^Bl^^-i GENUS GLYCINE* Sl^S 



guminibus compressis falcatls ; radicales apetali^ Jev^ 

 tiles, legiuninibus ovatis, torulosis^ monospermis. 



1. Monoica. 



Glycine monoicfi. Wilicl. Sp. PI. 3, p. 1055.— 

 Mich. 2, p. 64.— Pursh^, t, p. 48->. 

 Anon. Caroliniens 9 Wait. p. 188, 



To this genus the Glycine subferranea, sarmentosa^ 

 and comoscin probably belong; but as I am unae- 

 qiiainted with these plants^ I have omitted tlieir ^pe- 

 ciiic characters* 



In ascribing to the caiiline flowers ef this genns a 

 compressed falcate legume, I have relied on the ge- 

 neral at^curacy of Walter. I have never been able to 

 discover one fertile. If this should be an error, while 

 it would render the name I have given to this genus 

 less appropriate, it woukl show more strongly the 

 necessity of removing it from its present station. In 

 truth I know no principles of classification by which 

 the G, monoica^ tomentosa, angidosa, frutescens, andi 

 st^ioSf can conti^jjue members of one c^mmpii^ family* 



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