GLYCINE. 551 
Crescit in ripafluminis Orinoci; item prope Hondam Novo- Granatensium . ait. 00-160 
hex. |) Floret Majo , Junio. 
Cadles lignosi, pedales et longiores, teretiusculi; rami angulati, sericeo-pilosi. Folia alterna, brevissime 
petiolata, ternata. Foliola breviter petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, basi rotundata, integerrima, reticu¬ 
lato-venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, membranacea, utrinque praesertim subtus in nervo et venis 
molliter pubescentia, subconcoloria; terminale a lateralibus remotum, 2 ^~^t pollices longum, 8-11 lineas 
latum ; lateralia i-|- 3 -pollicaria; petioli proprii vix lineam longi, sericeo-pilosi. Petiolus communis adjecta 
rhaclii 2-4 lineas longus, sericeo-pilosus. Stipulie petiolares geminae, oblongo-lanceolatae, acuminato- 
subulatae, striato-nervosae, fuscescentes, externe pubescentes, marginibus a folio aversis connatae, nonnisi 
apice liberas, 5-6 lineas longas, persistentes. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, subsexflori, sericeo-pilosi, i 5 -iS li¬ 
neas longi; fructiferi bipollicares. Flores pedicellati, racemoso-subcorymbosi, magnitudine praecedentis ; 
pedicellis sericeo-pilosis, duas lineas longis, basi unibracteatis; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminato-subulatis, con¬ 
cavis, striato-nervosis, fuscescentibus, membranaceis, pubescentibus, 2-3 lineas longis, caducis. Calyx urceo- 
lato-campanulatus, quinquefidus, basi rotundatus et pedicello oblique insidens, externe pilis longis mollibus 
albidis obsitus, obsolete quinquenervius, membranaceus, persistens ; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminato-aristatis, 
corolla brevioribus; infima longiore, corollam subsequante. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci basim 
versus inserta; petalaunguiculata; superius (vexillum) subrotundo-obovatum, apice retusum, basi cordatum, 
flabellato-nervosum, externe pubescens, reflexo-patentissimum; duo lateralia (alse) paulo breviora, oblique 
oblonga, obtusa, inaequaliter hastata, glabra, carinae adpressa eique adhaerentia (?); duo inferiora (carina) late 
cultriformia, obtusa, concava, glabra, marginibus contiguis connata, alas longitudine sub aequantia. Stamina 
decem, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita, alterna breviora, omnia fertilia; fila¬ 
mentis glabris, persistentibus; novem in tubum compressum supra longitudinaliter fissum connatis, apice 
liberis; decimo soluto, supra basim geniculato. Ovarium sessile, oblique oblongum, compressum, sericeo- 
hirsutum, apice in stylum desinens, ad basim disco hypogyno annulari membranaceo cinctum, uniloculare ; 
ovuladuo, suturae vexillum spectanti inserta, reniformia, compressa, glabra, medium versus affixa, subad- 
scendentia. Stylus adscendens, compressus, glaber, stamina aequans. Stigma simplex. Legumina oblique 
elliptica, compressa, ad seminum sedes tumidula, acuto- submucronata, calyce et staminibus persistentibus 
suffulta, laevia, ferrugineo-pilosa, semipollicaria, unilocularia, bivalvia, disperma; valvis coriaceo-chartaceis, 
interne glabris. Semina oblique elliptica, compressiuscula, utrinque rotundata, laevia, nitida, castanea, vix 
duas lineas longa, apice suspensa, hinc arillo cristata ; arillus carnosus, albidus, hilo insidens, ab apice fere 
usque ad basim decurrens, rotundatus, sulco longitudinali in duos divisus lobos inferne gradatim attenuatos. 
Integumentum simplex (?), chartaceum. Endospermium nullum. Embryo semini conformis, flavescens. Coty¬ 
ledones suhellipticas, plano- convexae, carnosae, aequales. Radicula infera (a puncto suspensionis aversa), 
subconica, obtusa, intus flexa et hilum spectans. Plumula lanceolata, compressa, radicula longior. 
Glycini tomentosae Mich. valde affinis. 
5. GLYCINE rufa, f Tab. DLXXIV. 
G. suffraticosa5 erecta5 molliter rufo-hirsuta ; foliis tematis• foliolis oblongis, utrinque 
rotundatis, subcoriaceis3 racemis multifloris, folio brevioribus. 
Crescit locis humidis , prope Caripe et in Cerro dei Cocollar , ait. 4 oo hex. [Nova Anda- 
lusia .) |p Floret Septembri. 
Caules erecti, ramosi, subpedales ramique angulati, densissime et molliter rufo-hirsuti, alterni. Folia 
alterna, breviter petiolata, ternata. Foliola petiolata, oblonga, utrinque rotundata, obsolete mucronata, 
integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervo venisque subtus prominentibus, subcoriacea, utrinque praesertim 
subtus in nervo et venis primariis hirsuta; pilis rufis, mollibus; terminale a lateralibus remotum, 18- 20 lineas 
longum, 7-8 lineas latum; lateralia minora, i 5 -17 lineas longa, parum inasquilatera; petioli proprii sericeo- 
hirsuti, rufi. Petiolus communis adjecta rhachi vix tres lineas longus, rufo-hirsutus. Stitulie petiolares ge¬ 
minae, ovato-oblongae, acuminatas, membranaceae, striato-nervosae, externe pilosae, erectas, 3-4 lineas longae, 
persistentes. Racemi axillares, tardius alares, solitarii, multiflori, breviter pedunculati, pollicares; pedunculo 
rliachique angulatis pedicellisque rufo-hirsutis. Flores ( fig. 1.) pedicellati, densi, magnitudine floris 
G. caribaeae, flavi; pedicellis 1-1 1 lineam longis, basi unibracteatis; bractea ovata, subacuminata, striato- 
nervosa, membranacea, externe pilosa, longitudine pedicelli, caduca. Calyx (Jig . 2.) urceolato-campanu- 
latus, usque ad medium quinquefidus, basi rotundatus et pedicello oblique insidens, membranaceus, quin¬ 
quenervius, externe sericeo-hirsutus et rufus, persistens; laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminato-subulatis,- 
