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flowers rising in fascicles from the axils of the leaves or in ra- 

 cemes. Many genera are established from Glycine, as it for- 

 merly stood, as Rhynchbsia, Kenncdia, A^pios Voandzeia, Rbthin, 

 Amphicdrpa, Wistaria, and Clicetociilyx. 



1 G. HEDYSAROIDES (Willd. spec, if. p. 1062.) stem erect, 

 tomentose ; branches twining a little; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronate, pilose beneath ; flowers axillary, usually 5 together ; 

 legume broadest at the apex, ending in a short, erect, obtuse 

 mucrone. J? . / ^. S. Native of Guinea. Flowers purple. 



Hedysarum-like Glycine. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 ft. tw. 



2 G. CLANDESTINA (Wendl. obs. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1054.) stem 

 twining, filiform, villous ; leaflets lanceolate, pubescent beneath ; 

 flowers axillary, tern ; calyx closed, larger than the 3-petalled 

 corolla ; legume hardly pubescent. ^ . / ~ > . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers small, pale-yellow. Valves of legumes 

 rather convex. 



C/aHcfe^me-flowered Glycine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub tw. 



3 G. EMARGINA'TA (Desv. herb, ex Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. 

 p. 50.) stem woody ; leaflets 3, elliptic-oblong, emarginate, 

 about 2 inches long, quite glabrous, reticulated ; flowers in 

 spikes ; calycine segments subulate, elongated, f; . S. Native 

 of St. Domingo. 



Emarginate-leafictted Glycine. Shrub. 



4 G. DE'BIHS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 3. p. 54.) stem 

 twining, filiform, beset with retrograde hairs ; leaflets oval, pu- 

 bescent beneath ; flowers axillary, crowded ; calyx silky, a 

 little shorter than the corolla ; legume glabrous, ending in a 

 hooked style. $ . / "\ S. Native of the East Indies. G. la- 

 bialis, Lin. fil. stippl. 3. p. 325. Flowers small, copper-co- 

 loured. 



Weak Glycine. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1778. PI. tw. 



5 G. MI'NIMA (Willd. enum. 756.) stem twining, beset with 

 retrograde pili ; leaflets elliptic, acutish at both ends ; flowers 

 axillary, almost sessile, twin ; legume glabrous, hooked at the 

 apex. I/ . /0 . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers purple. 



Least Glycine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL tw. 



6 G. ? LAGASCA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 241.) stems twining ; 

 leaves and legumes clothed with villous tomentum ; leaflets oval ; 

 racemes sessile, axillary, very short, few-flowered ; legume end- 

 ing in a short, straight mucrone. Tj . / "\ S. Native of? Le- 

 gume an inch and a half long, 2-4 lines broad, 4-6-seeded ; seeds 

 intercepted by cellular substance. 



Lagasca's Glycine. Shrub tw. 



7 G. STRIA'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 326. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 76.) 

 stem twining ; leaflets oblong, clothed with hoary, soft, pu- 

 bescence ; racemes axillary, length of leaves ; legumes very 

 hairy. I? . r> . S. Native of South America. Flowers striped, 

 purple. 



Striated-flowered Glycine. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. tw. 



8 G. TENUIFLORA (Klein, in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1059.) stem 

 twining ; leaflets oblong, mucronate, shining, pilose beneath ; 

 racemes axillary, filiform ; legume linear, acute, rather falcate, 

 and rather pilose. Tj . . S. Native of the East Indies, on hills 

 about Pondicherry. Flowers small, twin, remote, purplish ? 



Fine-flowered Glycine. Shrub tw. 



9 G. PARVIFLORA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 738.) stems twining, rather 

 angular ; branches clothed with retrograde villi ; leaflets ovate, 

 pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 legume linear, smoothish, ending in a thick hooked mucrone. 



$ . ? . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers small, red. 

 Small-flowered Glycine. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. tw. 



