DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. Pisum. 615 
Stems cylindrical, downy. Le eaves downy, the hairs lying 
close, with 5 or 6 pair of leafits. “Flowers sitting ; deep yellow. 
Reiuan. Each head of flowers supported by 2 floral-leaves, the 
larger with 6 or 7 rage the smaller with 4. ‘The structure of 
the filaments is very s a ar ; jab, the top they swell 
Kidney-vetch; Lai ager - Meadows and pastures, in 
or a calcareous soil. ff Rocks. Mr. Swayne. Cra- 
yen, Yorkshire. Mr. Carry. prion ur’s Seat, Edinburgh. Sr. 
Limestone pits, Cradley, near Malvern Hill, Worcestershire. - 
Mr. Battarp. Coast of Devonshire, common.] P. May—Aug. 
Var. 2. Blossoms scarlet, or ited 
In Pembrokeshire. Ray. .[Onvthe sand banks near Lland- 
aed Sapte Mr. Gairrita.. In Cornwall, Mr. Stack. 
se. |* 
PI'SUM. Calyx, 2 u per segments huonter's : style 
_ with 3 angles, keeled and pubescent abpre 3 : 
legumens inflated. 
P, Leaf-stalks flattish above: stem angular: 2 tae ar- maritimum, 
row-shaped : fruit-stalks many-flowere 
Smith spic. fase. 1. 9-Fl. dan. 338-Munt. phyt. 825 230. 
“er, em, 1220. 5—Park. 1060. 4, and 5. 
Whole lax?, excepting the upper surface of the leayes, slight- 
ly downy. Root creeping, Stems angular. Leaf-stalks with many 
Kafte, flattish above, with tendrils. Zeafits, the outer smaller. 
septal perp ue at the base on sag i scarcely 
Linn 
Soa 11, there being always 1 more on the outer snes the 
€s. Woopwarp. Blass. pale red and p 
Sea Pea. Sea shores, i a stony beach x bea Aldburgh 
len * The country people get a ect dye from it. It makes an ‘excel. 
“nt pasturage for sheep. Where the soil was a reddish clay Linnceus 
mon ed blossoms to be red, “pur in white clay white. Goats and 
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