LEGUMINOSiE. CLXX. Ervum. CLXXI. Pisum. 



327 



ered, shorter than the leaves ; teeth of calyx setaceous, longer The varieties of the pea are very numerous, but the following 



than the tube ; legumes glabrous, 4-seeded ; seeds globose. O. are the names of the principal sorts cultivated in gardens. 

 H. Native of Tauria. This is perhaps nothing else but E. te^ _ ^ , «. , 



traspermum, 

 Loiseleur*s Lentil. 



Pl.cl. 



16 E. arista'tum (Rafin. prec. p. 38. and in Desv. journ. hot, 

 1814. p. 270.) stems weak, angular; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 linear acute leaflets ; tendrils simple ; peduncles axillary, very 

 long, awned, and for the most part bearing 2 flowers each ; le- 

 gumes 2-6-seeded. 

 and near Messina. 



1 Early Charlton; an excellent early sort, nearly equal to the 

 genuine frame. 



2 Nimble 



3 Early golden-Charlton. 

 4 

 5 



^ Nichol 

 Common- Charlton. 



©. H. Native of Sicily, on mount Etna, 



6 Early single-blossomed. 



i^wweJ-peduncled Lentil. PL cL 



17 E. diphy'llum (Besser in Balb. cat. hort. taur. 1813. 

 append. 1. p. 11.) leaflets unknown ; stipulas lanceolate ; tendrils 

 obsolete, having 2, rarely 4 leaflets 

 longer dian the leaves; 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



rf marrowfat 



legumes 



peduncles 1 -flowered, 

 finely pubescent. 0. H. 



Tall marrowfat ; large long pods. 



Green marrowfat or Patagonian, 



Knight's wrinkled or marrow; a white-blossomed, tall 

 luxuriant grower ; the seedsof excellent flavour, cream-coloured 

 and shrivelled when ripe and dried. 



Native country unknown. Besser. cat. hort. lye. volh. suppl. 12 Spanish moratto ; rather large. 



mss. no, 24, 13 Prussian blue ; a great bearer. 



Two-leaved Lentil. PI. cl. 



18 E. va'rium (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 152.) leaflets linear, acutish, 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legumes glabrous ; 

 seeds 4-5, globose. ©. H. Native of Portugal, about Coim- 

 bra. Flowers purplish ? 



Variable Lentil. PL cl. 

 ^ Cult None of the species of this genus are worth cultivat- 

 ing unless m botanical gardens. The seeds of them only require 

 w be sown in the open border in spring. 



14 Eg 



g 



rather large. 



15 White 



16 Green rouncival ; large fine pods. 



17 Grey rouncival; large fine pods. 



18 

 19 



20 



Tall sugar 



rf 



large crooked pods. 



'/ 



21 Crown ox rose ; a tall strong grower, producing its blos- 

 soms and fruit in an umbel at the top of each peduncle. 



rf 



p.. ^^ Leadman s dwarj ; a great bearer, but smal 



. { i," "^'SUM {pis in Celtic means a pea, hence pisum in good for a late crop, or as required for succession, 

 '"n> Tourn. inst. 394. t. 215. D. C. Drod. 2. d. 368. — PI- 23 Spanish dwarf ; of low growth and small po 



*um spec 

 L 



urn. inst. 394. t. 215. D. C. prod. 2. p. 368. 

 ofLm. 



Calyx with foliaceous seg- 



Vexillum ample, reflexed. 



above. Legume oblong, 



Seeds globose, numerous. 



IN. SYST. Diadelphia, Dec&ndria. 

 ments, the 2 superior ones shortest. 



rai!/^"'^"'^^'^'^' marinated, villous above. Legume oblong, 

 S '^'^P'"^^^^^' but not winged. - ' ^ ^' 



cirrliir ^''""^'^^ hylum.— Annual herbs, with abruptly- pinnate 

 stipulas'"*^"^ ^^^^^' ^^^'"S ^ P^'*"^ ^^ leaflets, and large foliaceous 



pairs of ^'^•^^'^°*^ ^^^"' ^^^^' ^^^^•) petioles terete, bearing S 

 usually 0^^'^' ^"'"*^' glaucous leaflets, with undulated margins, 

 •late crcn ^1^^ ^^^ niucronulate ; stipulas ovate, somewhat cor- 

 KUmU Ju « * }^^ base ; peduncles 2 or many-flowered ; le- 



23 

 24 



dwarf 

 rf-f 



The^^ea has been cultivated in this country time immemorial. 

