The Sea Pea.
Pisum maritimum, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iii. p. 1071. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. ii. p. 470.—Diadelphia Decandria, Linn. Leguminosæ, Juss.
This species of Pea grows in the same country, generally in the vicinity of the sea. It has an angular stem, with sagittate stipules, and many-flowered peduncles, with large purple, blue and red flowers.