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GLYCINE caiibaea 

 Trailing Glycine. 



DTADELPIIIA nECAXnuiA, 



NaU ord* Leguminosje. J'/x^ku gen, 315. Div. K 

 GLYCINE. Supra voL 3.foL 2G1- 



G- carih{Fa, foliis ternatis ovato-rhombcis subtus lesinoso-punctatis, racemis 

 folio longioribus, leguminibus acinaciforruibus disperniis hirsutis, caule 

 volubili, Willd, sp, pL a. 1064. 



Glycine caribsea, Jacg. ic, rar, 1. /. 146- CullccL 1. Q6. Hort, Keiv, 3- 34. 

 ed. 2. 4- 298. 



Frutex vohibtUs ; caules lignosi, cinerei, calnmum crasn el gfahri ; (Jacn,) 



reVi^ua planta visco.so-pu/jescens : rami viretttcs, hiriius v/Z/o-^i^ ierctes* 



Folia dfstattier alternay 2 nncias pau/b cxccdcnlia^ Itele vlrcniia^ pitosiitscvht 



pilis glandula minuta visilis^ su/Uus elflorc^ceniut reduosa consperMi; foliola 



subrotundo-rhombea^ angidari-acuminata aciiviine producto offii/stdo, ramoso^ 



itervosa^ reticulato-venosa^ ierminale subundale^ lateralia Jere dnplo minora^ 



tiicequilatera latere interiore avgutiiissimo^ brevissime pedoiata : petiolus 



communis longior Jbliolo ierminali, strict hiscid us ^ hirsute vilhsusy svpr^ 



canaliculatus bast articulatus et cvrnjldiolis: stlpula^ 2 oppositcPj ovftto-Ianceo' 



latcBy breves J vir ides, erectO'pai elites y extus glandidoso-piloR^y nervoso-siriatt^ * 



partiales null^* Racemi axillaresy solilariij rarius divisiy longiores Jbliisy 



erecti, pluri-multi (4-20)^t>r/, S'S-nnciales : pedunculus graci/is, villosusy 



Jlexuoisus ^ floies subsenrnticialeSy Jfavi^ brevissime pedicdlaii; pediceIJi 



bractca parva ovata acuta herhacea pubescerite caduca ad basin stipati (Jlos 



iermtnnlis bractea altera superiore subu/ataj. CaL 4-*partilus pallida virens^ 



glanduloso-pubescenSy duplo or evior corolla ^ bilnbiaius, subcompressvs ; labium 



superius brevius ovatO'^attenuatum dorso profunde convexum gibbosum apice 



hijidum lobulis aculis, inferius rectum irijidum segmeniis laizceolalO'-'iubulatis^ 



imo medio lateralibus duplo longiore, Corollae petala aquiloifga - vex. ^/rm- 



tum^ re/lexum, obcordalo-rotuudum, exliis villosum^ striis purpureas jriconi" 



pletis pictum, basi lamina aniice supra ungttem caruncula viridi semicirculari^ 



prominula munitum^ indegue utrinque convolnlo-auriculatum; ungue longi^ 



tudine calycis convexo: b\2^ oblong^Bj biungmculati^, 3-plo angustiores vexiliOf 



carinam concludevtesy Jidvescenies^ obtus^e: car. poiTCcta^ subjalcaia^ venosa^ 



pallida, inflatiuscula^ subventricosa^ obtusissinia^ supra aperta, infra parthn 



cokierenSf petalo ulroque apice purpureo-maculato* Fil, diadelpha (simplex ei 



^•Jidum) tequaliay pr^eter decimum breviier divisa: anth. oblong£P^ breves^ 



lute^e, erector. Germ, dispermumf subfalcato-oblougum^ brevius stylo, sericeo* 



hirsutum: stylus albus^ porrecto-assurgens^ glaber, medio carnuso'tuinidus 



veljiisijormi'incrassatus: stig- punctum oblique depressum simplicissimutn* 



Leg. compressum^ viscoso-hirsutunty oblonguniy mucronato-acumnatum. 



A West Indian species, introduced by Lord Petre about 

 the year 1742. The plant from which the drawing has been 

 taken, was raised from Jamaica seed, at Mr- Herbert's, 



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