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GLYCINE sinensis. 
Chinese Glycine. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSE. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. Cor. irregularis 
papilionacea. Legumen uniloculare bivalve. Frutices aut herbae ; folia sim- 
licia aut ternata aut rariús digitata; stipulae nunc subnulle, nunc conspicuæ 
imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem distincta. — PAPILIONACEJE. Brown in 
append. to flind. voy. 2. 552. : 
GLYCINE. Supra vol. 3. fol. 261. 
Div. Apios? germine disco elevato inserto. 
G. sinensis, fruticosa, volubilis, foliis impari-pinnatis foliolis undenis ovato- 
lanceolatis sericeis: racemo terminali nutante laxo numeroso; bracteis 
caducis; germinis pedicello disco elevato aperto inserto. * 
Glycine sinensis. Curtis's magaz. t. 2083. 
Frutex volubilis. Fol. laxiús impari-pinnata, 9-uncialia ad pedalia vel 
circd, sericea, 5-juga ; foliola ovato-lanceolata, cuspidato-acuminata, breve 
petiolata, 2-3-uncialia, subundulata; petiolus communis villosus supra cana- 
liculatus, basi incrassatus, ramo ex articulo flexili annexus: stipule setaceæ, 
villose, patentes, caduce. Racemus ramulorum terminalis, nutans, nume- 
TOSUS, sparsus, (æstivans) amentaceo-coarctatus, totus bracteis virescentibus 
membranaceis tenuibus basi pedicelli florum singulorum appositis caducis extis 
hirsutis sepiüs integris interdum trifidis (ex tribus coadunatis ) imbricato- 
contectus; (expansus) pedalis v. ultra, laxus: flores violaceo-pallentes, nu- 
tantes, speciosi, inodori, $ unciæ v. circa longi: pedicelli flore parüm bre- 
viores rachisque virentia teretia villosa. Cal. corollä plurimum brevior, 
oblongo-campanulatus, subcoloratus, villosus, 4-fidus limbo aliquoties brevior, 
tubo erecto bilabiato; labio superiore ovato, emarginato-truncato, inferiore 
3-fido segmentis acuminatis. Vexillum arrecté reflexum, orbiculatum, emar- 
ginatum plicá mediá longitudinali, basi cordatum: ale carinaque inter se 
conformes, porrecto-parallele, vexillo parum breviores saturatius colorata 
obtuse; carina dipetala petalis solutis, alarum parum angustioribus. Stam. 
diadelpha, scrobiculo secernente sub insertione filamenti simplicis: antheræ * 
alterné precociores, breves, ovate: pollen grumosum pallidum. Germ. pedi- 
cellatum, apici obliquo aperto disci viridissimi elevati glabri subconici mser- 
tum, subcompresso-lineare villosum, deorsàm attenuatum, polyspermum : 
stylus. subulato-continuus, glaber, assurgens, germine bis terve brevior: 
stigma apex depresso-capitatus. 
Drawn at the Hammersmith Nursery, where the plant 
is cultivated by Mr. Lee in the Conservatory, and flowers 
about March. Native of China ; from whence it is said to 
have been imported about five or six years ago by Captain 
Welbank. Gzycixe, like most of the older genera of 
this natural order, stands in great need of reform. 
