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PLATE DCII.
G L Y C I N E COMPTONIANA.
Comptonian Glycine,
CLASS XVIL ORDER IV.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten ChiVes.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
C a l t x bilabiatus. Corollse carina apice vexillum
reflectens.
Cup two-lipped. Keel of the blossom turning
back the standard at the end.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
G l y c i n e volubilis, folils tematis elongato-ovatis
utrinque glabris, petiolis partialibus supra
pubescentibus, racemis axUlaribus multifloiis.
G l i c i n e twining; the leaves by threes of a long
egg-shape, smooth on both sides; - the partial
footstalks hairy above j the bunches la»
teral and many-flowered»
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.,
1. The empalement.
2. The standard.
3. One of the wings.
4. The keel.
5. Chives and pointai,
6» The seed-bud and pointai.
T h i s elegant specie, is a native of New Holland, and belongs to that division of the genus with manyseeded
pods without any partitions. We find in the germen the rudiments of eight kidneyshaped seeds,
but the ripe fruit we have not seen. Having found no antecedent description or figure of the plant, we
have named it in honour of Lady Northampton, in whose collection at Castle Ashby it flowered last
April. But by whom it was introduced we are uncertain.
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