DIADELPHIA. DEC ANDRIA. PistJM. 
835 
Var. 2. Blossoms scarlet, or purple. 
In Pembrokeshire. Ray. On the sand-banks near Llandwyn, Anglesey. 
Mr. Griffith. (In Cornwall. Mr. Stackhouse. Scotland. Mr. Winch. E.) 
(On the downs of Sussex this plant is found with white blossoms. Mr. Bor* 
rer, in Bot. Guide. Also near the old fortification on Bryn Gwydryn, 
Anglesey. Rev. Hugh Davies. E.) 
PFSUM.* Calyx , two upper segments shorter; Style with 
three angles, keeled, and pubescent above: Legume 
tumid. 
P. marit'imum. Leaf-stalks flattish on the upper side : stem angular: 
stipulse arrow-shaped: fruit-stalks many-flowered. 
(Hook. FI. Lond. E.)— Smith Spic.Fasc. I. 9— FI. Dan. 338— E.Bot. 104ff 
—.Munt . Phyt. 825. 230— Ger. Em. 1220. 5— Park. 1060. 4 and 5. 
Hoots striking very deep in the earth. Stems trailing, short ; the outline of 
the whole plant oval. Leaves numerous, alternate; leafits oval, alter¬ 
nate, sessile, smooth, the outer not invariably smaller, on the lower 
leaves five to seven, on the upper nine to eleven, always one more on the 
outer side of the leaf-stalk, generally cloven, sometimes simple. Leaf- 
scales in pairs, oval spear-shaped, broad, arrow-shaped at the base. 
Flowers towards the end of the fruit-stalks, crowded, on short pedicles.- 
Woodw. Blossom pale red and purple. 
Sea Pea. Sea-shores. On a stony beach between Aldborough and Oir* 
ford, Suffolk. Ray. Woodward. Near Hastings; and on the west side 
of Dungeness, near Lyd. Ray. Rye and Pevensey, Sussex ; Guildford;,, 
opposite the Comber; and Ingolm Mills, Lincolnshire. On the sharp* 
ridge running from Portland Island to Bridport, some distance to the 
right of the ferry, amongst loose pebbles, about fifteen or twenty feet 
above high water mark; but the cows eat it down so that it is difficult te> 
procure a specimen in flower. Mr. Stackhouse. (Abundant on the beach 
near Walmer Castle, Kent. Mr. Dillwyn, in Bot. Guide. Sandown 
beach, Hampshire. Pulteney. Beach near Penzance. Heath. E.) 
P. July—Aug.f 
* (From 7r/(70f, a garden ; as being generally cultivated. E.) 
+ In 1555, during a time of great scarcity, the people about Orford were preserved from 
perishing by eating the seeds of this plant, which grew there in great abundance upon the 
sea coast. Cows, horses, sheep and goats eat it. It affords nourishment to Phalcena Pisi. 
(Different kinds of Peas, especially those cultivated as pulse, are subject to the ravages of 
innumerable Aphides , or Plant-lice. These insects are endued with fecundating powers 
most extraordinary, being at one time viviparous, at another oviparous; and, what is 
without parallel, the ingress of one original pair serves for all the generations, (about 
twenty), which proceed from the individual for a whole succeeding year ! see Kirby and. 
Spence Entomology, i. 176.—Thus to whichever kingdom of nature our attention is. more; 
immediately directed, for 
-“Each moss, 
Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank 
Important in the plan of Him who framed 
This scale of beings; 5 ’ 
we cannot but be struck with the (t Opera mirifica Dei; ” and such contemplations 
must ever afford to the intelligent mind a noble and refined luxury, a rational delight, 
and one that charms with continued variety. E.) 
