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The Corolla papilionaceous, or butterfly iTiaped. 



The Standard inverfe heart-fliaped, the fides deflexed, the 

 back gibbous, the apex emarginate, ftraight and bent from 

 the keel. 



The Wings oblong, ovate towards the top, fmall and bent 

 downwards. 



The Keel linear, hooked, broader and obtufe towards the 

 point, and bent upwards, prefTmg againft the ftandard.^ 

 The Filaments are diadelphous, or one fingle, and nine conjoin- 

 ed ; a little dividing at the top, and revolute. The Jntherce 

 are fimple. 



The Germen is oblong. The Style cylindrical, bending back in 



a fpire. The Stigma obtufe. 

 The Seed-vejfel an oblong legumen or pod. 

 The Seeds kidney form. 



Obf, Glycine frutefcens has legumens or pods of two cells. 

 TAe jhrubhy Species with us^ is one^ viz. 



Glycine frutefcens. Carolinian Shrubby 

 Kidney Bean. 



This grows naturally in Carolina, rifing with 

 twining fhrubby ftems, when fupported, to the 

 height of ten or fifteen feet. The leaves are wing- 

 cd, and compofed of about five pair of fmall, oval, 

 pointed pinnae or lobes, fmooth and of a pale green 

 on their upper furface, but lighter underneath, hav- 

 ing their edges a little reflexed and hairy. The 

 flowers terminate the branches in a clofe, eretl ra- 

 cemus or bunch; they are of a purphfli blue co- 

 lour, and are fucceeded by long cylindrical pods 

 of two cells, fhapcd like thofe of the fcarlet Kidney 

 Bean. 



GUILANDINA. 



