PLATE DCII.
GLYCINE COMPTONIANA.
Comptonian Glycine.
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx bilabiatus. Corollæ carina apice vexillum reflectens.
Cup two-lipped. Keel of the blossom turning back the standard at the end.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Glycine volubilis, foliis ternatis elongato-ovatis utrinque glabris, petiolis partialibus supra pubescentibus, racemis axillaribus multi-floris.
Glycine twining; the leaves by threes of a long egg-shape, smooth on both sides; the partial footstalks hairy above; the bunches lateral and many-flowered.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.