( 2083 ) 

 Glycine sinensis. Chinese Glycine. 



Class and Order. 



DlADELPHlA DeCANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 

 (JaL 2-labiatus. Cqrollce carina apice yexillum reflectens. 



Specific Character. 



jGlycine sinensis ; caule frutescente volubili, foliis impari- 

 pinnatis : foliolis ovatis acuminatis pubescentibus, racemis 

 terminalibus ebracteatis multifloris. 



Descr. Stem climbing-, shrubby. Leaves odd-pinnate ; 

 common petiole swelled at the base : leaflets usually eleven, 

 ovate, acuminate, in opposite distant pairs, clothed on both 

 sides with a thin silky adpressed pubescence, scarcely visible 

 to the naked eye. Stipules subulate at the base of the partial 

 footstalks. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, pendulous ; 

 bractes, if any, very deciduous. Pedicles longer than the 

 calyx, villous. Calyx villous, campanulate, two-lipped : upper- 

 lip short, emarginate : under-lip three-toothed, middle one 

 longest. Flowers papilionaceous, large, shewy. Vexillum 

 orbicular, large, reflexed. Aim long and wide, joined toge- 

 ther at the apex, applied close to the carina, which is broader 

 than them. Stamens diadelphous \. Germen linear, ciliated 

 its whole length along the upper edge : Style quite smooth : 

 Stigma globular. 



Having had no opportunity of seeing the Legumen, it is 

 hardly possible to ascertain the genus to which this plant 

 belongs, but it approaches so near to Glycine frutescens of 

 Linnaeus, that we are pretty certain that it must belong to 

 the same genus ; which is not however a proper Glycine, and 

 has even been separated from Apios by Mr. Nuttall under 

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