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GLYCINE sinensis. 
Chinese Glycine. . 
a 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRI4A. 
Nat. ord. Leguminosm. Jussiew gen. 345. Div. V. Cor. irregularis 
papilionacea. Legumen uniloculare bivalve. Frutices aut herbe ; folia sim- 
|plicia aut ternata aut raris digitata; stipulz nunc subnulle, nunc conspicue 
imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem distincte.—PAaPpiLioNACE®. Brown in 
append. to flind. voy. 2. 552. ues 
GLYCINE. Supra vol. 3. fol. 261. 
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Sa ee 
Div. Arios? germine disco elevato inserto. — 
G. sinensis, fruticosa, volubilis, foliis impari-pinnatis foliolis undenis ovato- 
Janceolatis sericeis: racemo terminali nutante laxo numeroso; bracteis 
ceaducis; germinis pedicello disco elevato aperto inserto. 
Glycine sinensis. Curtis’s magaz. t, 2088, -s ¥ 
Frutex volubilis. Fol. laxits impari-pinnata, 9-uncialia ad pedalia vel 
circa, sericea, 5-juga; foliola ovato-lanceolata, cuspidato-acuminata, brevé 
petiolata, 2-3-uncialia, subundulata; petiolus communis villosus supra cana- 
liculatus, basi incrassatus, ramo ex articulo flexili annexus: stipule setacee, 
villose, patentes, caduce. Racemus ramulorum terminalis, nutans, nume- 
yosus, sparsus, (estivans) amentaceo-coarctatus, totus bracteis virescentibus 
membranaceis tenutbus bast pedicelli florum singulorum appositis caducis extits 
hirsutis sepius integris interdum trifidis (ex tribus coadunatis) imbricato- 
_contectus ; (expansus) pedalis v. ultra, laxus: flores violaceo-pallentes, nu- 
tantes, speciosi, inodori, 3 uncie v. circa longi: pedicelli flore pariim bre- 
viores rachisque virentia teretia villosa. Cal. corollé plurimim brevior, 
oblongo-campanulatus, subcoloratus, villosus, 4-fidus limbo aliquoties brevior, 
tubo erecto. bilabiato; labio su 
eriore ovato, emarginato-truncato, inferiore 
3-fido segmentis acuminatis. ‘Vexillum arrecté reflecum, orbiculatum, emar- 
ginatum plicd media longitudinali, basi cordatum: ale carinaque inter se 
_conformes, porrecto-parallele, vexillo parti breviores saturativs colorate 
obtuse; carina dipetala petalis solutis, alarum parim angustioribus. Stam. 
diadelpha, scrobiculo secernente sub insertione jfilamenti simplicis: anthera 
alterne precociores, breves, ovate: pollen grumosum pallidum. Germ. pedi- 
cellatum, apici obliquo aperto disci viridissimi elevati glabri subconici inser- 
tum, subcompresso-lineare villosum, deorsim attenuatum, polyspermum : 
“stylus subulato-continuus, glaber, assurgens, 
stigma apex depresso-capitatus. 
Drawn at the Hammersmith Nursery, where the plant 
is cultivated by Mr. Lee in the Conservatory, and’ flowers 
about March. Native of China; from whence it is said to 
have been imported about five or six years ago by Captain 
Welbank. Guycrne, like most of the older genera of 
this natural order, stands in great need of reform. 
germine bis terve brevior: 
