422 LEGUMINOSJ. 
fusco-nigra, pilis longis rufis obsita, unilocularia, bivalvia, 1-2-sperma, semipollicaria; valve chartacez, 
interne glabre, sericeo-nitentes. SzwriwA. . . 
4. GLYCINE rurouzua,. T 
G. suffruticosa, erecta (?) ; ramis sericeo- pilosis ; foliis ternatis ; foliolis lanceolato- oblongis, 
acutis, basi rotundatis, utrinque molliter. pubescentibus; pedunculis brevibus, subsexfloris ; 
calycibus molliter pilosis. 
Crescit in ripa, fluminis Orinoci; item. prope Hondam lVovo- Granatensium , alt. 30- 160 
Aex. p Floret Majo, Junio. 
Caurzs lignosi, pedales et longiores, teretiusculi; rami angulati, sericeo-pilosi. Fort alterna, brevissime 
petiolata, ternata. Foliola breviter petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, basi rotundata, integerrima, reticu- 
lato-venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utrinque presertim subtus in nervo et venis 
molliter pubescentia, subconcoloria ; terminale a lateralibus remotum, 22-52 pollices longum, 8-11 lineas 
latum ; lateralia 12-3- pollicaria; petioli proprii vix lineam longi, sericeo-pilosi. Perrorus communis adjecta 
rhachi 2-4lineas longus, sericeo-pilosus. Srievr.m petiolares gemin:, oblongo-lanceolate, acuminato- 
subulatz, striato-nervosz, fuscescentes, externe pubescentes, marginibus a folio aversis connata, nonnisi 
apice libera, 5-6 lineas longz, persistentes. Prpvuxcur axillares, solitarii, subsexflori, sericeo-pilosi, 15-18 li- 
neas longi; fructiferi bipollicares. Fronxs pedicellati, racemoso-subcorymbosi, magnitudine przcedentis ; 
pedicellis sericeo-pilosis, duas lineas longis, basi unibracteatis ; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminato-subulatis, con- 
cavis, striato-nervosis, fuscescentibus, membranaceis, pubescentibus, 2-5 lineas longis, caducis. Carvx urceo- 
lato-campanulatus, quinquefidus, basi rotundatus et pedicello oblique insidens, externe pilis longis mollibus 
albidis obsitus, obsolete quinquenervius, membranaceus, persistens ; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminato-aristatis, 
corolla brevioribus ; infima longiore, corollam subaequante. Conorra pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci basim 
versus inserta ; petala unguiculata; superius (vexillum) subrotundo- obovatum, apice retusum, basi cordatum, 
flabellato-nervosum, externe pubescens, reflexo-patentissimum ; duo lateralia (ali) paulo breviora, oblique 
oblonga, obtusa, inzqualiter hastata, glabra, carinz adpressa eique adharentia (?) ; duo inferiora (carina) late 
cultriformia, obtusa, concava, glabra, marginibus contiguis connata, alas longitudine subzquantia. SrAwiwA 
decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita, alterna breviora, omnia fertilia; fila- 
mentis glabris, persistentibus; novem in tubum compressum supra longitudinaliter fissum connatis, apice 
liberis; decimo soluto, supra basim geniculato. Ovanruw sessile, oblique oblongum, compressum, sericeo- 
hirsutum, apice in stylum desinens, ad basim disco hypogyno annulari membranaceo cinctum, uniloculare ; 
ovula duo, sutura vexillum spectanti inserta, reniformia, compressa, glabra, medium versus affixa, subad- 
scendentia. Sryrus adscendens, compressus, glaber, stamina wquans. SrrGwa simplex. LzcuwiNA oblique 
elliptica, compressa, ad seminum sedes tumidula, acuto- submucronata, calyce et staminibus persistentibus 
suffulta, lvia, ferrugineo- pilosa, semipollicaria, unilocularia, bivalvia, disperma ; valvis coriaceo- chartaceis, 
interne glabris. SzwiwA oblique elliptica, compressiuscula, utrinque rotundata, levia, nitida, castanea, vix 
duas lineas longa, apice suspensa, hinc arillo cristata ; arillus carnosus, albidus, hilo insidens, ab apice fere 
usque ad basim decurrens, rotundatus, sulco longitudinali in duos divisus lobos inferne gradatim attenuatos. 
TyrecuuENTUM simplex (2), chartaceum. Exposezmuruw nullum. Eusnvo semini conformis, flavescens. Cory- 
Lxboxrs subellipticas, plano-convexz, carnosc, zquales. Raprcuna infera (a puncto suspensionis aversa), 
subconica, obtusa, intus flexa et hilum spectans. Pruuura lanceolata, compressa, radicula longior. 
Glycini tomentos: Mich. valde aflinis. 
