146 The American Naturalist. [February, 
II. SMOOTH SEEDED. 
Dodonzus, in his Frumentorum, 1566, describes this form 
under Pisum minus, a tall pea, called in Germany erweyssen ; in 
Brabant, erwiten ; in France, pois ; by the Greeks, ochron ; the 
pods containing eight to ten round peas of a yellow color at first, 
then green. This pea was called in England, Middle Peason, in 
itor 
III. WRINKLED SEED. 
The first certain mention I find is by Tragus in 1552, under 
Phaseolus. These are also recorded in Belgian and German gar- 
dens by Dodonzus in his Frumentorum, 1 566, under Pisum 
majus, the dry seed angular, uneven, of a white color in some 
varieties, of a sordid color in others. He calls them roomsche 
erwiten, groote erwiten, stock erwiten, and the plant he says does 
not differ from his Pisum minus, and indeed he uses the same 
figure for the two. Pena and Lobel in 1570,” describe the same 
pea as in Belgian and English gardens, under the name An Pisum 
angulosum hortorum quadratum Plinii, but the seed of a ferrugin- 
ous and reddish color, and Lobel” in 1591 figures the seed, 
using the name Pisum quadratum, and it seems to be the Great 
Peason, Garden Peason, or Branch Peason of Lyte in 1586, as 
he gives Dodonzus’ common names as synonyms. In 1686, 
Ray ™ describes this class under the name of Rouncival, and re- 
fers to Gerarde’s picture of Pisum majus, or Rowncivall Pease, 
in 1597, as being the same. This word Rouncival, in white and 
green varieties, was used by McMahon ” in America in 1806, and 
Rouncivals by Gardiner and Hepburn *® in 1818, and Thorburn in 
1828. The first good description of the seed is, however, in 
1708, when Lisle” calls it honey-comb or pitted. Mr. Knight, 
a nurseryman of Bedfordshire, before 1726” did much for the 
2 Lobel. Ic., 1591, II., 66 and index. 
233 Pena & Lobel. Adv., 1570, 396. 
235 McMahon. Am. Gard. Cal., 1806, II. 
2 Gardiner & Hepburn. Am. Gard., 1818, 59; Thorburn’s Cat., 1828. 
27 Lisle. Husb., 1757, 169. 
28 Townsend. Seedsman, 1726, 2. 


