CLIANTHUS PUNI'CEUS. ‘ 
SDRIMSON CLIANTHUS, OR —— PEA. 
OR DICOTYLEDONEZ. 
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GENUS. Cutanruus. SoLAanDER. eS lat? campanulatus, rt ne 
5-dentatus. VEXxILLUM acuminatum, a parallelis lon 
scaphiformis, vexillo alisque multo lon: ior, omn ono 
manifest? perigyna, diadelpha, omnia fertilia. Sryius staminibus duplo long- 
ior, versus apicem hine leviter barbatus s, stigmate  inewia LEGUMEN 
pedicellatum, coriaceum, acuminatum, ventricosum, poly um, intus lan- 
ulosum, sutura dorsali recta yentrali convex4. Serna reniformia, funiculis 
longiusculis affixa. Lrvpzey in Botanical Register, Mfolio 1775. 
CALYCIFLORE, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE, 
SPECIES. Curantuus Puniceus. SoLanDeER. Svavkshgttoh diffusus 
glaber, ae, is altern rnis oblongis subemarginatis, racemis pendulis mo 
»,legumine glabro. LinDLEy. Botanical Register, 
[ARACTER OF THE Genus, Cuianraus. Canyx widely campan- 
nea a 5-toothed. STANDARD acuminate, reflexed, lon- 
an the parallel wings, keel skiff-shaped, much longer than the 
Sea standard J and wings, completely monopetalous. STAMENS manifestly 
gynous, diadelphous, all fertile. Sryie twice as long as the sta- 
ae towards the apex slightly bearded, stigma quite simple. Leeu- 
MEN pedicellate, coriaceous, acuminate, ventricose, many-seeded, some- 
what woolly within, dorsal suture straight, ventral suture convex. 
Seeps kidney-shaped, attached by rather long chords. 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. STEM 
branched from 2-4 feet high, round, smooth, except when cracked, de- 
yoid of all pubescence save on the under surface of the young leaves, 
and on the green parts of the flower; branches green. Leaves alter- 
nate, stipulate, oddly pinnate, of 8 pairs of folioles; folioles oblong, 
obtuse, subemarginate, distinctly alternate: stipules green, ovate, re- 
flexed, very much smaller than the folioles. Racemes pendulous, ma- 
ny-flowered ; axis flexuous ; Bracts ovate, reflexed, very much shorter 
REFERENCE TO THE DissECTIONS. 
1, Stamens and Pistil. 2, Calyx. 3, Wing. 4, Keel. 
