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GLYCINE comptonmna* 

 Lady Northamptoii s Glycine. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDniA, 



Nat. ord, Leguminos^. Jussieu gen. 345- Div. T. 

 GL YCINE. Supra voL 3,/oL 261. 



G. comptonianay glabra; ramis teretibus margine farevissimo ^uandrangulatU^ 

 foliis ternatis petiolatis, folioHsoblongo^ovatisobtusissiniis cum oiucrone^ 

 racemis multifloris longioribus petiolo, pedicelHs geminatis. 

 Glycine comptoniana- Andrews's repostt. 602. 



Frutex lignosus volubilis, ascevdenti-ramosus^ ramisJusco-virentihuM. Fol- 

 olterna, remota^ subtriuncialia^ obscuri viridht reticulato-venosa, Jbliolis 

 iateralibus arikulo crasso Jlexili petiolo annexts^ medio paulh majore sesfpii" 

 vnciam Jere longo: petiolus strictus^ slriatus, canaOculatuSt arikulo tumido 

 offijEus cauli: stipulae communes gemims^ semiovata^ arUtato-acuminatat 

 subrubentesy partiales minut^f Uneari-subulatee^ rubida. Racemi simptices, 

 axillar€Sy erectly subbiuncialesy longiores petiolo, laxius multtfiori, peduDculo 

 ^si 2'6racteato^ Jlexuoso, striato, virenti, pedicellis collaterali-geminis^ per 

 paria alternis, subbreviores corolla, intervaUa Jlorum subaquantibusy angulosis^ 

 cum calyce arliculatis, Flores violacei, \ uncice circith- longi, erediusculi, 

 CaK suScoloratus, plus quam duplo brevior corolla, tubuloso-campanulatut, hi^ 

 labiafus, dorso giboosus, margine subvillosus, labio suromo brevi 2;fido lobtUu 

 acutis rectis, infimo 3^do segmentis ivqualibus stdlaio-patentibus, acvminaiis^ 

 mucronatis. Vex, obcordato-orbiculatum^ violaceum, rdlexum, medio jnacuU 

 alba didymS viridi picta insignitumy obsolete uTigtdcuiatum : aJae isti a^ui' 

 long{By concolorest porrecta, adcarinam d piano interiori appresue, dolabr^or-^ 

 mes, ungue bijurco brevi: car, remota vexiUo, pallida, rfwjpto minor alts qw^s 

 conclusQf e petalis ^Jalcatis obtusis, unguibus inaquaU-6icrurUms albts* FiL 

 diadelphoy nan muitum longiora calyci^ suprd cum angulo acutiori ascendcntia : 

 anth, chloroleuca, ovalo-^brotundaf poUine ffrumoiO'granulato. Germ, 

 glabrum, compresso-lineare^ sessile, longitudine calycis, itylo Atcti isoperme^ 

 tro continuo incurvo terminatum; hXig.punctum obiusum puoeruluau 



In the nurseries the resemblance of the blossom of this 

 species to that of Kknnbdia monophylla has raised the 

 opinion, that it belongs to the same genus. But Mr. Brown, 

 ever liberally communicative of his accurate and extensive 

 information, tells us that our plant is not comprehended 

 within the character by which that group has been defined. 

 We have therefore left it to the genus in which it stands in 

 the work we have cited, where it was first published. When 

 Glycine undergoes a revisal, our species will probably be 

 generically separated from it. 