 It was not, however, very common in Elizabeth's time, wJien, as 

 Fuller informs us, peas were brouglit from Holland, and were 

 " fit dainties for ladies, they came so far, and cost so dear." The 

 use of the pea in cookery is familiar to every one. In one 

 variety, called the sugar-pea^ the inner tough film of the pods is 

 wanting, and such pods when young are frequently boiled with 

 the seeds or peas within them, and eaten in the manner of kid- 

 ney-beans. This variety is comparatively new, having been in- 

 troduced about the middle of the 17th century. 



^f 



The varieties, besides differing in the 



not coriaceous, every part 

 Pisum sine cortice duriore, C. 



•'^tlnow . If- y ^' "' i^ative ot the south ot l^urope, 



Lam ill fi9Q ^^^r *^ ^^^^^ ^^^ gardens throughout the world. 

 y^^ ■ ^^^- blowers white or red. 



«^m tin! ,'''J^'^«''«^"'« (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 368.) 



P»'essed • ' R ^^i""" 1 ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^'^^^^"s» between terete and com- 

 215. CaS • %^^^^^> distant. Lam. ill. 633. Tourn. inst. t. 

 W ^ugarl^^ ^^"^^ P^^'^^^-pois and Pois-sucres, and in Eng- 



<''''ca"e" ' • r^'"''^'!''-^"'" (Se^*- 1- c.) stems large ; legumes large, 

 ^mI- 11 T"'^ <=onipressed, ^ " ^ 



^''"i pin 343''^"' distant. 



^^m. anri z> •* ^^lled in France Pois-goulus, Pois-sans-par- 



*^"^; peduncl '^ ^^'''- ^P^"^- ^^^^•) stipulas quadrifid, 



^Tabern ico ^^ ^^"y-Aowered, terminal, somewhat umbellate. 

 '*^K«» round u '" ?' ^' umbellatum, Mill. diet. no. 3. Seeds 

 ^'l^ronn.p^^^^^^ Called in French Pois-a-bouquet, 



7Wa(/r2///>^^/f-''' Perhaps a proper species. 

 r**^"i tnaiua n T ^^^"-spec. 1027.) seeds very dense, square. 

 ^^- Called X'^'^^''^ fructu cenerei coloris. C. Bauh. pin. 



''«^- ^Mrnll r P '"'^' ^ois-carrS. 

 I!^'^^ rather -^'^^^^'^'P-^^^') stem weak, dwarf; legumes 

 5^'^iJe, Mill .^^/'^^^^"s; seeds approximate, roundish. P. 



^'^'/-/^ainV^ v,"^^- 2- Called in French Pois-nains, and 



colour of the blossoms, height of stalks, and mode of grovvtl), 

 are found to have some material differences in hardiness to stand 

 the winter, time of coming in, and flavour of the seeds. The 

 Charltons are not only very early, but great bearers, and excel- 

 lent peas for the table, and are therefore equally well fitted for 

 the early crop, and forward succession crops, and inferior to 

 few even for the main summer crops. The frame-pea may, 

 indeed, be raised without the assistance of heat for a forward 

 crop, and if a genuine sort will fruit a few days sooner than the 

 Charltons, but it grows low and bears scantily. The Hotspur 

 is hardy and prolific, and makes returns nearly as quick as the 

 Charltons, and about a fortnight before the marrowfat. Bi- 

 shop's dwarf-pea is an early kind and a great bearer. The 

 sorts already specified, therefore, embrace the best for sowings 

 made from the end of October till the middle of January, and 

 for late crops raised between the middle of June and the begin- 



t\ 



ning of August. 



o 



ar.c 



^y; 



;/' 



A (ew dwarf 



-, no. 

 1° English. 



weather may occur ; but the time for sowing full crops of the 

 larger kinds of peas, is from the beginning of February till the 

 end of April. Knight's-pca and Bishop's dwarf, two of the 

 hardiest varieties, are very prolific, and retain their fine sweet 

 flavour when full grown. The egg, the maralto, the Prussjan- 

 blue, and the romiciials, the large sugar, and the crown, are 



