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CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. CRIMSON GLORY- 
PEa. 
KKK KEKE EEE EK EK EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
DiapELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx late campanulatus, subequalis, 5-dentatus. Vex- 
illum acuminatum, reflexum, alis parallelis longius ; carina 
scaphiformis, vexillo alisque multo longius ; omnino mono- 
petala. Stamina manifeste perigyna, diadelpha, omnia fer- 
tilia, Stylus staminibus duplo longior, versus apicem hine 
leviter barbatus, stigmate simplicissimo. Legumen pedi- 
cellatum, coriaceum, acuminatum, ventricosum, polysper- 
mum, intus lanulosum, sutura dorsali recta ventral con- 
vexa. Semina reniformia, funiculis longiusculis affixa.— 
Suffrutices, Herbeve ; foliis impari-pinnatis, stipulatis, flo- 
ribus speciosissimis, racemosis. Lindl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cuanrnus * puniceus ; fruticosus diffusus glaber, foliolis 
alternis oblongis subemarginatis, racemis pendulis 
multifloris, calyce 5-dentato, legumine glabro. 
Cuiantuus puniceus. Soland. MSS. in Mus. Brit. Allan 
Cunningham, in Hort. Trans. v. 1. n. 8. p- 521. t. 22. 
Bot. Reg. t. 1775. 
Donia punicea. Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gardening, 2. A68. 
_ Wereceived at the Botanic Garden Edinburgh, this strik- 
ingly handsome plant from Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton — 
sery, 
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* From xasos, glory, and avbos, a flower, in allusion to the great beauty of 
the blossoms. 
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