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THE PEAFLOWER TRJBE. 



the everlasting P., of a bluish-purple 

 colour, from 2 to 8 in the raceme. Pod 

 glabrous, rather more than an inch 

 long. 



In moist meadows and boggy places, 

 in northern and central Europe, Russian 

 Asia, and northern America. Dispersed 

 over a few localities in England and 

 Ireland, but only a very doubtful inha- 

 bitant of Scotland. Fl. summer. 



Fiff. 289. 



8. Sea Pea. Lathyrus maritimus, Bigel. (Fig. 290.) 

 (Pisum, Eng. Bot. t. 1046.) 



A glabrous, rather stout, branching 

 perennial, with a creeping rootstock, and 

 sharply angular spreading stems about 

 a foot long. Stipules broad and leaf-like, 

 sagittate at the base, both sides nearly 

 alike. Leaflets 5 or 6 pairs to each leaf, 

 those next the stem often 2 inches 

 long by 1 broad, the tendril simple or 

 branched. Peduncles about the length 

 of the leaves, with a raceme of 6 to 8 

 large flowers of a bluish-purple. Pod 

 hairy, at least when young, 1 to 2 inches 

 long. 



On gravelly seacoasts, in northern and 

 Arctic Europe, Asia, and America, not 

 extending southwards in Europe beyond 

 the shores of Picardy. Occurs in a few 

 localities on the coasts of southern and 

 eastern England, of Shetland, and of 

 Fig. 290. Kerry in Ireland. Fl. summer. 





