PISUM MARITIMUM. SEA-SI DE PEA.
PISUM maritimum jpetiolis supra planiusculis, caule angulato, stipulis sagittatis; pedunculis multiflon's.
Linn. Sp. PL p. 1027. Syst. Nat. p. 485. Willdenow Sp. PL vol. 3. 1071. Alton
Hort. K m . ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 302. Fl. Brit. vol. 2. p. 760. Buds. Angl. p. 313. With.
Bot.ed. 5. vol. S. p . 774. Hull Brit. Fl. p . 160. Smith Spicil.p. 8. t. 9. FL Dan. t. 338
Lmn. FL Suec. p. 250. Fl. Lapp. n. 272. Mill. Diet. vol. 4. Roth Germ. vol. 2.
p. 173. Engl. Bot. t. 1046. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 2 . vol. 4. p. 585. Lam. Fl. GalL p. 358.
Deslongch . Fl. Gall.p. 453. Pcrs.Syn. vol. Z .p. 306. Hort. K m . ed. 1 . vol. 3 p. 36.
Martyn Mill. Diet.
PISUM marinum. Rail Syn. p. 319.' ' — - Hist. ,894. FL Lapp. ed. Sm. p . 228. Ger. em. .1250.
PISUM spontaneum perenne repens humile. Moris, sect. 2. p . 47. t. l .ƒ . 5.
PISUM stipulis integerrimis. Hort. Cliff, t. 368.
PISUM spontaneum, maritimum, anglicum. Park. Theatr. 1060. Toum. Inst. 395.
PISA sponte nascentia. Can Opusc. #£. 2. 29. 2.
Dut. Stranderwt. Zeerwt. Fr. Rois ä bouquet. Germ. Die Stranderbse. Englische See-Erbse.
Jidipan. Deem. Deubo. Jendo. Swed. Stranddrter. Hof'drier.
Class a nd Order. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA'
[Natural Order. LEGUMINOSjE, Juss. Dec. PAPILIONACE7E et LOMENTACEiE, LinnJ]
Gen. Char. Stytotriangulus, supra carinatus, pubescens. Calycis lacinife superiores duee breviores.
Radix perennis, repens,, sublignosa, longe descendens,
hie illic libras ramosas emittens. ■
Caules simplices, pedales, prostrati, adscendentes, an-
gulosi, flexuosi, parum hirsuti, obscure purpurei.
Folia :alterna, abrupte pinnata, foliola plerumque oc-
tona, elliptico-ovata, alterna, rarius opposita,
glauca, reticulato-venosa, sub lente villosa, inte-
gerrjma, apice nunc minutissime apiculata, nunc
leniter emarginata; petioli supra planiusculi,
cirrho bi- seu trifidb terminati.
Stipule inagnae, foliorum fere magnitudine, sagittate, I
integerrimse; yel basin versus sarpissime dentate.
Pedunculi axillares, splitarii, foliorum longitudine,
■,’ recurvi, angulosi, glabri, multiflori.
Flores in racemo dispositi, secundi, speciosi, nutan-
tes ; pedicelli breves, subpubescentes, bractea
minuta anguste ovata ad basin muniti.
Calyx glaber, viridis, basi purpureus.
Corolle ' vexillum purpureum, reticulato-venosum ;
ate carinaque pallide purpureo-cterulese.
Legumen compressum, glabrum, polyspermum.
Root perennial, creeping, somewhat woody, descending
deep into the earth, and here and there producing
branched fibres.
Stems undivided, a foot long, prostrate, ascendent, angular,
flexuose, a little hairy, o f a dirty purple
colour. .
L eaves alteraate, abruptly pinnate, the leaflets generally
in eight, elliptico-bvate, alternate, rarely
opposite, glaucous, reticulate with veins, under
a microscope hairy, entire, at the apex sometimes
with a small apiculus, sometimes slightly
emarginate; the petioles are above flattish, terminated
with a bi- or trifid tendril.
Stipu l e s large, almost the size of the leaves, sagittate,
' entire, or at the base often toothed.
Peduncles axillary, solitary, the length of the leaves,
recurved, angular, smooth, many-flowered1.
Flowers disposed in a raceme, secund, large and handsome,
nodding; pedicels short, somewhat hairy,
furnished at the base with a minute narrow-ovate
bractea.
