1775 
* CLÍANTHUS puníceus. 
Crimson Glory-pea. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lesumınosz $ ParILIONACER, Juss. (Introduction to the 
Natural System of Botany, p. 86.) 
CLIANTHUS, Soland. Mss. in mus. Britt.— Calyx latě campanulatus, 
subzqualis, 5-dentatus. Vexillum acuminatum, reflexum, alis parallelis longius ; 
carina scaphiformis, vexillo alisque multö longior, omninó monopetala. Stamina 
manifeste perigyna, diadelpha, omnia fertilia. Stylus staminibus dupló longior, 
versus apicem hinc leviter barbatus, stigmate simplicissimo. Legumen pedicella- 
tum, coriaceum, acuminatum, ventricosum, polyspermum, intus lanulosum, suturá 
dorsali rectá ventrali convexá. Semina reniformia, funiculis longiusculis affixa. 
Suffrutices, Herbaeve foliis impari-pinnatis stipulatis, floribus speciosissimis 
racemosis. 
C. puniceus; suffruticosus diffusus glaber, foliolis alternis oblongis subemargina- 
tis, racemis pendulis multifloris, calyce 5-dentato, legumine glabro. 
C. puniceus, Soland. MSS. in mus. Britt. All. Cunn. in Hort. Trans. vol. 1. 
n. s. p. 52]. t. 22. 
. Donia punicea. Don's gen. syst. of gard. 2. p. 468. 
Suffrutex diffusus, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis, omni pube orbatus nisi levissimá 
in paginam inferiorem foliolorum juniorum et inflorescentie partes virides ; 
ramis viridibus, parum lignosis. Folia 8-juga cum ımpare ; foliolis oblongis 
obtusis subemarginatis alternis ; stipulis viridibus ovatis, reflexis, foliolis 
multo minoribus. Racemi penduli, multiflori ; axi flexuosá ; bracteis anguste? 
ovatis reflexis pedicellis bracteolatis filiformibus multà brevioribus. Calyx 
semi-quinquefidus, dentibus acuminatis. Vexillum ovato-lanceolatum, acum- 
natum reflecum 2-p. longum, atro-sanguineum versus basin albo interrupte 
vittatum, postice roseum. Ale atro-sanguinee, obtuse 13-p. longe. Carina 
omnind monopetala, acuminata, fere 3-p. longa, sanguineo-aurantiaca, bast 
pallida. Legumen ferč 3-p. longum, atro-fuscum, venosum. Semina reni- 
Sormia, fusca, atro-nebulosa. 
The only account that has yet been given of this most beau- 
tiful plant is in the last part of the Horticultural Transactions ; where 
a figure is published from a specimen uina d Mr. Levison 
Gower from his garden at Titsey, near Godstow. We are indebted 
to the same gentleman for the specimen from which our plate has 
been prepaited. ; s 1 
It is a native of New Zealand, and, in the — of Mr. Al M 
Cunningham, probably to the southward of the Bay of Islands; an 
* From xAcioc glory, and avŠoc a flower, in reference to the noble aspect of 
the species of this beautiful genus. ; 
