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The Corolla papilionaceous, or butterfly fhaped. 
The Standard inverfe heart-fhaped, the fides defiexed, 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, prelling againft the ftandard. 
The Filaments are diadelphous, or one Angle, and nine conjoin- 
ed; a little dividing at the top, and revolute. The Anther ce 
are Ample. 
The Germen is oblong. The Style cylindrical, bending back in 
a fpire. The Stigma obtufe. 
The Seed-veJJel an oblong legumen or pod. 
The Seeds kidney form. 
Qbf. Glycine frutefcens has legumens or pods of two cells. 
The Jhrubby Species with us, is one , viz. 
Glycine frutefcens. Carolinian Shrubby 
Kidney Bean . 
This grows naturally in Carolina, rifing with 
twining fhrubby items, when fupported, to the 
height of ten or fifteen feet. The leaves are wing- 
ed, and compofed of about five pair of frnall, 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, ere£t ra~ 
cemus or bunch ; they are of a purplifh blue co- 
lour, and are fucceeded by long cylindrical pods 
of two cells, fhaped like thofe of the fcarlet Kidney 
Bean, 
GUILANDINA, 
