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GLYCINE SINENSIS. 

 Chinese Glycine. 



DiADELPHIA. DeCANDRIA. 



Class 17. Older 4. 



Glycine : from y\uKvr, sweet. 



Linn, gen, n. 868. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth one-leafed, compressed ; mouth two-lipped j upper lip 

 emarginate, obtuse ; lower one longer, trifid, acute. Cor. Papilio- 

 naceous. Banner obcordate, the sides bent down, the back gib- 

 bous, the tip emarginate, straight, repelled from the keel. Wings 

 oblong, towards the tip ovate, small, bent downwards. Keel linear, 

 sickle-shaped, bent upwards at the tip, pressing the banner up- 

 wards, obtuse, towards the tip broader. Stam. Filaments dia- 

 delphous, (simple and nine-cleft,) only a little divided at the tip, 

 rolled back. Anthers simple. Pist. Germ oblong. Style cylin- 

 dric, rolled back. Stigma obtuse. Per. Legume oblong. Seed 

 kidney-form. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem shrubby, twining ; leaves divided into pairs ; leaflets ovate- 

 acuminate, downy. 



Branches shrubby, long and pliant : the flowers produced 

 generally from small spurs, and begin to make their appear- 



