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* ZICHYA tricolor. 
Three-coloured Zichya. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FABACEZ, or PAPILIONACER. 
ZICHYA (Hügel msc.) Calyx campanulatus bilabiatus, labio superiore 
bidentato, inferiore tripartito. Corolle vexillum unguiculatum, late orbiculatum, 
emarginatum, reflexum, basi biappendiculatum, alis longius. 4le oblongs, ca- 
rine ultra medium adheerentes. Carina incurva, obtusa, alis brevior v. subequi- 
longa. Stamina distincte diadelpha, filamento vexillari basi recto inarticulato. 
Anthere uniformes. Vagina disci nulla. Ovarium pluriovulatum. Stylus 
brevis, adscendens, superne in stigma subcapitatum, ssepius dilatatum v. breviter 
appendiculatum desinens. Legumen oblongo-lineare, compressum, coriaceum, 
sutura seminifera incrassata, intus isthmis cellulosis multiloculare. Semina stro- 
phiolata, Frutices volubiles. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, foliolis stipel- 
latis. Pedunculi axillares, apice umbellatim multiflori. Bractew et stipulee 
parve, rarius foliacee. Calyces sepius pilis fuscis villosi. Corolla coccinea. 
Bentham in Hugel's Arch. t. 1. 
Z. tricolor ; foliolis ovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque preecipué subtüs sericeis, 
calycibus pilis appressis ferrugineis villosis, vexillo cuneato, alis carinà ob- 
tusissimá longioribus, stigmate minuto. 
Caules volubiles, pilis appressis rufescentibus sericei. Folia trifoliolata, 
utrinque sericea ; petiolo dense piloso ; stipulis triangularibus, subtüs villosis, 
supra glabris sulcatis ; foliolis exacté ovato-oblongis, obtusis, apiculatis, ne 
minimé quidem angulatis vel retusis, lateralibus petiolatis. Pedunculi azil- 
lares, foliis longiores, sericei, floribus umbellato-corymbosis. Calyx pilis ap- 
pressis ferrugineis hirsutus, unguis vexilli longitudine, labio superiore biden- 
tato, inferiore trifido. Vexillum cuneatum, retusum, angulis rotundatis, 
supra unguem bicallosum, amené lateritium, basi luteo biocellatum ; Ale 
rose, obtuse, patule, carin atropurpureá obtusissimá longiores. Stamina 
diadelpha, inter se equalia. Ovarium lineare, pubescens ; stylo crasso, com- 
presso, glaberrimo, sursúm incurvo et subulato ; stigmate minuto, capitato. 
The genus Zichya has been formed by Baron Hügel at 
the expense of the older genus Kennedya, by separating from 
it the species figured in this work under the name of 
Kennedya inophylla (fol. 1431), dilatata (fol. 1526), and 
glabrata (fol. 1838), together with the K. coccinea of Ventenat, 
and by adding to it a pretty new species, from Swan River, 
which he has named Z. Molly. The genus thus constituted 
forms a very natural group, and one which, from its graceful 
twining habit, is particularly well suited to ornament green- 
houses. 
* So named by Baron Hügel, in compliment to the Countess Molly Zichy- 
Ferraris, now Princess Metternich. 
