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*CLIANTHUS puniceus. 

 Crimson Glory -pea. 



CIADELPHIA DECAXDKIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^ § Papiliomace.e, Juss. {Introduction to the 

 Natural System of Botany, p. 86.) 



CLIANTHUS, Soland. Mss. in mus. Britt. — Calyx late campanulatus, 

 subasqualis, 5-dentatus. Vexillum acuminatum, reflexum, alis parallelis lontrlus; 

 carina scaphiformis, vexillo alisque multo longlor, omnino monopetala. Stamina 

 manifeste perigyna, diadelpha, omnia fertilia. Stylus staminibus duplo longior, 

 versus apicem hinc leviter barbatus, stigmate simplicissimo. Legumen pedicella- 

 tum, coriaceum, acuminatum, ventricosum, polyspermum, intus lanulosuin, sutura 

 dorsali recta ventrali convexa. Semina reniformia, funiculis longiusculis affixa. 



SufFrutices, Herbaeve foliis impari-pinnatis stipulatis, ^orihus speciosissimis 



racemosis. 



C. puniceus ; suffruticosus difFusus glaber, foliolis alternis oblongis subemarglna- 

 tis, raceniis pendulis multifloris, calyce 5-dentato, legumine glabro. 



C. puniceus, Soland. MSS. in mus. Britt. All. Cunn. in Hort. Trans, vol. 1. 

 n.s.p. 521. ^ 22. 



Donia punicea. Dons gen. syst. of gard. 2. p. 468. 



SufFrutex6?i^M5!^s, ramosus, 2-3-pedalis, omni pubs orhatus nisi levissimd 

 in paginam inferiorem foliolorum juniorum et inJiorescenticE partes virides ; 

 ramis viridibus, parum lignosis. Folia 8-Juga cum impare ; foliolis oblongis 

 obtusis subemarginatis alternis ; stipulis viridibus ovatis, rejlexis, foliolis 

 multo minoribus. Racemi penduli, mulliflori ; axi fexuosd ; bracteis angustk 

 ovatis rejlexis pedicellis bracteolatis fliformibus multo brevioribus. Calyx 

 aemi-quinquefidus^dentibus acuminatis. Vexillum ovato- lanceolatuyn, acumi- 

 natum refiexum 2-p. longum, atro-sanguineum versus basin albo interrupte 

 vittatum, postice roseum. Alae atro-sanguinece^ obtusce \h-p. longce. Carina 

 omnino monopetala, acuminata, fere 3-p. longa, sanguineo-aurantiaca, basi 

 pallida. Legumen fere 3-p. longum, atro-fuscum, venosum. Semina reni- 

 formia ^ fusca, atro-nebulosa. 



The only account that has yet been given of this most beau- 

 tiful plant is in tlie last part of the Horticultural Transactions ; where 

 a figure is published from a specimen furnished by Mr. Levison 

 Gower from his garden at Titsey, near Godstow. We are indebted 

 to the same gentleman for the specimen from which our plate lias 

 been prepared. 



It is a native of New Zealand, and, in the opinion of Mr. Allan 

 Cunningham, probably to the southward of the Bay of Islands; and 



* From KktioQ glory, and av^oQ a flower, in reference to the noble aspect of 

 the species of this beautiful genus. 



