanilles Ic. et
     descr. Pl._

Some plants have a claim on our attention for their utility, some for
their beauty, and some for the singularity of their structure, and the
wonderful nature of their oeconomy; in the last class we must place
the present plant, the flowers of which we