799 
GLYCINE vincentina. 
Glycine of St. Vincent's Island. 
—",dá—— 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSE. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. Corolla irregularis 
papilionacea. Legumen uniloculare bivalve. Frutices aut herbe ; folia sim- 
plicia aut ternata aut rarius digitata; stipulee nunc subnulle, nunc conspicue 
imo petiolo adnatz aut ab eodem distincte.— P APILIONACEZ. Brown in 
append. to Flind. voy. 2. 552. 
GLYCINE. Supra vol. 3. fol. 261. 
Flores melino-lutescentes. Folia utrinque glabra mucronulata stipule 
bine. Cal. corollá pluriés brevior, cano-virescens, membranaceus, tubu- 
losus, 5-fido-bilabiatus, extus glandulis raris viridissimis spinulá recta pre- 
fixis obsitus, fundo carnoso solido cum pedicello attenuato continuo: La- 
bium superius inferiore distans, segmentis filiformi-subulatis ab invicem dis- 
tinctis acutis muticis recurvis longitudine ferê tubi; inferioris equaliter dis- 
tantibus rectis appressis, superioris similibus subbrevioribus, setà subtili pre- 
fixis: pedicellus filiformis subuncialis spinulis nonnullis glandulosis curvatis 
hic inde sparsus. Vexillum oblongo-obcordatum, rigidiusculum, apice bifi- 
dum, erecto-distans, ungue lato brevi : ale cuneate, vexillo equilongo duplo 
angustiores apice obtuso obliquo: carina pallida, inclusa, petalis alarum sub- 
conformibus. Stamina diadelpha; antheris lutescentibus incumbentibus. 
Pistillum staminibus equale: germen viride polyspermum ovulis protube- 
rantibus nodulatum lineare angustum calycem superans: stylus continuus vil- 
loso-albicans compressus filifor mi-subulatus germini equalis. 
Native of the Island of St. Vincent's; from whence ‘it 
was introduced into the garden of Comtesse de Vandes, at 
Bayswater. l 
It has been known by the name of GLYCINE Andersoni ; 
but GuyciNE is filled with heterogeneous members, and, 
like the rest of the natural order to which it belongs, is in 
great need of reform. The present species should probably 
form the basis of a new genus. It was first observed, as 
“we are told, by Dr. Anderson. 