Calyx smooth, green, purple at the base.
The standard of the Corolla purple, reticulato-ve-
nose; the wings and keel pale-blueish purple.
L egume compressed, smooth, many-seeded.
Fig. 1. Calyx. Fig. a. Flowers. Fig. S. Stamens. Fig. 4. The Stigma.
i In Lapland, Linnsms observes, “ Licet planta hate dientur maritima, vidi tamen eandem in siccissima arena ner
* l notl sPa? “.m * "!"» « " > . «H "<= m b ta . humiditas a mari adfluere polecat.” y S w“ l bdieve the
tmm maritimum is entirely confined to the sea-shoves; not indeed to any particular parts of the coast brim,
“t " 1“"■» Sussex, Kent, Lincolnshire, Dorsetshire aud Suffolk. In the lL er oumy, “upon a H p S s u k of
S B pebbles between Aldborough and Orford, the plant covers many acres of gromd and tliere is , 0^ an
W W I W f i ■ | f ° ia 7 7 “ acquainted with the Sea-pk and with M l S H H “
E C t ln,a MS; says> 1 find mention in Stowes Chronicle, Anno 1555, “ of a certaine Pulse or
M s “ ? 6y, tcrm ’'herewith the poore people at that time, there being a great dearth were miraculouslv
f “ r' , f l '■n,tlons,1,t : , | tl,c m0Mth of August (saith he) in S u lo ik fa t a place by the sea-side all
i t r C“lledM" U,OSe,mrtS "shf lfa- lyi"S U- townesof Orford and W M H
tiilave nr in ° e’ ° 7 eai’ 1 wa'r ^ el seen ’ c,liinced in this barren place suddenly to spring up without anv
Sark ;^- f a,!'UCr° Fl0f .P r^ ntem spectat, certo quodam in loco Siffolcice, inter Alburnum et Ortfordium otmida
' S h H G (nT blle dlCtu) mlla 41 m i m m autumnali tempore Anno 1555 lo n T n a ta m T a d e o
Poore f e g S i p r \ d ”lllllb^hominum: These Pease, which by tlieir gi-eat encrease did such good tofhe
wuhout doubt grew Here for many yea,;es before, but were not observed till (M a C e r a r tS
» « ^ e o p i/is quickend tl,eir inventiou' which — ly
Be Lobel wJho » t i r i b * , “ 3 ‘b / 2 “ bro7 tJ'1'Ke “P ”•■11' I whifii ,en *lvlng, and he caused them to be drawne, purposibnign ,t ot os eLt othnedmon f,o ratnhd ing atvheadt iWemn vUto
50 called, M d^^ e^a^^with 'd ie^P ' ^ had spared him longer Ufe. Now whether these Pease be truly
of the LmtnnZi ^ C ’Jlth B-e Pitum syhestre pei'enm or different; or whether they be rather of the stocke
I have sLny „“ ..°r of sorac 01ller Pulsc here formerly described, I can affirm nothing of certaintie because
‘ » t p S t h Z o - 7 n0rtC0U d ^ ' r by “ny tbat b“d aoy certainue of their sliapl or figure “ yet.would
fcy sending me the thinssttansdves riv /m e“6 ' 7 “ f n *° 7 f atl by some "’ho liv0 therfabou/tliat may
•!«y> willing to im X ? itt™ th e iJ ”6 certame knowledge of them, so that I may be made able as I am
fcshM p fw hL^m ran n u^ d rivenH iT1-’ T 0“1 tbat T n bas resi?ned tlK p r o te e o f this plant at Orford to
“ p r o " S e “ t? fe1 “• 80 * “ “ is — ly P - ib>a 1» «“e flow-;
'”>tioa,TiteS n T s e d hmbr ° nS f 1“"1’ ib.« a,'d™s, de,i«htin8 in 1 sandJ >■»'»; but it should be introduced with
Pro,,; W B t0 e“cro7 upon its neighbours. We have in Britain no other species, of the Genus
■Hasitttofs most r S l I v l r i 011 11 se™s a plant highly desonring the attention o f the Agriculhi-
ImJucliono, I® “ * ca“'lly 111 Pure sand almost within the influx of the sea; and as sheep are fond of It its in- '
xtensive sands on many parts of the English coast may be attended with considerable advantage.