RlADELPniA. DECAKDRIA. il5 



tares at the base). Stamina clindelphous: style curved. Le- 

 gume pubcsccrt, obUint;, 2-se(.df(.l,:ind puvily compressed. 



3. * mouopIiyUa. G- iomentosa, /3. movophylla. Mich. ;?. 

 p. 63. Dwui f and erect, pubescent: leaves simple, 

 voundish and dilated, nigosely veined, stipules ensd'orm; 

 rucemes subsessi'e, congiofiiei-ate; Sv .qm-nts of the calix 

 luiiceulate, acumiiintc, veined. Hab. From Carolina to 

 Flr.r.da; in the P.ne fcres^s. Klowei-s }eliovV. Glycine 

 reniformh. Ph. 2. p. 486. Obs. Se dom more than 4 or 5 

 inches hig-h, and pi-oducing siir.pl-, very rarely ternate 

 leaves upon longisli pcf.ole.-*. Calix divided nearly to the 

 base. Corolla nearly as in the pre ced.nf^-, fulvous yellow; 

 carina likewise very shor', and as in the 2 preceding spe- 

 cies not reflec'.ing' the vexillum. Legume partly oblor.g-, 

 compressed, 2 seeded. 



4. * refiexa. Stem twining; leaves ternate, roundi.sh 

 rhomboida!, smooth, at first villous, under side covered 

 With resinous atoms; racemes {iliform, pedunculate, 

 scarcely longer than the leaves; flowers small and remote, 

 refltciod; corolla connivent; segments of the calix lan- 

 ceolate, acuminaie. Hab. In ilie vicinity of St. .Mary's, 

 NN'est Florida.— Dr. Baldwyn: from whom 1 recieved a 

 s]iccimen under this rame. Nearly allied, apparently, to 

 <;. rhombiffjlia of Iiulia, with winch it ougi)t to be com- 

 pared. Flowera small and yellow. Obs. Stem slender, 

 angular, slightly villous; stipules subulate. Leaves petio- 



^ late; kailets 3-nerved, reticulately vein.ed and partly co- 

 riaceous; lateral ieafiets roundish and dilated on one side, 

 central one rhomboid.*lly dilated; all the leaflets subtend- 

 ed by setacet>us stipules, and the terminating one by 2. 

 Vexdlum incumbent, somewhat reflected by the curved 

 carina; one of tiie dentures at the base of the wings subu- 

 late, ihe other merely angular. Legum»e oblong, pubes- 

 cent, 2-seeded. 



To this genus, as above proposed, apparently belonp; 

 G. angustijolia, G. reticulata, G. mollisy G. pictu, G, cana, 

 G. cariU-a, and G. rhombifoUa ; of the remainder I can 

 foDu no opinion, and recommend their examination to 

 those botanists who may have it in their power. 



517. * WISTERIA, t Glycine. Willd, 



Calix cami)anulate, bilabiate, obtuse at the 



•[In memory of Caspar VVistar, M. D. late professor of Ana- 

 tomy in the University of Pennsyh ania, and for many years pre- 

 sident of the American Philosophical Society: a philanthrophist 

 of simple manners, and modest pretensions, but an active pro- 

 moter of science. 



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