G L y 



G L Y 



the sides of llif tapjuL- by tlic pariition : ilie 

 scidi very nuiiieroi'.s, inserUil inlo tl'.c recep- 

 tacle!:. 



The speeies is G. inuiiilata, Spotted Glox- 

 inia. 



It has a perennial thick fiesliy root, divided 

 inlo knot!-, which aic scaly. The stems are 

 several, a'oout p. foot high, thick, succulent, 

 and purplish. The leaves are oblong, thick, 

 sessile, serrate, rough on tlicir upper side, 

 where ihey are of a dark green, but their under 

 side is purplish. The stems are tern)inatcd by 

 short spikes of blue flowers ; or rather an erect 

 raceme, leafy or braclcd ; in which the fiowers 

 are axillary, solitary, peduncled, bright blue, 

 and sweel-sccnled. It is a native of South 

 America. 



Culture. — ^Thcse plants may be readily in- 

 creased by plantiiig the divided roots in the early 

 spring, in middle-sized pots, filled with good 

 mould, which nnist be jilunged into a fresh tan- 

 bed. After the plants are up they nmst be often 

 refreshed with a little water, and when the 

 weather is hot have air freely admitted. 



Thev may also be raised from cuttings of the 

 young shoots, planted and managed in the same 

 way in the summer season. 



They must be constantly kept in the stove in 

 an open situation, and never transplanted when 

 in leaf, as by that means they are prevented from 

 flowering. 



They afford variety in eolleelions of the 

 stove kind. 



GLYCINE, a genus containing plants of the 

 shrubby climbing kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Diadelphia 

 Decandiia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Papilionacece. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed, compressed perianthium : mouth two- 

 lipped : upper lip cmarginate, obtuse : lower 

 longer, trifid, acute: the middle tooth more 

 produced : the corolla is papilionaceous : ban- 

 ner obcordate, the sides bent down, the back 

 gibbous, the tip emarginate, straight, repelled 

 from the keel: wing^ oblong, towards the tip 

 ovate, small, bent downwards : keel linear, 

 sickle-shaped, bent upwards, at the tip pressing 

 the banner upwards, obtuse, towards the tip 

 broader : the stamina have diadelphous fila- 

 ments (simple and nine-cleftj, only a little di- 

 vided at the tip, rolled back : anthers simple : 

 the pislillum is an oblong germ: style cylindric, 

 rolled back in a spiral : stigma obtuse : perxar- 

 pium an oblonj legume : the seeds kidney- 

 form . 



The species are : 1 . G. fnitescens, Shrubby 

 Glycine, or Carolina Kidney-bean Tree ; 2. C. 



limnciilaiii, Two-spotted Glycine; 3. (j. iiiii- 

 ciiuilu, (Tcddish-flowered Glycine; 1. G. fof- 

 ciiiCii, Scarlet (Jlyeir.e. 



The l^r^t has woody stalks, which twist 

 themselves together, auJ also twine round any 

 trees that grow near, and will rise to the height 

 of f.ftetn it-ei or more. The leaves are in sh.tpc 

 somewhat like those of the ash -tree, but have a 

 greater number of leadets. The (lowers arc 

 produced in clusters from the axils, and are ot a 

 purple colour. They are succeeded by long cy- 

 iiiulrical legumes, shaped like those of the Searlet 

 Kidney-bean, eontaininusi-veral seeds, which are 

 never perfected in this climate. Jt flowers from 

 June to September. 



The second species rises with a twining 

 shrubby stalk to the height of six or eight feet 

 and more; multiplying greatly by age, becoming 

 loaded with a profusion of ]iurple Howcts grow- 

 ing in racemes ; the richness of the corolla is 

 enlivened bv two green spots at the base of the 

 banner. Tor the most part the flowers sro off 

 in this climate without producing any seed-ves- 

 sels. It begins to flower in February, and con- 

 tinues during the summer. It is a native of 

 Botany Bay. 



The third has a shrubby, slender, twining 

 stem, five or six feet high and more, red, 

 branched, leafy. The leaves ternate, on pe- 

 tioles from an inch to two inches in length, 

 channelled above, round underneath : leaflets 

 ovate or elliptic, quite entire, the two side-ones 

 on very short petioles, the end-one on a petiole 

 half ail inch in length, bending and swelling 

 immediately under the leaflet, and having there 

 a pair of deciduous stipules. Almost the whole 

 plant is covered with hairs pressed close. 



The flowers are of a purplish-scarlet colour. 

 It is a native of New South Wales, flowering 

 from April to June. 



The fourth is a shrubby climbing plant, 

 growing to the lieight of many feet, if sup- 

 ported,~and producing a great number of flowers 

 on its pendent branches. The leaflets nearly round, 

 and in the older ones especially curled at the 

 ed>res. The flowers for tlu most part in pairs, 

 of~a glowing scarlet colour, at the base of the 

 keel somewnal inclined to purple j the bottom 

 of the banner is decorated with a large yellow 

 spot, verging to green. It flowers from April 

 to June, and is a native of New South 

 Wales. 



Cultiirr. — The first sort is increased by lay- 

 ing down the young branches in the early au- 

 tunin. When wellrooted in the following .au- 

 tumn, they may be taken off and planted where 

 they are to remain, or in nursery-rows, being- 

 watered when the weather is hot, and the roots 



