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KENNEDYA NIGRICANS. DINGY-FLOWERED 
KENNEDYA. 
KEKE KEK KEKE EKER EEE ERE 
Class and Order. 
DiapetpHia Decanpris. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bidentato, inferiore 
trifido equali. Corolla papilionacea, vexillo recurvo a 
carina non reflexo. Stamina diadelpha. Stigma obtusum. 
Legumen lineare compressum isthinis cellulosis transversis 
multiloculare. Semina strophiolata.—Frutices Nove Hol- 
landie volubiles. Pedunculi axillares. Flores rubri aut 
violacet, vexillo basi bimaculato. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Kennepya nigricans ; foliolis ovatis retusis solitariis terna- 
tisve, racemis simplicibus, floribus erectis secundis, 
carina recta vexillo sublongiore, alis apicibus patenti- 
bus, calycibus villosis basi angustatis. é 
Kennepya nigricans. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1715. 
Our specimens of this New Holland climber, sent both 
by Messrs. Lows, of Clapton, and from the Edinburgh 
Botanic Garden, differ from the figure given of it by Pro- 
fessor Linptey in having the leaves altogether simple, and 
the flowers of a much deeper colour, almost approaching 
to black, forming a striking contrast with the rich scarlet- 
blossomed species which abound in the same country. : 
Descr. A _ twining shrub, attaining a_ considerable 
height, more or less pubescent. Leaves in our specimens 
simple, large, broadly ovate, almost cordate at the base, 
retuse at the apex, sometimes ternate on the same branch. 
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