Indies, and the latter the Congo Pea; it is what is now 
represented. The seeds were collected in the neighbourhood 
of the town of Jellalabad, whose glorious defence by a portion 
of the Indian army, under the command of Sir Robert Sale, 
will never be forgotten ; they were presented to the Horti- 
cultural Society by Sir Henry Fletcher. In that establish- 
ment it is found to be a half hardy annual or biennial, growing 
about eighteen inches high, if planted in any good garden 
soil, and flowering freely from June to August. 
The following remarks upon these species are extracted 
from Dr. Macfadyen’s Flora of Jamaica, p. 297. 
** The general appearance of both is very much alike, and 
they can scarcely, previous to flowering, be distinguished 
from one another, except that the leaves of the C. rLavus are 
rather smaller and finer to the touch. 
'* Of these two species the No-Eye Pea is the most deli- 
cate, being, in the green state, very little inferior to the 
English pea, and when dried and the cuticle removed, equal 
to the split peas we receive from Europe. ‘The other species 
is coarser, and made use of principally by the Negroes, and 
requires, in the dried state, a tedious boiling process before 
the seeds can be softened. 
“ From the two species being frequently, through care- 
lessness, planted close to one another, we may occasionally 
meet with hybrid varieties. When once established they 
stand for several years. The leaves are annually shed, and 
are reproduced with the flowers in the early months of Sum- 
mer. The crop is gathered during the months.of Autumn. 
No particular care or trouble is, required in the cultivation 
of these shrubs, and they thrive in the poorest land. They 
are said indeed to improve the soil on which they grow, by 
the decay of the leaves, which are annually shed in great pro- 
fusion. There are few tropical plants indeed so valuable. 
They are to be'found round every cottage m the island, 
growing luxuriantly in the parched savannah, and mountain 
declivity, as well as in the more fertile and seasonable dis- 
tricts.” 
Fig. 1 represénts the stamens; 2, a longitudinal section 
of the ovary; 3, a ripe pod. 
