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petioles the length of the leaves; stipules ovate, deciduous; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, filiform, longer than the leaves, 

 standing out undivided ; flowers in three pairs, very remote, 

 sessile, reflex, small. Native of the East Indies. 



14. Glycine Labialis; Labiate Glycine. Twining: leaves 

 ternate, obovate, somewhat hoary; flowers axillary, heaped; 

 corolla somewhat two-lipped ; stalk twining, the thickness 

 of a thread; stipules none; peduncles very short; calix tu- 

 bular, five-toothed; the teeth nearly equal ; style short; seed 

 seven to nine, yellow. Native of the East Indies. 



15. Glycine Striata ; Striated Glycine. Twining: leaves 

 ternate, oblong, very softly hoary; racemes axillary, the 

 length of the leaves; legumes extremely hirsute; stems 

 woody, round, hirsute; petioles hirsute, round, not grooved 

 or angular ; all the stipules linear, and acuminate ; calix hairy, 

 one-third shorter than the petals; the tube bell-shaped and 

 very short; the limb four-cleft; the clefts lanceolate and 

 acuminate, the lowest a little longer, the uppermost broader, 

 not emarginate ; banner of the corolla striated, purpje, green 

 at the base, without any calluses ; wings erect, narrower and 

 shorter than the keel, purple ; keel almost without colour, the 

 length of the banner, cloven at the back almost to the top, 

 emarginate in front at the tip ; germen hairy, linear, com- 

 pressed ; style of the same length and in the same situation 

 with the stamina, ending at top in a blunt dusky t,tigma, not 

 bearded ; seeds several, shining brown, variegated. Native 

 of South America. 



16. Glycine Rosea; Roseate Glycine. Twining: leaves 

 ternate; leaflets cordate-ovate, acute, quite entire; pedun- 

 cles three-flowered ; legumes compressed, keeled, one- 

 seeded. Native of the Society Islands in the South Seas. 



17. Glycine Liu-ida; Shining Glycine. Twining: leaves 

 ternate; leaflets ovate, acuminate, quite entire; racemes ter- 

 minating, glandular; pedicels in threes; legumes inflated, 

 containing two seeds. Native also of the Society Islands. 



18. Glycine Suaveolens; Sweet-smelling Glycine. Shrub- 

 by, upright, hoary; leaves ternate, ovate, acute; flowers 

 axillary, solitary; legumes containing two seeds. The whole 

 of this shrub is hoary, clammy; and sweet ; peduncles up- 

 right, filiform, jointed, and bracted in the middle, one-flow- 

 ered ; bractes in pairs, subulate, caducous ; seeds black, 

 smooth, with a callous whitish heart. Found by Koenig, 

 among rocks, near Madras, in Ihe East Indies. 



19. Glycine Apios ; Tuleroiis-rooted Glycine. Leaves 

 unequally pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, with seven leaflets. 

 This has a tuberous root, from which, in the spring, come 

 out slender twining stalks, which rise the height of eight or 

 ten feet. The flowers come out in short spikes from the 

 sides of the stalks; they have little scent, appear in August, 

 but do not produce seeds in England. Parkinson calls this 

 plant Virginia Earth-nuts. It is propagated by parting the 

 roots, and each of the tubers will grow: the best time 

 for this, is at the end of tylarch, or the beginning of April, 

 before they put out shoots. The roots should be planted in 

 a warm situation, and, in hard frost, covered with tan or 

 mulch to protect them, otherwise they will not live abroad 

 in this country; where they have been planted against a 

 south wall, they have thriven and flowered extremely well, 

 which they seldom do in any other situation ; and those 

 roots which are planted in pots rarely flower, nor do their 

 stalks rise near so high as those which are planted in the 

 full ground. 



20. Glycine Frutescens ; Shrubby Glycine, or Carolina 

 Kidney-bean Tree. Leaves unequally pinnate ; stalk peren- 

 nial, woody, twisting themselves together, and twining round 

 any trees that grow near, and will rise to the height of 



fifteen feet or more. The flowers are produced in clusters 

 from the axils, and are of a purple colour. They appear 

 from June to September. It is increased by laying down the 

 young branches in October, which will be well rooted in 

 twelve months from that time, especially if they are duly 

 watered in dry weather, and may then be transplanted, either 

 into a nursery for a year to acquire strength, or to the place 

 where they are to remain for good, which should be in a warm 

 light soil, and a sheltered situation, where they will endure 

 the cold of our ordinary winters very well ; and, if their roots 

 be covered with straw, fern, pease-haulm, or any other tight 

 covering, there will be no danger of their being destroyed by 

 the frost. Native of the Cape. 



21. Glycine Monophylla ; Simple-leaved Glycine. Leave* 

 simple, cordate ; stalk pubescent, three-cornered, the thick- 

 ness of a thread, prostrate ; stipules in pairs ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, one-flowered, capillary, longer than the 

 petioles ; germen villose. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 It flowers in August. 



22. Glyeine Picta; Painted Glycine. Leaves ternate, 

 lanceolate, villose; racemes axillary, peduncled; stem erect, 

 shrubby ; branches angular, striated, subtomentose, with 

 purplish hairs ; petiole very short ; stipule opposite to the leaf, 

 subbifid ; the segments awl-shaped ; pedicels short ; flowers 

 spreading, approximating; calix hoary, two-lipped. Found 

 in Guiana, and in the islaud of Trinidad. It requires th 

 protection of the bark-stove. 



23. Glycine Bimaculata ; Two-spotted Glycine. Stem 

 twining, smooth, and even; leaves simple, cordate-oblong; 

 racemes many-flowered. This plant rises up with a twining 

 shrubby stalk, to the height of six or eight feet or more ; 

 multiplying greatly by age, it becomes loaded with a profu- 

 sion of purple flowers, growing in racemes; the richness of 

 the corolla is enlivened by two green spots at the base of the 

 banner. In England, the flowers generally fade, without 

 producing any seed-vessels; though perfect seeds have been 

 ripened, from which a plant was produced, that bore flowers 

 in the garden of John Ord. Esq. at Walham Green. It 

 begins to flower in February, and continues during the sum- 

 mer. This is one of the first Botany Bay plants that flowered 

 in this country, and is one of the most ornamental. Mr. 

 Curtis thinks, that both this and the next species may pro- 

 bably succeed in the open air, in warm sheltered situations, 

 especially if a little protected in severe weather. 



24. Glycine Rubicunda: Red Glycine. Stem perennial, 

 twining ; leaves ternate ; leaflets suboval, quite entire' ; pednn-- 

 cles subtriflorous. Almost the whole plant is covered with 

 hairs, pressed close; corolla scarlet, mixed with dull purple; 

 banner bent back, so as to lie on the calix, and cover it, scar* 

 let on the ends and on the sides, purple in the middle, except 

 towards the base, where it is whitish ; stamina very mani- 

 festly diadelphous. It flowers from April to June, and is a 

 native of New South Wales. 



25. Glycine Coccinea ; Scarlet Glycine. Leaves ternate; 

 leaflets roundish, waved. Shrubby, climbing, growing many 

 feet high when supported, and producing a great number of 

 flowers on its pendent branches; flowers generally in pairs, 

 of a glowing scarlet colour, rather inclined to purple at the 

 base of the keel ; the bottom of the banner is decoi 

 with a large yellow spot, verging to green. It flowers from 

 April to June, and was introduced from New South 

 Wales. 



Glycyrrhiza; a genus of the class Diadelphia, order De- 

 candria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed; tubular, two-lipped, permanent; upper lip three- 

 parted ; the lateral segment linear, the middle one broader, 



