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Now there was a battle between him and Ptolemy, who was called Lathyrus, who had taken the city of Asochis.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896
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For Cleopatra the queen was at variance with her son Ptolemy, who is called Lathyrus, and appointed as her generals Chelcias and Ananias, the son of that Onias who built the temple in the province of Heliopolis similar to that of Jerusalem.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896
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Now it happened that there was a battle between him and Ptolemy, who was called Lathyrus, who had taken the city Asochis.
The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709
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Jerusalem and in Judea were in prosperity, but also those of them that were at Alexandria, and in Egypt and Cyprus; for Cleopatra the queen was at variance with her son Ptolemy, who was called Lathyrus, and appointed for her generals Chelcias and Ananias, the sons of that Onias who built the temple in the prefecture of Heliopolis, like to that at Jerusalem, as we have elsewhere related.
Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709
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The distressing effects described in the text have been witnessed by other observers (Balfour, _Cyclopaedia_, 3rd ed., 1885, s.v. 'Lathyrus').
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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My favourite is the lime-green-flowered Lathyrus chloranthus.
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Rare plant species include mountain arnica Arnica Montana, swamp willow Salix myrtilloides, river birch Betula obscura, Isopyrum thalictroides, twelve Orchidaceae, Saxifraga hirculus, the aquatic species Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum and Lathyrus laevigatus, and Hedera helix, here at the eastern limit of its range.
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Rare plant species include Pedicularis sceptrum carolinum, Salix myrtilloides, Betula obscura, Isophyrum thalictroides, 12 Orchidaceae, Saxifraga hirculus, Lathyrus laevigatus and Hedera helix (here at its eastern range).
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Other common species include: Rubus saxatilis, Maianthemum bifolium, Lathyrus vernus, Galium septentrionale, Equisetum sylvaticum and Angelica sylvestris.
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Some of the wild relatives of agricultural plants that occur here include species in such genera as Triticum, Lens, Lathyrus, Pisum, Onobrychis, and Trifolium.
Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests 2008
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