one of
the rare errors which occur in that most useful work.

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GLYCINE COCCINEA. SCARLET GLYCINE.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 2-labiatus. _Corollae_ carina apice vexillum reflectens.

_Specific Character._

GLYCINE _coccinea_ foliis ternatis, foliolis subrotundis undulatis.

We here present our readers with another Glycine, very lately raised by
several persons in the neighbourhood of London from Botany-Bay seeds,
and which we have called _coccinea_ from the colour of its blossoms.

It is a shrubby, climbing plant, which, if supported, will grow to the
height of many feet, producing a great number of flowers on its pendant
branches; the leaves, which grow three together, are nearly round, and,
in the older ones especially, are crimped or curled at the edges; the
flowers grow for the most part in pairs, are of a glowing scarlet
colour, at the base of the carina somewhat inclined to purple, the
bottom of the vexillum is decorated with a large yellow spot, verging to
green, which adds much to the beauty of the flower.

It blossoms from April to June, and appears to be fully as much disposed
to produce seed vessels, and perfect seeds, as the _rubicunda_, and by
which alone it has hitherto been propagated.

We must rank it among the more tender green-house plants.

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CYRTANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. NARROW-LEAVED CYRTANTHUS.

_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ tubulosa, clavata, curva, 6-fida, laciniae ovato-oblongae.
_Filamenta_ tubo inserta, apice conniventia. _Linn. Fil._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CYRTANTHUS _angustifolius_ foliis obtuse carinatis rectis, floribus
cernuis, _Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. i. p. 414._

CRINUM _angustifolium_ foliis linearibus obtusis, corollis
cylindricis: laciniis alternis interglandulosis. _Linn. Suppl.
195._

CYRTANTHUS is a genus which takes its name from the curvature of its
flower, was established by the younger LINNAEUS, and adopted by Mr. AITON
in the _Hortus Kewensis_.

The present species is a native of the Cape, and was added to the royal
collection at Kew, by Mr. MASSON, in the year 1774. The plant from
whence our drawing was made flowered the preceding May with Mr. WHITLEY,
Nurseryman, Old Brompton, who received it from Holland, and who has been
so fortunate as to obtain young