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GLYCINE bituminosa. 
Clammy ‘Glycine. 
- “DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lucuminosa. Jussieu gen. $45. Div. V. Cor. irregularis 
papilionacea. Legumen uniloculare bivalve. :Erutices aut herbe; folia 
- simplicia aut, ternata aut rariis digitata; stipule-nunc subnulla, nunc’ con- 
spicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab ecdem distince. 
Willd. Sp. pl. 1058. 
GLYCINE. Cal. bilabiatus. Corolle carina apice vexillum reflectens. 
Glycine. bituminosa. Thunb. prod. 131. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 1064. Hort. 
Phaseolus africanus ‘hirsutus bituminosus, ‘siliquis . bullatis, , lore, flavo. 
Herm. lugdb. 492. t.4933 (fig: naturali valdé minor). > pee 
Frutex volubilis, viscoso-hirsutus pilis ‘basi bulbosts, orgyalis v. ultra, ra- 
nis anguloso-striatis, tandem fuscescentibus v., fulvescentibus, distantér foliosis. 
Folia dernata, hirsuta) 0. modo ex lapsorum, pilorum relictis bulbis elanduloso- 
bullulata, vetustiora, fusco-vireniia; foliola ovata, He unciam.longa, acuta, 
3-nervia, subrugasa, medium subrhomboidale v. obsoleté 3-lobum, alia 2 ing- 
guilatera lobo interiore obliterato, brevissime petiolata: pet. communis longior 
vp. subbrevior foliolis, inarticulalus, striato-angulosus :_ stipule ovato-lanceo- 
late. Racemi azillares, solitarit, erecti, laxits pluriflori, longiores foliis, 
pubescentes. » Flores lute, % uncie longi, elliptico-oblongi, obtusissimi,.. pedi- 
cellis brevioribus calyce, .cbracteatis. Cal. “hirsutus, citra medium. fissus, 
viridis, fusco-notatus 5 tubo compresso; segmentis lineari-subulatis, intermedio 
_imorum majore. “Vex. ascéndens, ‘elliptico-obcordatum; paritm longius'carina, 
dorso violaceo-wenosums, plicd media carinatum, lateribus deflexis ; lamina bast 
postice bidentata; ungue cuneato ‘equali. tubo calycino:. alee flava concolores, 
plurimiim .minores carina, oblong, ex apicibus suis supra dorsum carine 
contingentes: car. lato-falcata, recurvo-ascendens, obtusa, compressa, palldé 
litéscens apicé atro-violacea, petalis, 2 imo margine coherentibus. summo apertis, 
Jissure labris saturate flavis.. Fil. diadelpha, 9 supra breviter distincta, angulo 
aculo.assurgentia: anth. ovate; breves, fulve ; pollen 2 spherulis levissimis 
grumoso-granulatum, non pubvercum- Germ. sericeo-hirsutum, 4-plo brevius 
stylo ve magis: stylus virens, mferne villosus, superné.assurgens : stig. capi- 
tatum, glandulosum, , papillosum. Legum. hirsutum, inflatum,. oblongum, 
subbiunciale, seminibus pluribus. Bulbillt pilorum diaphani. 
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Native of the Cape of Good Hope; introduced by Mr. 
Masson in 1774; but had been long previously cultivated 
in Holland. Jlermann found it growing at the side of the 
able Mountain to the height of three yards. It requires to 
be kept in the greenhouse; flowers from April to Septem- 
ber, and seeds freely. ‘ . . 
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