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KENNEDYS* monophylla; uar. longiracemdsa. 



Long -r deemed variety of the One -leaved Kennedys. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



Nat. ord. LcouMiNOSiE. 



KENNED YA . 



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K, monophylla; foliolis in apice petioli solitariis glabris reticulatis sub- 

 cordatis, stipulis lanceolatis erectis, racemis multifloris petiolo multo 

 longioribus. Dec. prodr. 2. 384. 



Glycine biniaculata. Bof. mag. 263. 



Kennedya monophylla. Vent. malm. 1, 106, &c. 



Var. longiracemosa ; racemis gracilibus foliis longioribus v. subsequalibus, 

 floribus minoribus. 



For this distinct variety of Kennedya monophylla we 

 are indebted to Mr. Rollisson, of Tooting, by whom it was 

 raised from New Holland seeds. We call it variety, because 

 it is so extremely similar in foliage and general appearance 



prototype, that we cannot believe it to be a distinct 



• be admitted, that 



racemes, and the colour of the 



spec 



but at the 



the great length of the 



flowers, give it an aspect peculiar to itself 



It 



greenhouse plant, of 



beauty, propagated 



readily by cuttings. Mr. Ridgway observed, that it secreted 

 ia great deal of honey while in his possession. Flowers 

 March and April. ^- ^ 



* The late Mr. Kennedy, a partner in the celebrated Nursery of Lee and 

 Kennedy, was the gentleman in compliment to whom this genus was named 

 by a French Botanist, at a time when a strict correspondence was mamtamed 

 between his firm and the amiable and unfortunate Empress Joseph me upon 

 Horticultural subjects, while France and England were plunged in a furious 

 and fatal war. Such is the gentle influence of science, which flourishes 

 regardless of foreign convulsions or intestine strife, appeaimg the more 

 l)eautiful when surrounded bv, and sulxluing, the fiercer feelings of society. 