10 G. SENEGALE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 242.) stem twining, 

 terete ; branches clothed with retrograde villi ; leaflets ovate, 

 pubescent above, but at length smooth, villous beneath ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, longer than the leaves ; legume linear, glabrous, 



ending in a thick hooked mucrone. 1? . '"\ S. Native of Sene- 

 gal. Flowers small, purplish ? 

 Senegal Glycine. Shrub tw. 



11 G. SERICEA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1059.) stems twining; 

 leaflets ovate, retuse, silky beneath ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes, when not mature, linear, acuminated, clothed 

 with white silky pubescence. Tj . /0 . S. Native of Guinea. 

 Flowers of Clitoria, reddish, but the vexillum is narrow, oblong- 

 obovate, and reflexed. 



Silky Glycine. Shrub tw. 



12 G. GUINEE'NSIS ; plant twining and villous; leaves pin- 

 nately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, clothed with silky 

 villi beneath ; peduncles 3-4-flowered ; legume compressed. 

 I/ . ^. S. Native of the Island of St. Thomas, in the Gulf of 

 Guinea. Flowers small. 



(lumea Glycine. PL tw. 



13 G. BILOBA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1418.) stem twining, pilose; 

 leaflets oval, mucronulate, pubescent ; racemes axillary, many- 

 flowered, erect, shorter than the leaves ; vexillum 2-lobed 

 1J. . r ^. S. Native of Mexico. Flowers violaceous. 



Tmo-lobed Glycine. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1827. PL tw. 



f Species not sufficiently ktioirn. 



14 G. ANGULA'TA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 78.) 

 stem angular ; the angles hairy ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 silky beneath ; legumes linear, compressed, hairy. Native of 

 North America. 



Angular-stemmed Glycine. PL ? 



15 G. EMARGINA'TA (Desv. 1. c.) stems twining, woody; 

 branches pubescent ; leaflets quite smooth, emarginate at the 

 apex ; flowers racemose. Jj . '"\ S. Native of the Antilles. 



Emarginate-leaftetted Glycine. Shrub tw. 



16 G. LEUCOSPE'RMA (Desv. 1. c.) stem twining, herbaceous, 

 pubescent ; leaflets elliptic, coriaceous, quite smooth ; legume 

 pilose. *? . ^\ S. Native of St. Domingo. 



White-seeded Glycine. Shrub tw. 



17 G. LANCIFOLIA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 24.) stem twin- 

 ing ; leaflets narrow, lanceolate, glabrous, lateral ones oblique ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, racemosely 4-flowered. Tj . r ^. G. 

 Native of the Canary Islands. 



Lance-leafletted Glycine. Shrub tw. 



1 8 G. ERE'CTA (Thunb. 1. c.) stem erect, hairy ; leaflets ob- 

 long, villous, having rather revolute margins ; flowers usually 

 4 in an umbel. f? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers rufescent. 



Erect Glycine. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



19 G. HETEROPHY'LLA (Thunb. 1. c.) stems decumbent and 

 twining a little, glabrous; leaflets oblong and linear, glabrous ; 

 with somewhat revolute margins ; flowers umbellate. If. . /r \ G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Variable-leaved Glycine. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PL tw. 



20 G. ARGE'NTEA (Thunb. 1. c.) stems twining, clothed with 

 silky tomentum; leaflets ovate, somewhat mucronate, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; peduncles axillary, 4-5-flowered ; 

 flowers umbellate. I/ . / "\ G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers yellowish. 



Silvery Glycine. PL tw. 



21 G. MONNIE'RA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 242.) stems diffuse, 

 terete, glabrous ; branches tw ining a little, clothed with ad 

 pressed pubescence ; leaflets obovate or oval, rather acute, 

 glabrous above, but clothed with adpressed pubescence beneath ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers racemose, at length 

 reflexed. fj . ? r ~ t . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Mouniera trifoiia, Burm. cap. prod. p. 20. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. 



Monnier's Glycine. Shrub cl. 



